Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 2 | Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that ? ’ |
| 3 | That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that . |
| 4 | Do I want to follow a set exercise programme or would I prefer to change my life-style so that I become more active ? |
| 5 | Do I want to make a will |
| 6 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 7 | It 's asking do I want to keep a hold on one of these two , and if so , which ? |
| 8 | At university I chanced to meet a detective sergeant who had been in the Durham drug squad outside the Sociology building in New Elvet , Durham city . |
| 9 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 10 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 11 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 12 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 13 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 14 | I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries . |
| 15 | One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton ! |
| 16 | stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you |
| 17 | ‘ I cheated to prevent a theft , not to achieve one , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 18 | I mean getting a job on the land ? ’ |
| 19 | No she , she does n't do a thing I mean to cook a Sunday dinner she does n't know what it is . |
| 20 | " I mean to buy a caravan — do they call them " Mobile Homes ' , what an awful name ! — Gigi will love it . " |
| 21 | If I mean to mind a thing I never mind it |
| 22 | well there you are then , yeah she goes to school does n't she , well I think it 's sad I mean giving a child a name like that |
| 23 | No I think , I , I mean see a lot of languages and I think you 're doing very well . |
| 24 | I mean servicing a school regardless of how many people there are is no no but it |
| 25 | I mean to make a contribution . |
| 26 | I mean doing a couple of tables probably wo n't be that hard work cos it just be a case of a list of averages or something . |
| 27 | Instead of reading it down , I mean say a Frenchman reading it down , say through erm |
| 28 | Erm it will I think leave a bit of a gap . |
| 29 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 30 | ‘ I intend posting a guard outside this door . ’ |