Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ In the end I became like the chaplain or the lady who did the hair or the manicurist. patients would ask , ‘ has the artist done you yet ? ’ |
2 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
3 | What contribution do I make to the group task ( the content ) ? |
4 | What contribution do I make to the group interaction ( the process ) ? |
5 | ‘ If I want to cry , I hide in the toilet and feel desperate ’ , was a common reaction if I asked someone where she cried . |
6 | I hide in the bedroom , pretending to work on my lines . |
7 | Stalling for his arrival I asked about the religion . |
8 | Is he aware that , when I asked about the growth in employment in south Derbyshire recently , I was told that figures were available only until 1989 , that they are collected only once every six years and that figures for self-employment are collected only once every 10 years ? |
9 | I mean , ’ he stammered , ‘ when I asked about the funeral , you looked shocked and grieved . |
10 | I asked about the baby and she looked at me as if I should know . ’ |
11 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
12 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
13 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
14 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
15 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
16 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
17 | I asked for a cigarette . |
18 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
19 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
20 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
21 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
22 | I asked for a priest . |
23 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
24 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
25 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
26 | Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 . |
27 | For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities . |
28 | I asked for an application form for Scheduled Monument Consent because British Waterways have agreed that ‘ Spokes ’ can undertake repairs to the towpath of the Union Canal , in the Hermiston area . |
29 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
30 | I have , I asked for an extension because like , in , in light of my present mathematical ne , need for seriousness , for seriously doing a hell of a lot of maths homework |