Example sentences of "i [verb] [coord] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | I applied and got the details but never bothered sending off the application form because I did n't think I was capable of doing what was asked . |
2 | I happened to see the post advertised with OBEX so I applied and got the job . ’ |
3 | I mean but see the tremendous strain that it 's putting on me ? |
4 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
5 | Well , er the reason was erm technique and science and they 'd , they all the firms or who was in business had to make locks their own way , you know what I mean and use the best facilities they could get hold of , but science and progress came into being and they cou they made what you could call locks erm repetition . |
6 | The more I wail and thrash the deeper I go , just like in any swamp or quicksand . |
7 | I goes and gets the strimmer . |
8 | His father and I owned and ran the Ontario Raceworld magazine for years before we sold it to a conglomerate . ’ |
9 | The Bombing Years , I stress and support the Harris claim that the Allied strategic bombing was the main contribution to the downfall of Hitler 's Reich and our victory in Europe . |
10 | I kneel and test the water with one hand . |
11 | He was rather braver than I expected and jumped the fences very well . |
12 | Surprisingly , I find that all my reasons for postponing giving birth still apply : I do n't particularly like children ; I value my independence , the freedom to come and go , the open doors ; I want to write , and literary history tells me that my chances of succeeding as a writer and a mother are pitiful ; I hate and fear the nuclear family , the stifling atmosphere , the exploited wife and mother , the generation gap . |
13 | ‘ How else was I to try and get the location out of him ? ’ |
14 | I designed and made the drawings for some jigs and we made them I 'd two or three men with me and they made these jigs and them underneath the sets . |
15 | After lunch I reread and filed the summary . |
16 | I dismounted and searched the corpses . |
17 | I shrug and put the lozenge of ice back into my drink . |
18 | Can I introduce and welcome the Deputy Lord Mayor of the city of Portsmouth Councillor Jim . |
19 | I phoned and got the address and name , |
20 | I cook and run the flat . |
21 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
22 | I squinted and transformed the galaxy into the dust of my dead skin ; I always read ‘ YAW EVIG ’ from the glistening macadam and avoided giving way . |
23 | If I stop and get the pupils discussing , or investigating , I will lose valuable time , and some topic will be missed . |
24 | I stop and watch the traffic lights change . |
25 | As long as I was forced to stay awake I shrank from any stimulus to sensation ; now I relax and welcome the fading sensations until they are extinct , and for a few minutes will notice impressions of which I am normally unaware , such as the twilight images on the edge of consciousness . |
26 | Vienna Dear Fräulein , I hope and believe the sad condition you describe is no more than a temporary fantasy . |
27 | I stooped and lifted the Bible lid a couple of inches at one side . |
28 | What can I do but make the best of it ? |
29 | ‘ My dear , what else could I do but join the Resistance ? |
30 | I was even more pleased to find that all of them could see me almost immediately , and the one I chose inspected the car as soon as I arrived and had the quote dropped through my letterbox the next morning . |