Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I let go a lungful of air , slumped back against the parapet and lit another Capstan . |
| 2 | ‘ But I ai n't usually called madam , I 'm Mrs Bessie Beavis , and I do 'ave a room for rent . |
| 3 | ‘ As you know I do n't work in the firm but I do give a hand with the accounts from time to time — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I do care a lot about the parish , but I 've always fought against the ‘ clergy wife ’ label . |
| 5 | I do n't like exercising much but I do swim a lot |
| 6 | Orwell has left us with a graphic description of a typical reader , the elderly lady who always took out the same books , year-in year-out — a thing not possible incidentally in today 's rapid-turnover public libraries — with the word , ‘ I do love a drop of Dell ! ’ referring to the popular writer Ethel M. Dell . |
| 7 | I do love a lemon sorbet ! |
| 8 | However , I do expect a reply and an assurance of an immediate change in attitude . |
| 9 | But I do want a chance to convince you that you do n't have to hate me . |
| 10 | Right I 'm in the middle of painting at the moment as well s I thought it 'll be slack cos everyone 's breaking up and everyone 'll be saying forget and everyone 's saying oh yes I do want a lesson . |
| 11 | ‘ Yes , ’ she answered quietly , blushing a little , ‘ I do want a shepherd . |
| 12 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |
| 13 | Remember the one thing about a game show , I do make a lot of them , is you have to be able to play at home . |
| 14 | If I do make a cock-up of it , I can always do something else . ’ |
| 15 | I do feel a sense of apathy . ’ |
| 16 | However , I do feel a bit suspicious of John 's motives . |
| 17 | ‘ I do feel a bit shaken . |
| 18 | I do feel a bit guilty though , having nice guitars sitting in a closet ; they should be out there howling . ’ |
| 19 | Nevertheless , I do feel a bit like Zsa Zsa Gabor 's fifth , or was it sixth , husband on their wedding night . |
| 20 | ‘ I do feel a bit drained , ’ she admitted . |
| 21 | I 'm not saying it had such a positive effect on his career but it caused a lot of attention which he did n't buckle under , and I do feel a lot of people could n't have lived through that experience , but he did . |
| 22 | I do feel a sort of jungly-atmosphere about this picture — although it does n't have a lot of green in it … the green bit … also has a mysterious quality . |
| 23 | It 's done done as well enough but I do prefer a Bernie . |
| 24 | it 's done , done us well enough , but I do prefer a Bernie . |
| 25 | And if I do receive a call , I 'll telephone you at once . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I may not like London over much but I do know a bit about the place and one thing I know is that it 's big , bloody big . |
| 27 | I think the estate agents simply I do know a bit about the housing market erm |
| 28 | I what , I do know a bit about them that was the grapefruit scoop . |
| 29 | ‘ I do know a spell , ’ he said wearily . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ said Helen , ‘ I do know a girl who works in the outer office there , and we do sometimes meet up for lunch and I could try to put her on to it … |