Example sentences of "i [verb] [indef pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I compiled an anthology a few years ago about , of misogynist quotes , and it 's everything from the bible , the Koran , the Hindu , to , every religion 's in there , all the judges are in there , pop singers are in there , I mean everybody under the sun ! |
| 2 | And then I met someone from the Kaplan galleries which showed thinking bishops in their robes such as you see in the windows of the galleries in St James'/ The gallery had just taken on a new director and were proposing to show modern art — people like Tinguely and Marcelle Cahn who at that time were n't known . |
| 3 | But if I met , but then that 's slightly different because if I met someone in a nightclub or something like that then I would be quite wary . |
| 4 | I was a student in London but I was at home on this occasion when I met someone in the park . |
| 5 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 6 | yeah , so anyway erm , he bought the car in to tell me that , garage down here , five hundred and forty eight pound labour right and that was put on another wing , save repairing the wing , put a new on , so what I did with mine is , I put on a new wing , right , and reduced the labour by sixty five quid to four hundred and five , I make plenty on the parts |
| 7 | I got nothing at the table right . |
| 8 | I got one on the sh on the telephone |
| 9 | and I got one on the C's . |
| 10 | But mine has a , mine has a grill , I got one with a grill |
| 11 | I got one with a big chunky battery , it should 've lasted about six month to a year |
| 12 | I got , aha , I got on I got one with a camera . |
| 13 | I do n't remember what I recited , but I do remember being acutely embarrassed on another occasion when people were telling anecdotes , and I recounted one about a soldier being saved from a court martial because he had heard a clock strike thirteen at midnight , and this fact had saved him from being found guilty of sleeping on duty . |
| 14 | ‘ I expect someone in the village will tell — ’ |
| 15 | I found something from the AIDS one the new Benetton advert , have you seen that ? |
| 16 | I found one in a cave in the Scilly Isles . |
| 17 | I found none of the double entendres in Whiplash Whispers funny , and the illustrations were a bit tasteless . |
| 18 | I was convinced that the law would back us , so I found someone at a local law centre and she confirmed it , so we went back . |
| 19 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 20 | Charlie gives me a cut , I slip something to the maid in the morning , she makes the room over and nobody ever asks anything . |
| 21 | ‘ I think I caught everyone on the wrong foot at Ayresome Park when I increased my shareholding to 48 per cent earlier in the season . ’ |
| 22 | Firstly , an emotion may be expressed involuntarily or voluntarily ; if I say something in a ‘ happy ’ way , this may be because I feel happy , or because I want to convey to you the impression that I am happy . |
| 23 | Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) . |
| 24 | Secondly , an attitude that is expressed could be an attitude towards the listener ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ friendly ’ way ) , towards what is being said ( e.g. if I say something in a ‘ sceptical ’ or ‘ dubious ’ way ? or towards some external event or situation ( e.g. ‘ regretful ’ or ‘ disapproving ’ ) . |
| 25 | I 've already completed mine : my son and I disturbed one on the main path leading up to The Merrick , in Galloway , and ranger Fred Gordon and I saw a very angry one on the path in Glen Cairn in the Cairngorms . |
| 26 | If that 's the case , I suggest anyone in the past who flunked an O-level exam writes to these people to demand that their E and F failures be upgraded to passes , with honours . |
| 27 | ‘ — I want everyone in the centre of the chamber — ’ |
| 28 | Please let solicitors deal with everything , and also , please believe me when I say that I want nothing but a few mementos of my father . |
| 29 | But I want somebody in every one of those companies . |
| 30 | No I want another half because I want something on the other one . |