Example sentences of "i [verb] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had been trained in Mespot in the art of aerial survey by the Royal Engineers , which I felt was of no practical use to my squadron , thus I became the squadron photographic officer ( small p and small o ) . |
| 2 | In what I hope was a rare lapse into intolerance , I asked the reporter next to me : ‘ Does that little sod always talk like that ? ’ |
| 3 | I asked the professor last night about his nocturnal prowlings on Friday . |
| 4 | When I thought I 'd run out of things to say I asked the front two rows to move back and the whole place started buzzing . |
| 5 | I overheard the man next to me saying that he would have to use a chest harness as he had broken his ankles twice . |
| 6 | ‘ When I introduce the film this evening you must say a few words too , ’ I said , and he agreed . |
| 7 | I wiped the school clean of paper threes . |
| 8 | One firm offered them forty five , four hundred and fifty thousand pounds , I said I wanted three hundred thousand , cos I done a lot of repair , a lot of renovating , and I made the bar open and I made my money through selling drink and getting in entertainment . |
| 9 | Garrett Fitzgerald wrote to Brian Flannery : ‘ As far as the offer of money from the mining companies was concerned , I made the position clear . |
| 10 | I made the mistake this morning of trying to squeeze in er before I came here to just cl try and clear another task . |
| 11 | I made the matter clear and I do not want anyone to misunderstand . |
| 12 | And then I thought oh bugger it , I 'm entitled to my opinion and I made the point that |
| 13 | I just wish now to say I declare the Exhibition open and to say how pleased I am to see so many old friends here today . |
| 14 | but they can come and go , I mean the year four they lost two teachers in the last two weeks cos their husbands got other jobs and the contracts were just terminated and , so it 's quite a , a moveable circle of people , er , but just , they have actually sacked one of the lads that came out with us , they wo n't be renewing his contract next year , he only had a two year contract |
| 15 | Ah well sure but then the whole lot goes , but , but , but , but , but this was , this was the document , I mean the way this was put forward , this is going to last us through into the foreseeable future . |
| 16 | I mean the health different completely but the rest , everybody 's incorporated , each branch to what area they are . |
| 17 | So that he ca n't see what 's going on , cos she thinks if he do n't see what 's going on he wo n't bark , but he cries but I mean she should n't have them there , she 's never here so she should n't have them , I mean look at the trouble Alan had to get Jessie , because they worked , but Emma goes home every lunch time to see to Jessie from the bank , but I mean the woman one of them would n't let her have a dog , one kennels , which is how it should be , but I mean this one breed those three herself so , yeah I mean if you breed dogs yourself and you have three in the house of the same breed , what the hell do you want an alsatian for , as well but the whole point is she do n't have them as enjoyment , she do n't have them as company |
| 18 | ‘ I mean the straw one . ’ |
| 19 | As we walked along the path to the supermarket 's car park , I realised the danger susceptible adults like me were in from precocious and promiscuous children like this . |
| 20 | I fear the world invisible is more visible to him than to the rest of us . |
| 21 | The government 's representative at the inquiry , Energy Department official Christopher Wilcock , described it openly as ‘ a broad , political — and I stress the word political — strategic judgement ’ . |
| 22 | Well round near us they terrorized an eighty three year old lady er near us and er it was a , I met the man next door and his wife and they were the ones that got the police because he said they 'd got her furniture out on the pavement to with a doodah up there . |
| 23 | I push the door open and join the girls in front of the mirror . |
| 24 | I stalked the room naked . |
| 25 | I got the clock all on the floor now ! |
| 26 | I got the yarn free and the needles went back to where I wanted them , returned the carriage and went across . |
| 27 | ‘ I got the taste fast . |
| 28 | I got the Chronicle last week and there in it |
| 29 | I got the reminder this morning . |
| 30 | As far as I was concerned , men and boys constituted a separate species , with whom I had nothing in common , and the last thing I wanted to do ( had I given the matter any thought ) was to arouse their interest , which I feared might be predatory . |