Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] two [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I duly knitted two backs , marked the shape of the front neck and also a slight ‘ dip ’ on the back section and stitched two lines with the sewing machine using a long stitch . |
| 2 | I 'll pick out the points cos I 'm gon na send it to anyway to say that th y'know I personally think two hours is too much for me . |
| 3 | Her analysis is a rich one and I shall rely heavily on it even though I only take two aspects of her findings . |
| 4 | I only got two things , there then |
| 5 | I only had two kings ! |
| 6 | I used to drink really quite strong before , but I decided to give up erm , like , take less sugar , so if you take less sugar , I think I only took two sugars anyway , 'cos my tea was so strong , 'cos 'cos the stronger it is , you need more sugar to sweeten it . |
| 7 | I only remained two years at this school . |
| 8 | I only live two minutes away . |
| 9 | ‘ I only live two doors up . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I only want two ten-pences. — To keep me stockings up . |
| 11 | If you only wanted two pages you should have said so , you could have said something like I only want two pages . |
| 12 | Er I only need two rolls . |
| 13 | I only did two pigs |
| 14 | I only have two sport medals . |
| 15 | I only missed two preps . |
| 16 | Other night we had bacon and egg and I did n't fancy it very much so I just had two slices of bacon and one egg and made a couple of sandwiches out of it . |
| 17 | Oh I just had two shandies . |
| 18 | With the Germans , I just spent two years in Auschwitz . ’ |
| 19 | So as a small token of appreciation , I just have two books or two copies of the same book which I would like to hand to your president and to your general secretary as a token of appreciation and it 's the authorized biography of Nelson Mandela of whom we are all very proud , considering what he has suffered through and what he has done and we hope that this little token will be a kind of memento for all your support but by doing this I 'm not saying that your support is over because the struggle continues . |
| 20 | Can I just say two things on that first of all I think you 're right . |
| 21 | Can I just ask two questions then at the end ? |
| 22 | " Yes , but how do you get the height ? " he replied , " Most of the time I just float two feet off the ground , and hardly ever get to fly at any decent height . " |
| 23 | So I just picked two examples , but you 'll find that they generalize a some interest . |
| 24 | so I just want two boxes of bilinguals |
| 25 | I normally knit two pieces of stocking stitch to represent a back and a front , or occasionally knit two backs suitable for a child 's jumper . |
| 26 | I already had two children , and the last thing I wanted was a third . |
| 27 | I already owned two sheds , but one was on the point of collapse , and the other was far too small for the amount of rubbish it held . |
| 28 | I once had two weeks to learn to love everything , two weeks until I was to be shot . |
| 29 | I once worked two night shifts in the open on Superman II which was being made at Pinewood Studios . |
| 30 | We never considered giving up our work with the chimps when the children were born , but it would not have been possible for us to continue without the help of the Africans — I always had two men employed to take care of the children when I went with Christophe into the forest . ’ |