Example sentences of "i [vb base] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I mean one way to do it of course is to say that none of our water 's fit for drinking , and you all get bottled water then would n't you . |
| 2 | will go straight out the window and they wo n't bother with us , a very short time it 's taken five I mean six years to build up the credibility |
| 3 | At least Hobbes was consistent for , as Berkeley noted , ‘ Matter once allow 'd , I defy any man to prove God is not matter ’ . |
| 4 | Her breasts swing in a way I defy any artist to capture in paint . |
| 5 | Now I make enough money to pay others to help at home and queue for me . |
| 6 | This is version one of what promises to be one of the leading packages in this field , and , given that that is the case , I expect future versions to add greatly to its functionality . |
| 7 | But I expect many others to work on them after me and analyse them in their turn . |
| 8 | Er , and I expect that margin to continue rising and be much higher again next year , so the medicine is working there . |
| 9 | ‘ Whenever I stand in the middle of a big field , ’ she said , ‘ I expect some harpy to come flying at me with a hockey stick . |
| 10 | I expect further applications to come in during the next year and , with time , a growing number of applications as the benefits are seen to come through . |
| 11 | I suggest two points to bear in mind . |
| 12 | But I want all Ensigns to put in at least half an hour 's hard digging with the troops between now and then . |
| 13 | " You look so pretty , I want other people to see you . |
| 14 | I want each song to have its own distinct personality , and that window is my chance to take the listener on a little ‘ Marty Trip ’ and let them listen to what I 'm trying to say in that particular song . |
| 15 | Alright , and I 'll talk about , well , the lesson finishes at twelve , so if you have about a quarter of an hour , twenty minutes on that , then what I want each group to have someone who will report back on what the group 's been talking about in the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 16 | I want five storm-troopers to give that girl the time of her life . |
| 17 | ‘ I want that meeting to happen before an election , ’ said Dr Kumar . |
| 18 | ‘ I want some time to think about what you have told me . |
| 19 | I want these people to live , not die . |
| 20 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
| 21 | And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out . |
| 22 | ( I am reminded of a passage in a book by Doris Lessing , where she says : ‘ I want this court to condemn Volyen utterly , root and branch , for failing to instruct its young in the rules that its own psychologists and anthropologists have extracted from research and study : for failing to arm its youth with information that would enable it — the youth — to resist being swept away with any system of ideas that happens to be available ’ . ) |
| 23 | I think to have a specific goal in mind like ‘ OK , I want this song to make someone feel sad ’ is useless . |
| 24 | I want this Parliament to continue to be the forum of our nation and I believe that the vast majority of our people share my wish . |
| 25 | I want this voyage to last forever . |
| 26 | I have a goal for LASMO — I want this company to continue to grow and to be more profitable . |
| 27 | I want this morning to consider the effect of some of those issues on our planet and particularly on our atmosphere , and I begin by considering the ozone layer . |
| 28 | ‘ I want this feeling to go away , that 's all , ’ he said primly . |
| 29 | As my hon. Friend said , we have substantially increased the area covered by green belt in this country , and I welcome this chance to make absolutely clear to any planning applicants thinking of trying to develop green belt land that we shall stand by our commitments . |
| 30 | I welcome this opportunity to congratulate the Government on the Gracious Speech and on their proposal to abolish the community charge and to replace it with the council tax . |