Example sentences of "i [vb base] [vb pp] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if I insist on forcing the spontaneous towards an end which I already deem rational , I remain imprisoned within a circle of old concepts , reason goes on doing the same kind of sums , there can be no novelty except the discovery of unnoticed implications of the familiar . |
| 2 | a number of the savings erm and the increased income that is available to , to avoid savings are the result of your own policies developed over a number of years and I hope implemented with a degree of further manage managerial action which has actually given you some money to spend , erm which will avoid you having to make er painful cuts in order to fund a new growth and in particular I would highlight the significant movement that has has now taken place , children from special educational needs provision outside the county , back into the county . |
| 3 | These are the most common questions I get asked as a social researcher . |
| 4 | I get asked to a party with John Paul Getty II and he does n't show . |
| 5 | I mean , the the one that 's , I suppose talked about a lot nowadays is A I D S , and there are some drugs , that have , will not cure A I D S , but will slow down , not the progression , but the regression that takes place with A I D S |
| 6 | ‘ When I 've laid a table and put a really good meal in front of my family I feel fulfilled as a woman . |
| 7 | Sir : Following your article on video ‘ spy ’ cameras ( 11 October ) , I feel compelled as a police officer to balance the National Council for Civil Liberties 's views on the issue of video surveillance . |
| 8 | The last superintendent said we ca n't and I think the point you 've raised is very valid since they actually stopped that facility said that they 're not allowed in there it has I think gone into a situation where it is n't a very quite place erm and there problems about what goes on there etc and I think need to look at it . |
| 9 | ‘ You 're right — and that 's why I 've decided on a different plan , one that will keep us safely out of temptation 's way . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Well I 've run into a spot of bother . |
| 11 | I mean , they the men are more stronger and that but I 've run around a couple of them and I 've lo |
| 12 | ‘ I 've sent for a breakdown lorry-from a garage , so we may be able to salvage the car before it goes right under . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Going to Wembley is what I 've wanted as a manager . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm afraid I 've gone on a bit , My Lord Chairman , ’ he said apologetically . |
| 15 | I 've gone on a bit but |
| 16 | So , I 've gone through a series of examples of exotoxins I want to just er , as far as is possible summarize the general properties of exotoxins . |
| 17 | I 've I 've written to a friend in in Anglesey |
| 18 | that 's Yeah I , I 've lost over a stone now . |
| 19 | I 've er , I 've lost about a stone in a couple of months or so , that 's all , but it 's er better than gaining I suppose . |
| 20 | That 's the third 'an I 've lost in a week and I 'm flummoxed I want ye out here this mornin' to have another look round . " |
| 21 | I 've fallen for a boy who goes to the same school as me , but is two years younger than I am . |
| 22 | I 've asked for a |
| 23 | I 've seen out in the street mountive er mounted police charging down rather like the Battle of Balaclava and inside the station problems arising and it 's nasty to be involved and in those days I 've travelled on a Saturday afternoon often . |
| 24 | The best boxing game I 've played on a home computer is 4D Sports Boxing , again from Mindscape , which uses 3D vector graphics . |
| 25 | I 've played in a certain town that makes linoleum where the audience did not laugh once . |
| 26 | I 've advertised for a replacement , but I have n't filled the job yet . |
| 27 | I 've pondered over a couple of the things . |
| 28 | You think I 've lived like a nun since we split up ? |
| 29 | Since my wife died two years ago , I 've lived in a flat on my own . |
| 30 | You 're afraid to ask perhaps for I mean I 've lived in a house with a landlord , the landlord turned the heating down , turned the water heating off on occasions because we were using too much hot water between about four or five of us . |