Example sentences of "i [vb base] [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 | ‘ For every improvement to the guest-house , I make something for the local people , ’ Anne said . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ I expect someone in the village will tell — ’ |
| 5 | But I do n't think in gender terms at all when I interview someone for a job . |
| 6 | Charlie gives me a cut , I slip something to the maid in the morning , she makes the room over and nobody ever asks anything . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 9 | 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 ’ ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ — I want everyone in the centre of the chamber — ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But I want somebody in every one of those companies . |
| 14 | No I want another half because I want something on the other one . |
| 15 | The trouble is , I want everything for a very long time — forever . ’ |
| 16 | My final choice will doubtless find few supporters elsewhere , but I want someone with the dynamism to ensure that no winning opportunity is missed . |
| 17 | I want someone in the square tomorrow , Alan ! ’ |
| 18 | So I urge anyone with a garden to visit Sainsbury 's , keep back a few potatoes at the end of the season , before Christmas store them carefully and plant them in the spring . |
| 19 | Later I put one on the wall of my study so that I could watch these changes in my appearance . |
| 20 | I put my old gun in my pocket , then I put everything in a box for my midnight visitor to collect . |
| 21 | I hope none of the candidates mind , ’ said teacher Dot Long , who in her role as a Darlington councillor has probably encountered many different forms of political intrigue . |
| 22 | Or , when the , no , when I see , I meet someone for the first time . |
| 23 | Unless I hear something from a Labour spokesman to suggest they have reasonable plans for single householders , I think many people will be deserting and voting Conservative . |
| 24 | I hear everything in the valley . |
| 25 | Well I , I I , I do n't mind how it 's done but erm I hear nothing on the many people on , you know , who talk about erm giving aid erm a dread from this problem is this vast erm amount of the G M P and going on armaments and going on one way and another . |
| 26 | The genial mayor , Monsieur Gerard Thibaut , met our questions with blank bewilderment : ‘ I know nothing about a picture of the Fallen Madonna hidden in a Bratwurst sausage , ’ he said . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course I know nothing about the process of childbirth , ’ she said , with an austere expression about her lips … . |
| 28 | ‘ I know nothing about the tenants . |
| 29 | I know nothing about the Resistance , and have nothing against the forces of the occupation . |
| 30 | Er I 'd , I 'd picked out because I knew a lot about the client whereas here I know nothing about the client . |