Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a modest success in its own way , enabling me to risk becoming a full-time freelance , and I shall always be grateful for that . |
| 2 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 3 | I just find those subject the easiest to deal with : on the one hand , they 're the most tangible feelings I have to pull out of myself ; on the other , they make me want to make a stronger statement when I ultimately do that . |
| 4 | ‘ Me struggling to prove a point when all the time you 've decided , made up your mind . ’ |
| 5 | You 're going to help me make to make a birthday cake for Jim remember . |
| 6 | One of my friends ( 'I' ) who just stays a couple of doors up from me has got a very different attitude towards sex . |
| 7 | Someone close to me has had a cataract operation in both eyes . |
| 8 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
| 9 | ‘ He just asked how you were , made me promise to keep an eye on you , then rang off , ’ she said , frowning . |
| 10 | Lisa 's letter inspired me to try to write a verse on the subject ( not very good , but here it is ) |
| 11 | But they 've done a tabloid internally and they 've asked me to come to take a look at it . |
| 12 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 13 | I asked had a very heated discussion erm where I si wanting to be having the careers teachers in and working with the forms etcetera and doing it , the er job wise and he would n't entertain at all |
| 14 | Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that ? ’ |
| 15 | That 's why I thought , when I come back the next time and you 're upset I said oh no way do I want to upset a woman like that . |
| 16 | Do I want to follow a set exercise programme or would I prefer to change my life-style so that I become more active ? |
| 17 | Do I want to make a will |
| 18 | Well he said they 'd been round with a helicopter , a plane taking photos of the houses , did I want to buy a photo of me house , twenty pound . |
| 19 | It 's asking do I want to keep a hold on one of these two , and if so , which ? |
| 20 | At university I chanced to meet a detective sergeant who had been in the Durham drug squad outside the Sociology building in New Elvet , Durham city . |
| 21 | Then I 'ad to get a job ; that 's when I saw a notice in a shop window about a Brixton fam'ly wantin' a maid , so I went after it . |
| 22 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 23 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 24 | ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’ |
| 25 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 26 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 27 | One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton ! |
| 28 | stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you |
| 29 | Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks . |
| 30 | Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks . |