Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Me struggling to prove a point when all the time you 've decided , made up your mind . ’ |
| 4 | You 're going to help me make to make a birthday cake for Jim remember . |
| 5 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
| 6 | Lisa 's letter inspired me to try to write a verse on the subject ( not very good , but here it is ) |
| 7 | But they 've done a tabloid internally and they 've asked me to come to take a look at it . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Why on earth would I want to do a thing like that ? ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Do I want to follow a set exercise programme or would I prefer to change my life-style so that I become more active ? |
| 12 | Do I want to make a will |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It 's asking do I want to keep a hold on one of these two , and if so , which ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ I cheated to prevent a theft , not to achieve one , ’ said Cadfael . |
| 18 | No she , she does n't do a thing I mean to cook a Sunday dinner she does n't know what it is . |
| 19 | Very soon now they will be ready and then I mean to hold a great feast for all my people . |
| 20 | " I mean to buy a caravan — do they call them " Mobile Homes ' , what an awful name ! — Gigi will love it . " |
| 21 | By sacrifice and submission and by the Grace of God I mean to become a truly serious person , fit to make a new beginning and become a Catholic and a proper wife to you . |
| 22 | If I mean to mind a thing I never mind it |
| 23 | I mean to make a contribution . |
| 24 | I disdained to consult a medical dictionary , however . |
| 25 | ‘ As soon as my work here is finished ’ , he wrote to Constanze , ‘ I shall join you , for I intend to take a long rest in your arms ; and I shall really need it , for all this mental worry and all the rushing about in connection with it is really wearing me out … . ’ |
| 26 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 27 | ‘ What 's more , I intend to hire a live-in nanny to give me a hand and to be there when I ca n't . |
| 28 | ‘ This is my bit of Wharfed ale , ’ each male sang , ‘ and I intend to entice a wife and raise a family — so all you other blokes , keep out . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Actually I intend to drop a word in your ear concerning the matter , ’ he said in a voice that now held a grim note . |
| 30 | I intend to have a thoroughly enjoyable and lengthy period without paid work . |