Example sentences of "i [verb] [art] present [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not , after all , ’ she said , looking around her domain with a distinct smile , ‘ running a house of ill repute , which is what I fear the present title of Madame seems to suggest , along with bead curtains , red velvet plush love seats , champagne buckets and other such fittings and accoutrements which are not our style at all these days . |
| 2 | As I say the present day er premier just now is actually trying to do the same thing as a repeat performance |
| 3 | I want a present Ian . |
| 4 | Er and of course I seen the present managers are , are th the one you know only just lives down the road here he 's recently retired . |
| 5 | I have received with great satisfaction the loyal and dutiful expression of your thanks for the Speech with which I opened the present Session of Parliament . |
| 6 | I believe the present system could be improved and would be grateful for any examples of assessment forms used by practitioners in similar areas . |
| 7 | Of these , Wild and Horenstein ( ) are undeniably impressive , but I find the present performances have an even greater sweep to them . |
| 8 | ‘ I decide the present case upon a single ground , namely , that there are no facts set out in the statement of claim which fix the defendants with liability for breach of duty as carriers of passengers . |
| 9 | Thus , although I use the present tense , the physical organization of communities and the economic organization that I discuss are more relevant to the pre-1970 period . |
| 10 | I think the present Government has a lot to answer for . |
| 11 | I date the present coldness of Turkey towards us from the expulsion of the Axis from North Africa . |
| 12 | I 'm capable of being tempted by a desirable woman — though I must say I have no present intention of succumbing to that temptation . ’ |
| 13 | If I reply that in choosing between flavours it does not matter whether or not I confound a present taste with remembered sight and touch , whether I respond to reality or to illusion , I am renouncing rational discourse altogether . |