Example sentences of "things [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Essentially , the bisexual Bessie was the Madonna of her day , the Queen Of The Blues , the Empress Of Erotica , her ‘ Empty Bed Blues ’ providing a catalogue of lovers who had satisfied her sexually , while ‘ Foolish Man Blues ’ found her musing about homosexuality : ‘ There 's two things got me puzzled , there 's two things I do n't understand/That 's a mannish-acting woman and a skipping , twistin' woman-acting man . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was suffering from a virus and was n't really fit , so all things considered I had to be happy with my performance , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Two things stopped me . |
| 4 | The proximity of all these things amazed me , ’ he said . |
| 5 | On a personal note there are two things give me encouragement . |
| 6 | In fact , as things stand I see it as the only course for you to take … |
| 7 | There have been other things occupying me recently . |
| 8 | Each meeting ends with the moneymen all saying things like I 'm in or I want in on this or You got it or Let's do it . |
| 9 | Mr Chairman er when we discussed this last time er I expressed the view that in fact er the county council had better things to do I 've not changed my mind erm since but I have been reminded that er when er the Roman Emperors er found ascension in the ranks when Roman Emperors found ascension in the ranks they provided bread and circuses and I have to say that I regard the two notices of motion which were placed in Mr notably fox hunting and this debate on V A T as bread and circuses . |
| 10 | I do but I 've got so many other things to do I have n't got time . |
| 11 | I think when I meet — and maybe would count them not in hundreds , but in tens — when I meet women who make those sorts of comments and say this time last year I would not have said that , then those sorts of things encourage me very much . |
| 12 | The one thing that really , apar , well not the one thing , many things irritate me about the programme , but one of them is that they get people on so you 've got someone choosing who lives in Edinburgh choosing someone who lives down in Plymouth |
| 13 | All my life , she thought , I have let things pass me by . |
| 14 | Only three things worried me : the prodigious thirst for fuel , the lack of anti-lock on the brakes and a steering system that combined over-sensitivity with vagueness . |
| 15 | you know , cos I was in desperation then , but , nobody , I mean I just , I just do n't bother , I do n't let things bother me it 's as simple as that |
| 16 | My twin sister is a nurse and I suppose all the blood and thunder of things took me a different way . |
| 17 | Cos how many things did I put in for the thingums in the draws in Asda . |
| 18 | A lot of things reminded me of pricks when I was sixteen . |
| 19 | Changez 's disgust at everyday things inspired me to show him South London . |
| 20 | Those sorts of things inspired me , and the reason those records sound like they do is because they used that equipment . |
| 21 | What things do I ? |
| 22 | And I want to keep a few things to remind me of Billy . |
| 23 | This was the first time I 'd been into a prison and a number of things struck me during the day . |
| 24 | Three things struck me most in comparing the UK market with my experiences before I arrived here from the Equifax Inc in Atlanta . |
| 25 | When I thought I 'd run out of things to say I asked the front two rows to move back and the whole place started buzzing . |
| 26 | You may have a lot of interesting things to tell me , but it 's no use expecting me to listen . |
| 27 | You invent these things to trick me . ’ |
| 28 | She paused , then changed the subject by looking at him expectantly as she said , ‘ Have n't you things to show me about the running of this office ? ’ |