Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [noun pl] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I like to see the goods before I make a decision and have a point of reference for returning them . |
| 2 | ‘ A particularly heartening statistic when I checked the figures before I came to the Netherlands was that this market — with a relatively small population of only 15 million inhabitants — continues to be the biggest export market for Wedgwood in Continental Europe , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I had to save the purchase price , which took several weeks ’ pocket money and watched almost daily , hoping that no-one else would buy the books before I had enough cash . |
| 4 | In deliberate action , ‘ Be aware ’ obliges me to take account of any fact relevant to achievement of the end , which may require an exertion of will to resist emotional bias and acknowledge the facts whether I like them or not . |
| 5 | I managed somehow to contain the tears as I played but , at night , I was crying myself to sleep . " |
| 6 | Influencing others — ‘ Do n't confirm the tickets until I tell you . ’ |
| 7 | A five I do n't count , I only count the ends when I got to the point where I could n't go any further . |
| 8 | ‘ You 've made the arrangements as I ordered ? ’ |
| 9 | But I have made the films as I wanted them . |
| 10 | No , but I noticed the balloons when I came in , I thought , they 've still got those balloons up . |
| 11 | I would allow the appeal and give the directions as I set out in my judgment . |
| 12 | I forgot to do the parsnips when I did the potatoes , but I think they 'll be |
| 13 | I 've got time to do the potatoes before I go , erm |
| 14 | Eileen Polgreen from the organization RESULTS , Eileen organized a candle-lit vigil before the summit , Eileen , now the summit 's over and we all heard about it , it , it hit the headlines as I say — what do you think came out of it ? |
| 15 | I could n't ‘ phone the police because I did n't know where to sent them . |
| 16 | ‘ I trust you 'll have no objections if I use whatever influence I have with the airlines to get you the first available seat ? ’ |
| 17 | hooked around the perhaps it 's not gon na making things like , they have n't well it 's the only and that was a while ago , so what you have to do mum is I 'll tell you what I did last night I normally have to hold the arms while I use |
| 18 | When 'e 's backed the lorry in the yard we close the gates like I said . |
| 19 | So maybe we would have been great to have the skills before I did it , and that 's why I am on the course this Erm , the only thing that I can think of that 's erm , something that I do believe and I am committed to getting changed , is er , a system in our offices , in one of our departments , but I do have erm , authority over the people that I would be talking to , so , I know at the end of the day , I could just say , do it , but I 'm trying to get them to believe in changing erm , and just sort of certain benefits of it . |
| 20 | I went cheerfully through , finding the coins as I went . |
| 21 | ‘ That said , I felt we deserved to take more out of the game and I will need to check the papers before I believe the result . ’ |
| 22 | I think it 's more to the point cos what I was doing at Christmas was n't really exploring the attitudes as I wanted |
| 23 | On 4 August 1989 solicitors acting on behalf of the relatives wrote to the coroner repeating the facts as I have summarised them and requesting that an inquest be held to inquire whether or not the death had been caused or aggravated by failures of the emergency services to respond to the calls and to attend in proper time . |
| 24 | I pulled at it , jiggled it , checked the zero twice and I think I would have oiled the scales if I 'd had oil with me . |
| 25 | However , I never tested the bikes because I had really set my mind on staying on a 500 . ’ |
| 26 | FOLLOWING on from my article in last month 's ‘ Catholic Voice ’ , I would like to deal the national situation by outlining the problems as I see them . |
| 27 | I had no regrets as I slammed the door behind me and left the cottage for the last time . |
| 28 | Higher and higher the shaking hand pushed the skirts until I saw that she was wearing a pair of white calico drawers , and remembering the black lace French knickers with their little rosebud trimmings , I understood . |
| 29 | The neighbours were told to tell the police if I came back . ’ |
| 30 | Searchlights combed the skies as I switched London over to the new system and said , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , this is the second biggest turn-on I 've had all week — the first was undoubtedly my precarious position up here with Mr Aspel . ’ |