Example sentences of "[to-vb] [art] [noun sg] and i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was too upset to continue the call and I regretted my decision . |
| 2 | I do want to record that during the past colleagues have , almost without exception , done their best to work the system and I have greatly appreciated that . |
| 3 | I heard him ask her to pass the salt and I heard her tell him to fill the van with petrol and unpack the crates — nothing more than that . |
| 4 | Once we 'd established that nothing had been left behind Emily went off to catch a bus and I decided that no one would mind if I popped my head round the doors of the suite of rooms which George had occupied . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm in a successful show , I go out to work every day and I enjoy what I do . |
| 6 | It is our job to state the message and I believe that has been done . |
| 7 | As President , it has been a privilege to serve the membership and I have enjoyed , immensely , the hospitality and courtesy extended to my wife , Elizabeth , and myself as we have visited branches . |
| 8 | I tried to open the window- and I saw the glass . |
| 9 | Went past the pub you see , just about to reach the archway and I said Roy ! |
| 10 | Obviously , if we 're gon na be two big unions obviously Portsmouth is no longer going to fit the bill and I think that 's a shame because several congresses I 've been to and this is the finest weather I 've ever enjoyed . |
| 11 | And erm managed to buy a car and I paid four hundred and ten for it . |
| 12 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 13 | He was n't going to wear a condom and I did n't have anything . |
| 14 | ‘ And then , by God , it pulled out to miss a donkey and I looked , lo , and it was coming straight towards me ! |
| 15 | We were going to see a film and I had n't seen a film before . |
| 16 | addressed you in the in the form of a question that is not necessarily the the only way to conduct a debate and I think that 's the point that 's being made . |
| 17 | Her friend Jan Archer , who runs the village Post Office , said yesterday : ‘ She was very sorry to leave the village and I think she would like to come back here . ’ |
| 18 | I must go to England to do the work and I want to marry Elizabeth when I return . ’ |
| 19 | Erm I mean maybe they have n't had very much , but erm but in , in a sense there 's a sort of huge commitment on their part to that , because they actually , I remember some chap came over to do the talk and I think he 's got four kids and he said , well you know , I did n't know how my kids were going to react to people fine you know |
| 20 | Calder-Marshall pointed out something I had omitted from my ( very brief ) Mass Observation review , then said he still did n't understand why I wanted to do the book and I needed to write and explain this to him . |
| 21 | In the old days people used to put ashes on top , but I prefer to use a utensil and I take it out on to the pasture . |
| 22 | The way I would see it is that there is a need for a broad consensus between government , IDB , LEDU , DED and all the various government agencies and community groups , economists and experts and the people on the ground themselves , because I do n't think the government has it within their power to solve the problem and I do n't think experts have it within their power to solve the problem . |
| 23 | You may depend if an opportunity should occur I will not fail to send a letter and I have to request in a [ letter torn ] fervor that you will post a letter to me at least once a week commencing from Monday next , with all particulars respecting your health etc etc directing them P. Office Launceston until called for , and when I again reach this place I will write immediately . |
| 24 | The kidnappers have given us until October the eleventh to deliver the document and I have n't despaired of finding it before then . |
| 25 | The thing is , it 's a vicious circle , it 's Catch 22 really , 'cos I used to have a good self-employed business , going painting and decorating and I used to have a good clientele and that and I found over the years that , when it became harder and harder to score and the prices rocketed and all that , it got out of hand , out of proportion , that I was spending more and more time off the job than I was on the job , looking round to get the stuff and I found I was unable to carry on working without the drug , because I just felt so bad and I could n't climb ladders and I thought I was a danger to myself and anybody else that I had working with me , y'know . |
| 26 | By then it was too late to get the room and I walked back to the spot where I had committed the robbery . |
| 27 | I refused to have a mastectomy and I see now in terms of theory , that I was stagemanaged at various points on the production line , into trying to turn me into a well-behaved patient by traumatising me by saying ‘ If you do n't do what we tell you … ’ or ‘ You 're being very naughty ’ or ‘ You 're being hysterical ’ , or ‘ We have n't got time to deal with all these questions , we 'd never get round ’ , and so on . |
| 28 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |
| 29 | ‘ Right now , I 'm going to fill the big bowl with nice hot water and you are going to have a scrub and I want every bit of you to be clean , mind , including your hair . ’ |
| 30 | I 'm angry because I was told it would be relatively straightforward to get a divorce and I did n't foresee any of this . |