Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] [conj] i [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I invariably gain weight if I 've eaten rice the evening before because it retains water and is often served with spicy food which is dehydrating . |
| 2 | The board want answers and I want to prove that my relationship with them in general , and Tom Grant in particular , remains a good one . |
| 3 | I especially hate pubs since I 've given up smoking ( the spurning of which addiction went completely unnoticed by our friend Stuart ) . |
| 4 | I say wonders will never cease I have just written a receipt for Mrs and I have put it in her envelope and I have written my name in , in on , I 've put from and put my name and crossed out caretaker and put treasurer and I have put underneath we do not have a caretaker so we will see what happens How did , how is it that they got to go back with them ? |
| 5 | I like cooking and I like playing with the children , doing things for them — I do n't like the basic cleaning . |
| 6 | You can actually do really big stretches , although I 'm careful to warm up before I play and cool down slowly again afterwards , because I get tendonitis and I have to keep myself in shape . |
| 7 | I keep birds and I 've learned to do my hands doing tapestry . |
| 8 | Erm that was a point , , I er spindle bearings and I want to take the business off 'em . |
| 9 | ‘ I still use Marshalls and I 've got a 100-watt head , although it 's nowhere near as good as an early '60s 50-watt Marshall which I used for about nine years before it got stolen . |
| 10 | ‘ I play football and I like watching it . |
| 11 | I love Flex and I do like the super lightweight hairspray like Flex for Extra Hold because of the built-in protein complex . |
| 12 | Well I do n't like office , I love hotels and I think having meetings in a hotel 's more civilized than sitting in an office . |
| 13 | But I hate doing I hate creepy crawlies , I hate spiders and I hate going in the loft . |
| 14 | I do carry a few prizes if I have requests but I prefer to have people involved and enjoying games for the fun of joining in and having a good time , rather than to win a reward . |