Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [coord] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was the first dog that I got to know and I 've been a sucker for them ever since . |
| 2 | I tried to scream but he put his hand over my mouth . |
| 3 | ‘ I tried to stay but they said they were paying my contract up and I had no option . |
| 4 | I tried to swallow and it hurt . |
| 5 | I want to live and I want my children to get an education . |
| 6 | I said I want to go and I meant it . |
| 7 | ‘ I have made up my own mind where I want to go and I spoke to Frank Clark this morning the first time for a fortnight . |
| 8 | The problem I 've got is is er I know what I want to do and you told me what are doing , so from that I have a good picture of what how I should approach it . |
| 9 | I want to know and I want to help make it happen . ’ |
| 10 | But one morning I came to play and I found that my clubs were not there ( they had been stolen ) I then had to go through the long task of making a claim to the insurance company to try and claim some money to replace the clubs I had lost . |
| 11 | I played to win and I did . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , thank you very much for your expert opinion , but that ‘ death trap ’ , as you call it , is the only vehicle I happen to possess and I need it mended pretty quickly . |
| 13 | Er the point I was making to her was erm in her paper which er was excellent by the way , I forgot to say and I think you put it all very clearly and very nicely , y you , you very nicely set out the basic idea that the consequence and that in principle a male need contribute nothing more than his penis . |
| 14 | ‘ I turned to go and he hit me . |
| 15 | but y I ca n't I have to say and I know right ca n't give her what she wants is somebody to sit down somebody to sit her down and talk to her and you ca n't give her the benefit of that because it 's a little battle right between the two silly little girls if you like and if that j if that happens had won right and that 's the way will feel it |
| 16 | I thought all treatment was free on the N H S , do I have to pay and they answer no , nor should you have been sent the bill although the hospital was within its rights to make a charge for the emergency treatment fee . |
| 17 | I try to write but we have run out of words . |
| 18 | When I was swimming I went to change and I found a swimming costume . |
| 19 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
| 20 | I love to knit and I like to sew |
| 21 | I knew what I had to do but it took some courage to switch that light on , I can tell you . |
| 22 | I had to stop and I felt really physically very unwell . |
| 23 | ‘ I was saddened that it was felt I had to go but I suppose it was unsurprising , ’ he said . |
| 24 | I continued to call and they said they had the matter in hand , but I must be patient and understand that the pressure of business was overwhelming . |
| 25 | The navigator , who I wanted to exchange and who remained with Middleton in his very last moments , his body was never found . |
| 26 | I wanted to object but I did not know how to do so . |
| 27 | I wanted to go but she did n't have eno any more tickets . |
| 28 | Erm she was in India and I wanted to go and she said a Hindi course at A T R in Zurich . |
| 29 | Yes and then er I wanted to change and I wanted to do private nursing |