Example sentences of "i tend " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ingenious arrangement has two advantages : it scents the house with an acrid , invigorating smell of frying cloth recalling a tailor shop in the Bronx , and it permits me to tend two kerosene burners , a Franklin stove , and a fireplace . |
| 2 | You left him for me to tend , with never a word , and I 've done my best for him . |
| 3 | ‘ I tend to think , ’ says Harriet , ‘ teachers in state schools get paid pretty well . |
| 4 | I tend to be rather disorganised when packing gear , so anything that helps me keep things in the right place has got to be a bonus . |
| 5 | Whereupon I produced the will out of my pocket , because I tend to take wills to funerals , and said , ‘ Perhaps this will refresh your memory . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ So , given that I have a political opportunity , I tend to become an enthusiast harnessing the forces that are at work , trying to get the best out of them , trying to use them for the political purposes that I believe in . |
| 7 | I tend to wear black suits in the evening although I must admit I 'm getting slightly bored with black now . |
| 8 | Cathy : ‘ I tend to buy most of my clothes from Next , but this top is n't — I 'm not telling you where I bought it ! ’ |
| 9 | I tend to see people as walking garbage cans , fill of all this mess they do n't know how to deal with . ’ |
| 10 | COOK 'S NOTE : I tend not to use virgin olive oil for this dip as I find the flavour too strong for the roe . |
| 11 | ‘ I tend to shower when I go to the gym , but often I have a bath in the evening with my son . |
| 12 | ‘ I tend to agree with Fred , ’ he replied . |
| 13 | I tend to take the beautiful surroundings of the mikva for granted ; in my local mikva , the private bathrooms which lead in total privacy into one of two mikvas are beautifully decorated and colour co-ordinated , centrally heated with modern power-showers and flouncy floral curtains all around . |
| 14 | ‘ As for ornamental plants , I tend to prefer the more traditional style or garden , ’ he ponders . |
| 15 | It 's just that now I tend to ignore it . |
| 16 | However , as a compensation , I tend to draw comic devils playing fiddles . |
| 17 | For my part , when the dread stock phrases are uttered , I tend to murmur ‘ Your good health ’ , and ‘ How do you do ? ’ . |
| 18 | With adults I tend to assume there are going to be layers or stages in the case which a repeated LM will uncover . |
| 19 | I tend to believe this is true . |
| 20 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
| 21 | Nowadays , I tend to do without . |
| 22 | I tend to use each kilometre as a ‘ four minute trot ’ . |
| 23 | Nowadays few people can detect this very slight disability although I tend to limp a bit if I get tired . |
| 24 | I tend not to tell people a song is n't about them because it disappoints them . |
| 25 | I tend to daydream |
| 26 | The essences marked with an asterisk are the oils I tend to use more often . |
| 27 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 28 | And then for my main course I tend to choose |
| 29 | Now I tend to find I need something else to put me to sleep . |
| 30 | I tend to be guilty of deviating from the subject matter , this being tantamount to stealing the thunder from the individual under scrutiny . |