Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 31 | This brings me to the final topic that I want to discuss in this rather philosophical chapter , the problem of what we mean by explanation . |
| 32 | ‘ I do n't think I want to know about this , ’ said Melanie , trying in vain to shake off Carol 's arm . |
| 33 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 34 | Yes , and this is why I want to look at this week at a glance diary , so that you will go away and I want you to fill this in as I 'm filling in on the board , you 'll go away with an idea what a diary , sorry , spit there , ha , erm , of what a diary will look like roughly , so that you know what your diary should look like every week . |
| 35 | It was only later when I came to reflect on this incident , that I recalled the man 's appearance . |
| 36 | The first thing I did when I came to live in this lovely place , was to take out a subscription for MKM . |
| 37 | Ronald Duncan , whom I came to know about this time ( our first meeting took place when I made a bicycle tour of Cornwall in the summer of 1947 ) , spoke of having received a telegram from Eliot cancelling an engagement and saying that he had to ‘ bury a woman ’ . |
| 38 | Against the first objection , I hope to show in this chapter that the conceptual distinction is far from mere pedantry . |
| 39 | I weep to hear of this latest affliction and so unexpected with him in the prime of his life and never an illness and being a big strong man . |
| 40 | ‘ What am I going to do with this lot ? |
| 41 | ‘ Oh my goodness , whatever am I going to do about this ? ’ |
| 42 | Nothing , absolutely nothing , so instead of thinking oh , what am I going to do about this , and can I get round here , if I turn round here , can I get round these bends or something , no I ca n't , it 'll all be sort of , no . |
| 43 | She said , ‘ What am I going to wear for this old party tomorrow ? |
| 44 | And in a radio programme , you have exactly the same thing , it 's the first fifteen or twenty seconds which makes you decide ‘ Am I going to listen to this , or am I going to switch this off , and go out and make a cup of tea or take the dog for a walk ? ’ |
| 45 | The other story I recall to mind about this time is that Cranwell in those days must have been the coldest spot south of the Arctic Circle and the ration of coal to fire the single stove in a billet of 22 erks took little account of the temporary hutment , Some genius had laid down that the ration of coal would he 1lb of coal every other day was sufficient to ward off armies of brass monkeys that descended on Cranwell in winter . |
| 46 | Have I got to sit behind this chap for ages ? |
| 47 | I 'm wondering if , if that 's what David needs to do what , what have I got to do with this ? |
| 48 | As I began to reflect on this verse , I let its truth penetrate deep within me . |
| 49 | I never knew her young , but she has never grown older in the years since I began to sit with this hareem . |
| 50 | I like to know about this polyunsaturated thing ? |
| 51 | I like to think of this next Fodorian thesis as a kind of ‘ methodological dualism ’ . |
| 52 | Erm on on the point about road access , I 'd simply point out that the it it is acknowledged by the Department of Transport , and in fact there 's a study under way I believe to look at this , that the A sixty four in the York , Selby area er in the Leeds York corridor , is already subject to congestion and peak hour er delays . |
| 53 | ‘ Good grief , why should I have to speak like this ? |
| 54 | Why in heaven 's name did I have to walk into this nightmare ? |
| 55 | I decided to sleep with this boy . |
| 56 | The door of his room was open , his desk was unlocked , and I decided to look at this memento . |
| 57 | Since I started to work on this chapter somewhere back in early 1989 a lot has happened . |
| 58 | What I try to do in this book is to show that faith is reasonable . |
| 59 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |
| 60 | I try to get through this stage of painting with only a few sticks of colour . |