Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | No , I mean put it under your jumper . |
2 | put it in the vice , I mean put it in the vice whether , whether it just pull the head off I do n't know but it came out |
3 | ‘ There is a big future for this club , and I intend to put it on the right footing . |
4 | Your brother 's death left you heiress to Tracy Castle , and I intend taking it for the King . ’ |
5 | I intend to do it in a proper English accent ( You can do it ) . |
6 | I need to know the wiring for the Nato socket as I intend to use it for towing my caravan , but will need to alter the wiring to suit or obtain another Nato plug and add the 12n/12s plugs to this . |
7 | I have the advantage , Meredith , and I intend to use it against you . ’ |
8 | ‘ I intend to return it to its rightful owner , ’ she said grittily . |
9 | ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’ |
10 | I hate to see it like that . ’ |
11 | I hate to admit it in fact but er , no the way they got things organized , got lecture tours , rallies and what have you together , you know I think er taught us an incredible amount . |
12 | I mean you are , you know , you are now I hate to te I hate to break it to you but you are . |
13 | That 's what I want to use it for . |
14 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
15 | I want to give it to Angela to put away now so I know my money 's put a way . |
16 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
17 | He said : ‘ I am doing it my way and if I am to be able to beat Alain Prost I want to do it on the track by out-driving him , not by any other means . |
18 | I want to put it on me |
19 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
20 | I do n't want to put it in me deposit you see , I want to put it in my next year 's commitment |
21 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
22 | Yes , but I want to send it from town . |
23 | I want to get it into brilliant condition first . |
24 | I want to get it on the market as soon as possible . ’ |
25 | Gerstner told the IBM Corp meeting in Tampa , Florida that he does not intend to ‘ lay out a grand scheme ’ for the company : ‘ There has been a lot of speculation , ’ Reuter reports him saying , ‘ that I am going to unveil some great plan , ’ Gerstner said ; ‘ You will see actions , and our actions will speak for themselves , ’ but added that some actions will not emerge until 1994 ; he described it as not entirely accurate to describe IBM 's strategy as ‘ splitting it up into a bunch of little pieces , ’ and added that the dividend may change based on IBM 's performance and outlook ; ‘ We ca n't expect quick fixes , ’ Gerstner told more than 3,000 shareholders at the meeting , ‘ But I do dare to ask your patience , ’ he said ; his top priority is to get IBM 's layoffs completed and ‘ rightsize ’ the company — ‘ I want to get it behind us so we can say to those remaining , ‘ You are are our team , ’ ’ he said ; he acknowledged several times that IBM 's bureaucracy had hampered the company , and elsewhere it was reported that he has ordered managers to dispense with the customary slides and flip charts when they address him — ‘ IBM has changed but some would say not fast enough , ’ but ‘ We can bring IBM back , ’ Gerstner said . |
26 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
27 | I want to warn it about Mr Crangle s expedition . |
28 | And I want to hear it from you . |
29 | Turning back to the landlord , Giles Aplin said , ‘ I already know the name of the man who gave you this watch — but I want to hear it from your lips — and I want the truth . ’ |
30 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |