Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what I mean get some exercise in your legs . |
| 2 | In this article I intend to shed some light on the behaviour of a specific linguistic phenomenon , deixis , in a specific kind of discourse , the lyric poem . |
| 3 | Longing was the key : ‘ I long to hold some lady , ’ a longing that was inexhaustible , tumultuous and yet ardently romantic . |
| 4 | Now I want to include some background music . |
| 5 | This morning , too , she had said to her father , ‘ I want this afternoon off ; I want to do some shopping . ’ |
| 6 | I want to do some scuba , for Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 7 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 8 | Listen , I want to grab some supper . |
| 9 | I want to get some work done . ’ |
| 10 | I want to get some petrol . |
| 11 | I want to get some feel of how serious it is . |
| 12 | I want to get some sleep , not indulge in erotic horseplay — after all , you might blackmail me after , ’ he said cuttingly . |
| 13 | I said I 'd do it , and I want to get some sputum samples for analysis to make sure he has n't got a chest infection . |
| 14 | And while you go straight back to the hotel I want to buy some road maps . ’ |
| 15 | Can we not reach conclusions today which I sense has some possibility of consensus ? |
| 16 | I pause to sip some coffee . |
| 17 | One to the sea , which is about 80 miles away , and another to Sao Paulo which is quite near , and I hope to do some shopping for presents there before I come home . |
| 18 | I hope to make some progress with this next week . |
| 19 | I have also been writing an evening class programme which a colleague and I hope to get some funding towards from the local enterprise culture . |
| 20 | ‘ There is one key area in which I hope to have some success over the next year and that is in bringing the clubs and the union closer together ’ . |
| 21 | I begin to get some idea of what the Roman games must 've been like . ’ |
| 22 | I seem to recall some mystery woman … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Every year I like to do some kind of challenge to raise money for charity and to inspire others to raise money as well , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 24 | I like to have some sort of colour down as an underpainting first to kill the white of the paper — a similar process to an oil painter , and I start by wetting the paper with an old one and a half inch household painting brush and then quickly slash in some colour which slightly relates to what I see . |
| 25 | ‘ I like to get some exercise if I can . |
| 26 | I remember having some trouble not laughing during that scene . |
| 27 | The item was used and I understand aroused some interest . |
| 28 | Normally , I would n't care two hoots , but having come home unexpectedly , and with the thought of our marriage dazzling me , I 'm so happy that I keep expecting some obstacle to turn up . |
| 29 | Other times I am mean and nasty , and there are other times when I have n't got complete control of myself but I do want some sort of discipline . |
| 30 | I do feel some relief , no matter what happens now , but I still feel I have betrayed Andy , regardless of what he 's done . |