Example sentences of "i [verb] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked children to think of a witches ' stew and this is what they suggested to put on a sign on the wall : |
| 2 | During a visit to Brigade Headquarters I overheard Officers discussing the situation in our area . |
| 3 | Home again , I wasted hours trying to make sense of things , and did so eventually . |
| 4 | I made signs to ask whether I could be untied , but the official politely refused . |
| 5 | ‘ When we played Albania three weeks ago in Tirana , I made plans to deal with them but on the day they fielded a much different side to the one I expected . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When we played Albania three weeks ago in Tirana , I made plans to deal with them but on the day they fielded a much different side to the one I expected . ’ |
| 7 | After a long week , I received a phone call at lunchtime to say that the specimen was at the airport about to be collected , and I made arrangements to go up the following day . |
| 8 | Soon after that I made arrangements to go to Australia ; I just felt I did n't want to be around when Mason and Jennifer got together . |
| 9 | I mean operators have made big steps and big investments in the last two or three years in upgrading facilities on whether their holiday centres , you know , cottages , boats , centre parcs , that type of thing , and that is good quality business and erm it 's certainly coming in to us . |
| 10 | Yeah because there 's a lot , I mean cereals have got a lot of vitamins and iron in ai n't they ? |
| 11 | No I mean women buy them to wear . |
| 12 | No but I mean things broke . |
| 13 | I mean signs to tell us your father may be wishing his burden lightened somewhat ? |
| 14 | It 's erm , even back to school , I mean boys wear blue , girls wear pink , if you see a boy with pink i , you know he 's classed as cissy , er , cissy or wimp things like that . |
| 15 | Er I well I agree but I mean parents seem to be quite keen for their er their children to out and do it . |
| 16 | I mean shops had stuff in them . |
| 17 | Well I mean relations have existed for thousands of years . |
| 18 | I mean architects use these sort of people do n't they |
| 19 | No no , amenity-wise , you 're okay , but I mean amenities does n't make up for sort of living standards you 've got , does it ? |
| 20 | I mean politicians pay a great heed to the people they erm seek advice from . |
| 21 | Johnson , outlining a preference for vegetable derivatives rather than animal , said , ‘ I have often thought , that , if I kept a seraglio , the ladies should all wear linen gowns , or cotton — I mean stuffs made of vegetable substances ’ and declared a hatred for silk : ‘ you can not tell when it is clean . ’ |
| 22 | Because I mean children need to grow and understand what longer words mean as well . |
| 23 | Well it is I mean trees give off oxygen anyway do n't they ? |
| 24 | It 's O K if your headmasters that run the school change I mean schools tend to change with headmasters do n't they ? |
| 25 | They had , there , there was a small section still made kettles during the war cos I mean kettles wore out , wear out just the same , you 've still got to have a kettle or a bucket , but erm that 's like everything else there was only , only a small section so they was in short supply . |
| 26 | I was with him for four hours and got nowhere ; I requested colleagues to have a crack at him all to no avail . |
| 27 | Though I lack words to describe such devilry , I will try . |
| 28 | ‘ When I was 17 I had nothing , I sold drugs to make money . |
| 29 | I will always make people angry or happy because I make things happen . |
| 30 | I make arrangements to meet Griffith in town the following morning . |