Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 32 | ‘ Well , I got kissed lots these hols , how about that ? |
| 33 | ‘ I got to do everything , editing , devising my own shows . |
| 34 | It was only when I got to know something of the poverty of India 's villages ( some 500,000 of them ) that I really saw far worse poverty . |
| 35 | Well really I got buy something else off his stall . . |
| 36 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 37 | I hate to disappoint anyone but that was n't the case — although the veiled hints caused us plenty of amusement . |
| 38 | I hate to say something I do n't mean , and I had enough sense left to know I might not be prepared to keep my side of the contract tomorrow . |
| 39 | I hate to see someone sad . |
| 40 | I hate watching someone struggle with a job I can do more quickly . |
| 41 | JB : I tend to paint anything although only very occasionally a portrait . |
| 42 | I tend to wear something mid-length . |
| 43 | I mean I 'm , I 'm , I 'm only going on the fact that I I tend to do everything on the cheap so I tend to get if I can find somebody who does photocopying I can do it then we 'll do it . |
| 44 | I tend to buy something new once a month , and inevitably end up getting various items for both Roger and Jamie as well , so I have to try to keep my spending under strict control . |
| 45 | Do I need to do anything between visits ? |
| 46 | Good morning , erm , do I need to switch something on , oh , it 's working now . |
| 47 | When I tried to say something , she told me that my turn would come up later , and there was a strict order for speaking . |
| 48 | ‘ This morning , ’ Matilda said , ‘ just for fun I tried to push something over with my eyes and I could n't do it . |
| 49 | When you asked about the phone call I tried to remember everything and I do n't know what else I could have told you . |
| 50 | I knew that if I tried to rob someone and got caught , I 'd go to jail . |
| 51 | I tried to become one with nature on the games-field , which made me unpopular with the enthusiastic cricketers . |
| 52 | ‘ I tried to produce something that was very beautiful , very generous and very warm ; that showed the family life I have with my wife , ’ says Koons , a little hurt . |
| 53 | I tried to excuse everyone to everyone else . |
| 54 | I tried to get one . |
| 55 | I tried to get one yesterday , . |
| 56 | V.W. I tried to get something going last year after we 'd been on this girls in secondary schools course . |
| 57 | At first I tried to write everything down in my notebook . |
| 58 | Back home again , with Nigel free from pain , I tried to make everything as easy as possible for him . |
| 59 | I , I tried to find one that |
| 60 | which like I say saw one up at erm I told you that fireplace shop on the corner , mind you I think we 'll get Edwards in , he had some in about a hundred and sixty quid or so |