Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in fact , if we look at even more , I mean where I work is a Family Centre in Berinsfield erm and I interviewed erm some of the carers of young children , and most of the women I interviewed had , in fact , been subjected to marital violence by their male partners and in many ways this had been triggered off by arguments over who should take care of the children and over the woman not being in her place , so although it 's important to maybe look at the macro level , I really think we have to look at how men and women behave towards one another , particularly where child care is concerned . |
| 2 | And I lay where I fell , fighting to hold back the tears which threatened to engulf me . |
| 3 | So I set about a solution which has led to healthy plants which remain where I want them — despite being planted in very high flow undergravel filters . |
| 4 | Do exactly as I say or I 'll cover the mattress with your brains , understand me ? ’ |
| 5 | Or if my mother comes up , and I 'm sort of just getting up , she says , oh do you want me to bring stuff up , or ideally , I usually say or I 'll come downstairs and get breakfast . |
| 6 | I have been told by fellow enthusiasts that the original 2.6 litre petrol engine was a very thirsty unit and they suggest that I should install either a diesel unit or a V6 petrol . |
| 7 | The fact that it will rain tomorrow , for example , may mean that I should not go to London , even though the balance of reasons on the merits of my going ( i.e. all the reasons pro and con but the rain ) suggest that I should go . |
| 8 | And before you suggest that I should consider annihilating this entire sector of the galaxy — ‘ |
| 9 | Sir Geoffrey has arranged for us to be provided with two rooms in the Ingard offices — and I suggest that I and my clerks occupy one room , and you the other . |
| 10 | I 've asked them as well and this might take them into the second week er to start with their pupils process on a Wednesday morning whereby in each classroom there would be a me master year plan even if it means they have to buy four and divide it up but I su I suggest that I would do something , you know , produce one and on that they will write pertinent to the the form to the form er and continue to add on that over , you know as and when it 's relevant er , dates for completion of course work , it might be module testing etcetera and I 'm going to ask at briefing that any anything that a teacher has put down for children , it might be just you know Mi Mr x's group is mentioned at briefing so they can write down what 's pertinent to them and therefore |
| 11 | You know when he 's suggest that I thirty three years ago |
| 12 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 13 | One day , in the dim and distant future , I expect that I shall want to move into different arenas , but I imagine that I shall continue as an NCT member , not just to receive my favourite journal , New Generation but also to carry on contributing to my favourite charity . |
| 14 | I expect that I should have burst into tears . |
| 15 | I expect that I shall think of the term 's work as a preparation for the second teaching practice . |
| 16 | I have heard from Prudential Property Services with details of your proposed purchase of the above property for £52,000 subject to Contract and I expect that I shall be receiving the draft Contract from the vendor 's solicitors in the course of the next post but perhaps you will kindly telephone me and let me know whether you wish me to proceed with the Preliminary Enquiries arising thereon and the Local search with the East Herts District Council . |
| 17 | I have a Roland U220 which would give me the sounds I want although I know it would not give me the great note-sequence loops which McLaughlin uses so beautifully . |
| 18 | For the first time , it occurs to me that my body has needs for food , needs of its own that I ca n't try to overrule with dieting and ferocious exercise and fasting ; and in a bigger way , I realise that I have needs of all kinds that I had tried to ignore : a need for food , a need to be loved , a need to feel accepted , a need for independence , a need to grow up , and a need for security . |
| 19 | People realise that I am still around . |
| 20 | At 29 I realise that I 'm never going to get married , for the simple reason that no man has ever looked at me twice . |
| 21 | Looking at the event dispassionately , I realise that I was probably chosen because the film had to be ‘ in the can ’ ( a technical term we film people use for ‘ finished ’ ) by the end of February . |
| 22 | But I now realise that I , too , have been a whore , now that I am in love . |
| 23 | But then with an ever deepening sinking feeling inside I realise that I am bound for failure once again . |
| 24 | Looking back I am increasingly grateful to the many people who took a share in this fortunate happening , though now I realise that I might have expressed my gratitude to them more often and more appreciatively . |
| 25 | I realise that I had been less than a block away , watching the drugstore explode . |
| 26 | I 've always got on well with adults , but it 's only now that I 'm starting to get on with my own generation , and I realise that I have to do that if I 'm to become a whole person . |
| 27 | ‘ Please believe me , this is my obstinacy — you are behaving honourably , honourably — I realise that I am jeopardising my chance of great happiness — but we know — both of us — there are times when the greatest danger has to be faced , the greatest risk taken because that small persistent voice will not allow us to escape our duty to ourselves . |
| 28 | I now realise that I was really teaching social passivity and conformity , academic snobbery and the naturalness of good healthy competition , and that I was using maths as an instrument for achieving these things . |
| 29 | ‘ I realise that I come into the picture as a relative , and I do feel natural interest and concern for my great-uncle . |
| 30 | as if this were not enough , I now realise that I can no longer give Jacob children . |