Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ca n't help it : Do you want me to go into the other room ? |
| 2 | Do you want me to come on the nineteenth as well ? |
| 3 | There were times when Joanna 's somewhat footslogging performance made me long for the thoroughbred feel of Lisa , but I had an affection for Joanna and she had one advantage over Lisa — her small cuddy where I could cook and sleep , and be independent of the land . |
| 4 | I wanted to go out last week , but he said , ‘ No way , you 're not going out there ’ , and he made me stay in the whole week . |
| 5 | They made me go through the whole thing three times , though I had hardly anything to tell them . |
| 6 | That one will be completed I imagine within the next couple of weeks . |
| 7 | Well I mean I quote from the nineteenth of November letter from the Parish Council , The Parish Council fully support the environmental recommendations from the District Council . |
| 8 | Perhaps he secretly thinks I belong to the same world . |
| 9 | They want me to join in the whole furore . |
| 10 | The obligation of the bath Mrs Webster never failed to observe , though she did not trust me to keep to the statutory four inches , but ran the water in for me , adding , in spite of my protests , a most nauseous soap powder . |
| 11 | How can he have the nerve to stand there calm and composed and expect me to behave in the same way ? she thought angrily . |
| 12 | She wants me to forget about the civil service and to go to university , ’ she said as soon as she got home . |
| 13 | I sha n't be sorry to get home to Blackstone Rd , it worries me to think of the damp and the dirt , I hope you did what I said and aired all the rooms and linen like I said and got a good cleaning woman in like I said the same as with you , I hope . |
| 14 | And often , as I sat writing such poems that helped me cling to the last shreds of my many identities , I would suddenly sense that you were indeed approaching . |
| 15 | I 'm sure a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and that helped me cope with the daily pressures of newspaper life . ’ |
| 16 | I now realise I looked for the wrong things . |
| 17 | Remember that bit of bother I had in the Red Hart in Berkeley ? ’ he continued , ‘ the sailor went through the window . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When I joined Vancouver Whitecaps I played under the best manager of my career . |
| 19 | Once , whilst in Venice , the Inquisition caught me , tried and condemned me to burn in the great piazza before St Mark 's . |
| 20 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ The police told me to turn in the opposite direction . |
| 22 | He 's seen me talking to the great Walter Schellenberg . |
| 23 | Erm , let me start with the monthly calendar card please . |
| 24 | ‘ Then let me arrange for the two of you to meet . ’ |
| 25 | and let me deal with the first form ? |
| 26 | Let me deal with the main points of the statement item by item . |
| 27 | Let me read to the right hon. and learned Gentleman what the Engineering Employers Federation said : ’ Our experience is that provided they are properly conducted ’ — the very point that I am making — ’ secret workplace ballots are not subject to harassment and have additional beneficial features . |
| 28 | But let me get to the various leaders ' speeches . |
| 29 | Let me respond to the specific ECGD point raised by the right hon. Gentleman . |
| 30 | Now let me say with the monthly card and with the daily page , I 'm going to be showing you a very structured approach to planning . |