Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | I shall not be gratified for a benefit , although I may return it in the hope of future benefits ; similarly I shall not avenge injuries except as a deterrent to future injuries . |
2 | She says I have just bought this pram from a jumble sale and I am thinking I may use it as a flower pot and maybe make some model babies out of flowers . |
3 | Well I 've written a letter which I 'll read out to you , I have n't posted it because I think I ought to read it to the meeting and get their approval erm , or otherwise , erm , Dear Miss , this is the General Secretary , W I subscription nineteen ninety two . |
4 | When I hear the attacks on that modest , even cautious , and certainly prudent programme , I must compare it with the gross waste of public money in which the Government have indulged . |
5 | He said , ‘ I must return it to the half-mortals , for only they in all the worlds can keep it safe now . ’ ’ |
6 | I have n't sent it because I thought I must read it to the meeting . |
7 | Your mother was saying perhaps I should give it to the kids , half to you , half to Debbie , but I said , no . |
8 | Coming upon me as it did , however , in the midst of such a busy period , I could not afford to let it preoccupy me unduly , and I thus decided I should resolve it at the earliest opportunity . |
9 | And then I should do it in an hour . |
10 | You think I should show it in the future years ? |
11 | I should put it to the old man right away . " |
12 | Of course , I should put it on the market , but dreams die hard … ’ |
13 | It 's as though the superego suddenly stops functioning , though why I should describe it in the kind of shit jargon dreamed up by that Jewish prick Freud is beyond me . |
14 | OK , I knew I was better than anyone in my school , but it never occurred to me that I might do it as a profession . ’ |
15 | I might stick it on a flying lead and wander around with it for a bit and see where it 's best . |
16 | four hundred and thirty quid , he said bloody hell , so what I said to him is , I know you 're gon na need a car , what I 'll do is er , I 'll get to work , I 'll put it , I 'll bring the car , you bring the car in beginning of the month , next month , right , said I wo n't be able to guarantee that I 'll get it done in a week cos I 've got other work booked in , but I 'll have it in here which means I 'll be able to do work to your car , right , and it 's better me being able to do that , then it , it 's sitting out outside your house and nobody touching it for a couple of weeks , now , I might have it for a couple of weeks , see and I 'll be able to do it in my own leisurely time then |
17 | I 'll I 'll do it on the computer but |
18 | So she said I 'll do it on the computer and and I 'll let you know so we 're eighty pound behind well course we never sent one month at all ! |
19 | I 'll do it for a hundred and thirty quid no more ! |
20 | ‘ … I 'll do it for the Young Farmers sometime . ’ |
21 | a green one or something , but I 'll do it as a red one |
22 | I 'll do it in a minute . |
23 | I ca n't at the moment , I 'll do it in a minute for you . |
24 | Leave it Sheila , I 'll do it in a minute . |
25 | I 'll do it in a minute . |
26 | Well I 'll do it in a minute . |
27 | ‘ Leave it , Annie , I 'll do it in the morning . ’ |
28 | I 'll do it in the morning . |
29 | Well , well I 'll do it in the |
30 | ‘ Never mind , I 'll do it in the morning . |