Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pos pn] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But to confirm my diagnosis I need to do some tests . |
| 2 | He said : ‘ It was something I 'd never given any thought to , but it was nice to be asked , and when the Ulster Branch were happy to accept my nomination I was delighted to take up the offer . |
| 3 | I used to know my semaphore I 'm , I 've never really mastered the morse , but I used to know the semaphore |
| 4 | Erm if I knew the pages in the report as well as I try to know my bible I could point you to another place Moderator where er |
| 5 | Each time I stopped to catch my breath I could hear his voice in the distance shouting , " Jane ! |
| 6 | Instead of using complicated measurements involving colour purity , resolution etc. to compare their performance I simply used each monitor for a day . |
| 7 | In trying to remember my Father I suppose the image that comes most vividly to mind is that of a tall , large-boned man with balding grey hair , a rather beautifully-shaped nose and kind but sad grey eyes . |
| 8 | Fingers come round , things go in and out of my mouth but even when I venture to open my eyes I see nothing . |
| 9 | Well I think what I 'll do yeah is like when they 're trying to clean my window I 'll open the gu and shoot er open the window yeah and I 'll get out a gun and shoot them . |
| 10 | Just I was going to reach his house I was confronted by a flooded Cherry Tree Green . |
| 11 | so to answer your question I would there 's no problem |
| 12 | To calm my feelings I walked all the way back to London . |
| 13 | I felt very sorry for her by now and for want of knowing how to express my sympathy I offered to make another pot of tea . |
| 14 | We used to , we used to have a wiper there , you see , a clean wiper on the block used to wipe your hands I used to wash them . |
| 15 | ‘ If the FA had asked me personally to select our opponents I 'd have gone for Orient , ’ said Still . |
| 16 | ‘ Billy told me to use my hook I can hook well as well as jab and found Jason could n't take them . ’ |
| 17 | To ease my conscience I would like it to be recognised that I have five co-founders : Jock Lewes , Paddy Mayne of the original ‘ L ’ Detachment , George Bergé who started the French S.A.S. , Brian Franks who re-raised the S.A.S. flag after the war and John Woodhouse who created the modern S.A.S. during the Malaysian Campaign by restoring to the regiment its original philosophy . |
| 18 | So in other words I 'll I 'll raise up somebody to fill my shoes I suppose . |
| 19 | Yes I 'm prepared to give my name I feel you know . |
| 20 | When dad went to do his exercises I did . |
| 21 | The other way , I mean , we can could actually try and help is to postcode your property I do n't know if any of you have done that ? |
| 22 | But long ago , in 1946 , the questing and the questioning had become almost unbearable , and I knew that to keep my sanity I must force myself to an arbitrary conclusion : I would believe the least terrible of terrible possibilities — that the plane had been shot down over the Channel by enemy action . |
| 23 | It will be a bit nerve-racking in front of my home crowd and because as I have had to rest my shoulder I am not very fit . |
| 24 | To satisfy my pride I tried to give the soldier some grounds for his suspicions . |
| 25 | With the cash to match my pretensions I 'd have been a menace for our Dennis . |
| 26 | I said that I think you 'll find , Ron that Trudy if she married would have to give up her late husband 's occupational widow 's pension so that the way you 're going on now , where you go and stay with her for two or three days at a time is far better oh no , no , no , she 'll be able to keep her pension I said I very much doubt it then I said people are so jealous that if she does marry you and he does n't tell the firm I bet that one of her dear neighbours will oh no they 're all very nice people round where she lives , I thought there 's no good arguing with Ron ! |
| 27 | The only thing I did not like about her was the flat ballerina-style slippers she always wore , to reduce her height I think , because she was taller than you . |
| 28 | To warm thy Broth I burnt my Hands for Haste . |
| 29 | When he left to powder his nose I noticed a change of mood on the street : the club across the road had suddenly gone dark , and into the brightness of our window fitted uniformed police escorting angry ladies into vans . |
| 30 | If I wanted to quadruple my income I could do it , very easily . |