Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 2 | Blood ran from his face where I had cut it , but I had fought too many fights that night . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh techniques of surveillance , when you 're sitting alone in a car you move into the passenger seat , make it look as if you 're waiting for the driver to come back … the trouble is , I never got a posting where I had to use it . ’ |
| 4 | Where I 've wet it what 's it done to it ? |
| 5 | where I 've dropped it for , well then , it 's the toilet brush you see , I 've been going like this with the toilet |
| 6 | or I 've lost it on t' way running for bus . |
| 7 | And er this is what I do , Well I used to do jobs round here for a while or I 've chucked it up now aye . |
| 8 | I do n't know what 's happened lately — the machine has either taken notice and chosen to behave or I have mastered it at last , because I have managed to finish two sweaters this week ! |
| 9 | except I forget to put it on and then he twiddles , twiddles with the er |
| 10 | I hated the hoop of diamonds which , although I had washed it , looked somehow dirty . |
| 11 | I was grateful for the radio he had borrowed from the farmer , although I had to play it almost inaudibly , so as not to disturb him . |
| 12 | Ca n't say I 've learnt much although I 've started it again and again in the last two years . |
| 13 | ‘ And you know , I 've never said this , although I 've thought it a lot : you 've always been kind to me all down the years . |
| 14 | Although I keep pulling it up and throwing it in the dustbin , it keeps coming back . |
| 15 | Most people ignored this commandment , although I have heard it said that Pike was to be seen with a compass on a number of occasions , trying to align himself correctly . |
| 16 | Being aware of the strict alcohol regulations , I did not object to this , although I did think it rather unfair that a school-friend was obliged to dispose of his soft drink before he entered the ground . |
| 17 | I could n't fault the descriptions , although I did find it a little irritating to be several paragraphs into each section before the actual route of ascent was revealed . |
| 18 | And everywhere else now that I come to mention it . ’ |
| 19 | and I keep on saying that I 've said it like about so many things when we 're at home and she goes , what is this you always saying well with everything . |
| 20 | No , now that I 've seen it . |
| 21 | So I must check that the figures I 've already given you , that 's the way that I 've done it . |
| 22 | yeah , I find that , that I 've done it and I 've written down the answer and then I ca n't think which number does it go to , and by the time I 've got to number one they 're on about six , so I might as well , I 'm lost it completely , so I ca n't do that either and my project work , course work , goes towards certain percent of my marks and I ca n't think for the life of me why |
| 23 | Only that I 've heard it before . |
| 24 | I 'm sorry that I 've lost it , like I think it perhaps Si has lost the pipes . |
| 25 | I was going to , one of the , the many things that I went to away last meeting with was , was the idea of , that I 've missed it this time for Playback is a list , a listings kind of mechanism , so obviously this is the first one |
| 26 | I just hope that I 've plugged it in properly . |
| 27 | Any selection of a few new titles , therefore , is bound to be especially arbitrary ; I can only plead that I 've made it as wide as possible . |
| 28 | ‘ The main benefit is that I 've enjoyed it ; that 's my yardstick . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The main benefit is that I 've enjoyed it ; that 's my yardstick . ’ |
| 30 | I can just say that I 've clocked it , even though I can I just I ca n't clock it yeah I can just say I could cos I know how it end . |