Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [v-ing] them " in BNC.
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1 | Sadly , mine is a sort of hole in the wall — not possible to move — so I spend more time running back and forth to fetch tools than I do using them . |
2 | I do n't think they really understand , so I suggest sending them a copy of the bank statement . |
3 | Right , a few problems yesterday , a forklift and trailer keys not being signed in and I had taking them home . |
4 | As I gained confidence in their genuine goodwill I found that my sense of humour returned and I enjoyed making them laugh . |
5 | ‘ And I started telling them , ‘ I 'm not an Indian , I 'm Aymara . |
6 | many and I 've stopped eating them at Christmas when I brought them and I started eating them again . |
7 | They were exhausted going into the singles and I hated banging them in there for every match . |
8 | And I suggested charging them like sixty pounds for the three nights . |
9 | At Martin Brundle 's lunch in London I discovered that Maurice Hamilton had been the Mastermind question-setter and he reported that if I thought answering them was hard , he had found setting them a good deal harder . |
10 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
11 | Cos I keep buying them every time they 're half price |
12 | Now I 'm married I 've grown a little away from them , but I miss having them to talk to . |
13 | I love salad sandwiches but I hate making them ! |
14 | ‘ I do n't really read books , but I liked cataloguing them and arranging them and making sure they were well looked after and all that kind of thing . ’ |
15 | Because I keep bumping them it 's got nothing to do with the chiropodist . |
16 | ‘ It 's worth spending money on the wear out of , I never throw out jackets or coats , because I keep wearing them over and over — that 's really good value for money . ’ |
17 | It was n't long before I started finding them both repetitive and bland . |
18 | A new set of feelings about the baby had begun to emerge since I had nearly lost it , and I wanted to be sure that they were going to take root before I risked dispersing them with talk . |
19 | When I started feeding them I built them up to a wedge of ‘ Horsehage ’ each — which they love . |
20 | When I finish putting them all round the bed , it looks real nice . |
21 | But I must be disappointed at how few fungi there are yet in the hedges and copses , as I start hallucinating them . |
22 | Yet another reason for regarding romantic suspense as primarily a woman 's art ( though I enjoy reading them , and so do many other old male chauvinists ) is that the archetypal situation they describe echoes the situation of women through the ages . |