Example sentences of "i [vb base] [conj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see we 've had some very good reports , I mean that went through a very bad patch but they 've this new Doctor Colin he 's meant to be pretty switched on |
| 2 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 3 | I lay and thought of her , trying on corsets while the world fell to pieces . |
| 4 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 5 | Of course one may have bad luck , and a less interesting route may be taken , and I fear that happened to her . |
| 6 | I sit and fidget like a child . |
| 7 | Usually when I sit and stare at my blank sheets of A4 paper every month , I am trying to think how I can help you with your Duomatic machines . |
| 8 | I sit and stare for some time , wondering if he is sick . |
| 9 | I sit and talk to him . |
| 10 | If I pick and choose at this stage , I 'm not likely to get off the ground . |
| 11 | ‘ When I see him racing I yell and scream with the best of them , ’ Sharon confesses . |
| 12 | But I expect that goes for millions of unnecessary car owners ! |
| 13 | ‘ I have to go , ’ I say and go to the hall for my coat . |
| 14 | ‘ See you , ’ I say and escape to City Road , where an off-licencee is opening and looks up surprised to see an office yuppie ( his definition ) among the line of winoes so early in the morning-o ! |
| 15 | I find that absolutely because you know my stories I can only write so much and then I stop and think about then and then I write some more . |
| 16 | I stop and think for a moment — shocked by my act of sadism . |
| 17 | But , by now , the violence has crept north , and I stop and watch in amazement as a Newberry 's drugstore at Venice and Western literally explodes before my eyes , a mushroom of smoke and flames towering 200 feet into the night sky . |
| 18 | The phrases used are different but the message is the same , ‘ I approve of myself , ‘ I am a child of the Universe ’ , ‘ I relax and trust in life ’ . |
| 19 | When I do , I wink and smile at her . |
| 20 | ‘ Yeah , I figure that playing with Clifton was the highlight of my musical career , ’ says Sonny , in all seriousness . |
| 21 | I swallow and speak in a tremor . |
| 22 | I conclude that taking into account all the matters which were before , which I 've attempted briefly to summarise in the introductory paragraphs and under this heading . |
| 23 | I conclude that looking at the matter from the point of view of expense incurred and not from the point of view of loss to the employer no expense could be regarded as having been incurred as a result of the decision of the authorities of the college to provide this particular benefit to the taxpayer . |
| 24 | The warmth and obvious pleasure of everyone I meet and see in the Cynon Valley that day is humbling and exhilirating . |
| 25 | ( 2 ) Titius left this legacy to his debtor , Seius : ‘ I give and bequeath to Seius ten denarii , and I also give him whatever he owed me by way of capital and interest . ’ |
| 26 | If there 's somenthing I have n't got I park and bargain with the road workers . |
| 27 | ‘ I read that bit about the jelly-fish somewhere . |
| 28 | Right th the erm I accept that looking at work carried out , which is what we 've got in a number of instances , like |
| 29 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene , but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Yes , the pressure on me has increased since Stuart decided to come back on the England scene but this is not the first time he has squeezed the position and I accept that challenge from a top-class player . ’ |