Example sentences of "i [verb] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I applied and got the details but never bothered sending off the application form because I did n't think I was capable of doing what was asked . |
| 2 | I happened to see the post advertised with OBEX so I applied and got the job . ’ |
| 3 | I mean but see the tremendous strain that it 's putting on me ? |
| 4 | But at the heart of that issue I you know that specific issue I think is a good example of the of of the problem which I see you facing is that I think it 's more not so much about the noise but about the fact that we have a relatively privileged few people who are enjoying going to these May Balls I mean and enjoying the end of their exams , staying up all night , and I wonder in fact if it 's more a matter of sour grapes rather than environmental health . |
| 5 | Well , er the reason was erm technique and science and they 'd , they all the firms or who was in business had to make locks their own way , you know what I mean and use the best facilities they could get hold of , but science and progress came into being and they cou they made what you could call locks erm repetition . |
| 6 | The more I wail and thrash the deeper I go , just like in any swamp or quicksand . |
| 7 | I goes and gets the strimmer . |
| 8 | His father and I owned and ran the Ontario Raceworld magazine for years before we sold it to a conglomerate . ’ |
| 9 | The Bombing Years , I stress and support the Harris claim that the Allied strategic bombing was the main contribution to the downfall of Hitler 's Reich and our victory in Europe . |
| 10 | I kneel and test the water with one hand . |
| 11 | He was rather braver than I expected and jumped the fences very well . |
| 12 | Surprisingly , I find that all my reasons for postponing giving birth still apply : I do n't particularly like children ; I value my independence , the freedom to come and go , the open doors ; I want to write , and literary history tells me that my chances of succeeding as a writer and a mother are pitiful ; I hate and fear the nuclear family , the stifling atmosphere , the exploited wife and mother , the generation gap . |
| 13 | ‘ How else was I to try and get the location out of him ? ’ |
| 14 | He thought for a moment and added : ‘ In fact , the further I get into it , and see all these boats and families aboard , the more I realise that crossing the Atlantic is no feat at all . ’ |
| 15 | I designed and made the drawings for some jigs and we made them I 'd two or three men with me and they made these jigs and them underneath the sets . |
| 16 | I found that raising the volume helped to improve the realism but I would have like more presence and crisper definition . |
| 17 | The single most difficult thing I found when using the Grafpad was to remember whether I was drawing on the screen or mapping the attributes . |
| 18 | After lunch I reread and filed the summary . |
| 19 | I dismounted and searched the corpses . |
| 20 | I shrug and put the lozenge of ice back into my drink . |
| 21 | Can I introduce and welcome the Deputy Lord Mayor of the city of Portsmouth Councillor Jim . |
| 22 | I phoned and got the address and name , |
| 23 | I cook and run the flat . |
| 24 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
| 25 | I squinted and transformed the galaxy into the dust of my dead skin ; I always read ‘ YAW EVIG ’ from the glistening macadam and avoided giving way . |
| 26 | If I stop and get the pupils discussing , or investigating , I will lose valuable time , and some topic will be missed . |
| 27 | I stop and watch the traffic lights change . |
| 28 | As long as I was forced to stay awake I shrank from any stimulus to sensation ; now I relax and welcome the fading sensations until they are extinct , and for a few minutes will notice impressions of which I am normally unaware , such as the twilight images on the edge of consciousness . |
| 29 | Now I hope that recognising the problem is the first step to getting better . |
| 30 | Er I hope that makes the matter clear , because when we come to make a decision on this group of amendments , er when I er seek the opinion of the er Committee on my Amendment five , I shall only be seeking agreement to Amendment five and its related amendments er eight and eleven and if the Noble Lord , Lord er if , if the House were er to disagree with my Amendment or if it were to be withdrawn and the Noble Lord , Lord amendment were , were put , I think he would agree that it would only tha that that a decision by the Committee would only relate to the amendments in his name because we have in fact four alternatives before us which we are debating together . |