Example sentences of "i [verb] [v-ing] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your brother 's death left you heiress to Tracy Castle , and I intend taking it for the King . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I intend doing it my own way but I wo n't be rocking the boat . |
| 3 | Pupil : " Bloody hell no — I hate wearing it . " |
| 4 | I do it every day — I hate leaving it . |
| 5 | I hate looking at the meat , I hate touching it … ’ |
| 6 | When I hate doing it is with my own records ; I 've just heard it in my head for so long . |
| 7 | I hate doing it so much that I think I will find just one more excuse to put off the preaching . |
| 8 | I hate talking about it because I hate making it sound as if someone is to blame but I just ca n't stand people who manipulate other people . |
| 9 | and er I tried getting it off , anyway I thought I ca n't be bothered messing about with it |
| 10 | I tried reversing it to five-one-five . |
| 11 | Same country accent : I tried practising it in my head , pretending I was a rosy-cheeked barmaid serving cider . |
| 12 | I tried doing it with my fingers but |
| 13 | I found having it taken away worse than the strip search . |
| 14 | As your vehicle is under warranty , I suggest getting it checked . |
| 15 | Because that was when I stopped taking it for granted . |
| 16 | You , erm , I use buses and cars and I use a bike as well , er , er I think that , we used to have a car and I stopped using it , I used it , we had it when the kids were small and I found it really good for getting them around and it really was necessary to young mothers but their big now and I do n't have to chauffeur . |
| 17 | I stopped , I stopped using it , I must admit . |
| 18 | You would be very cross if I stopped giving it . ’ |
| 19 | And made them a f and they look for their fry every Saturday and I stopped doing it . |
| 20 | When I was told this , I recalled hearing it said , back in the 1930s , that these visits had been observed by a young writer or two who , out of rather callous curiosity , would follow Eliot at a discreet distance , and observe him to turn round , as he approached the door , in order to see whether anybody had been spying on him . |
| 21 | I seem saying it all the time . |
| 22 | I hated doing it . |
| 23 | ‘ I enjoy playing it all . |
| 24 | I think my babies and animals are good and I enjoy doing it … . |
| 25 | Alex and I enjoy it occasionally and I enjoy making it , which I suppose is sufficient justification for the trouble . ’ |
| 26 | Never one to look a gift horse in the mouth , I began kicking it ashore , at the same time trailing the flies in the water behind me . |
| 27 | I can safely claim that nobody at all can read what follows without learning something new about him , any more than I could have imagined , when I began preparing it , how much unrecorded information I would find . |
| 28 | Yes , I enjoyed doing it … |
| 29 | I bought exactly what I wanted and I did spend a lot of money , but I enjoyed doing it and had fun . |
| 30 | The result was very rewarding and I enjoyed doing it very much . |