Example sentences of "thing i [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , those are the sorts of things I take it that , that er we do think are a more interesting way of individuating people than their bodily . |
| 2 | ‘ One of the things I thought we did agree was that we should not do the Government 's dirty work for them . |
| 3 | As time went on , to avoid a whipping , I learned to tell her only the things I thought she wanted to hear . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'll call for you after lunch , and we can go shopping for all the things I thought you 'd like to choose for yourself . ’ |
| 5 | I took the things I thought he would like ( not just the clever-clever things , like the perspective of Ladymont ) . |
| 6 | This was one of the one of the things I asked him was n't it ? |
| 7 | I 'd be interested to know whether Neil did that list of things I asked him to do . |
| 8 | A What about those things I asked you to bring ? |
| 9 | A What about those things I asked you to bring ? |
| 10 | ‘ All the things I told you about Petula … they applied just as much to a jealous dog as to a jealous woman . |
| 11 | Be before you were chosen by whatever process a number of us was asked to comment and one of the things I felt it important to say was that the URC plays a very important role both in being a bridge between all these nations but also serving a particular reform tradition within Wales . |
| 12 | ‘ There are things I hoped you 'd never find out , Harriet , ’ he said' . |
| 13 | ‘ I have learned so many things I wish I 'd never had to learn . |
| 14 | Heiko Bleher — he 's done things I wish I could find the time to do . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're not going to believe half the things I tell you , are you ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ One of the things I like you for , ’ the young man said , ‘ is that there is no pretence about you . |
| 17 | Now that is you know what do you do with these things I mean they 're a nuisance when it comes to making a presentation . |
| 18 | what sort of things I mean they 're singles ? |
| 19 | They all try to get you both but er I have decided the other things I mean I tell Patrick and |
| 20 | And more or less you just earn your bread and butter er doing things I mean it might be in the office |
| 21 | By " doing " things I mean it alters the state of the world ; this is more or less what Engels had in mind with his references to production and reproduction . |
| 22 | I mean if they 're just sort of four foot things I mean it 's not you know I think . |
| 23 | The on the only thing is sometimes if you a if you ask some of these people to do these things I know it 's not a lot of responsibility but do you reckon it goes to his head ? |
| 24 | All sorts of bitter cynical things about the Slade and various artists — things I know he does n't believe . |
| 25 | T frankly , yes it did , but I mean you were reading it pretty well correctly the way they read I mean most of us read things I know I do myself , one reads things quicker than perhaps some would if we were reading them on a radio or something . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ she interrupted , ‘ but you seem to be accusing me of exactly the same things I accused you of — or at least had to ask about . |
| 27 | In all things I expect you to be a lady . |
| 28 | She wrote to Jane at the start of her employment : ‘ There are two things I beg you to do : get your time each day in the fresh air and strictly limit the hours you spend on your work , which I have always had to do anyway with such a large family and it does make sense in the end . |
| 29 | But I find it more useful actually to write out the things I want you to actually do . |
| 30 | ‘ And now , ’ said the Superintendent carefully , ‘ I 'd like you to get out your notebook , and make a list of the things I want you to do . |