Example sentences of "[vb infin] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's for this reason I 've gone against my initial instinct not to blow our own trumpet on this at the risk of provoking more ‘ bad loser ’ comments from certain people ( and let me stress I do n't mean the runners-up ) communicated to me . |
| 2 | ‘ I hoped you 'd say that — why do you think I brought you here , where we can be alone ? ’ |
| 3 | Why do you think I brought you down to his place if it was n't so that I could stake a claim on your patience — make you listen to what I have to confess because there was no way you could run away from me — flag down a taxi , catch a bus and head for the airport ? ’ |
| 4 | I do n't think I scare easily , but I sure as hell scared myself that weekend . |
| 5 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't think I met anyone who was having her baby adopted . |
| 7 | Do you think I make a habit of this sort of thing , is that it ? |
| 8 | Who said : ‘ I do n't think I take any part in his downfall whatsoever . ’ ? |
| 9 | The glamour girl said she felt no guilt over Mr Mellor 's resignation and declared : ‘ I do n't think I take any part in his downfall whatsoever . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't think I realised quite how kind until they were killed . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Then why the hell do you think I keep coming to see you ? ’ |
| 12 | I did n't think I looked so dreadful before , and I certainly did n't think it was any business of theirs how I looked . |
| 13 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
| 14 | Would my mother now think I 'd suffered enough , I wondered . |
| 15 | I do n't think I 'd better . |
| 16 | I remember thinking , ‘ Gosh , I did n't think I 'd left all this out on the floor . |
| 17 | I do n't think I 'd taken a breath from when he took his stance until the ball finished up on the green . |
| 18 | ‘ Did you think I 'd kicked the bucket , Ma ? ’ |
| 19 | I do n't think I 'd ever really looked at him , to be honest . |
| 20 | Where would they think I 'd gone to ? |
| 21 | You 'd think I 'd given him the moon . ’ |
| 22 | You would n't think I 'd been complimented on them , would you , but when I 'appened to show them accidental to a gentleman once , he said I ought to go on the stage and wear tights and a little frou-frou skirt — here , where you goin' ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't think I 'd ever felt so taxed in my career . |
| 24 | But I do n't think I 'd better think about that . |
| 25 | Well erm I actually stopped smoking about er , two years ago and was quite surprised at the amount of weight I put on in about five months , which was two stone , which I did n't think I 'd deserved ! |
| 26 | Anyone 'd think I 'd never had a baby before . ’ |
| 27 | When I heard I 'd got it , I was stunned — I did n't think I 'd got it . |
| 28 | I just privately discharged myself and let the Americans think I 'd been here all along . ’ |
| 29 | Really , Tom , the way you 're defending her , anyone would think I 'd tortured the girl ! |
| 30 | ‘ Well , there was a little problem , but I do n't think I 'd better talk about it on the phone . ’ |