Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [adv] [to-vb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got this watch with an alarm on it , so that I know when to take it . |
| 2 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 3 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 4 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 5 | An impromptu purchase , and a bit extravagant , but remaining tidily or prettily dressed is an important investment in job search , marriage and social life , so I try only to slum it in track suit at weekends and totally quiet evenings at home . |
| 6 | Several modifications have been suggested , but unfortunately there was no snow for the Aviemore race so I 've yet to see it in action . |
| 7 | ‘ I have never known a patient wait for 10 hours for an ambulance for an inter-hospital transfer — and I hope never to know it again , ’ she said . |
| 8 | I know they get mouth rot and I know how to treat it , but I 'm not too clued up on their habits . |
| 9 | She held out a twisted hand and I stepped forward to shake it lightly . |
| 10 | ‘ You accused me of having a lover and I chose not to deny it . ’ |
| 11 | When my eyes had grown accustomed to the darkness I saw its silhouette and I reached out to touch it , it was rough and had nodules growing from it . |
| 12 | Tony Visconti : ‘ When David and Angela found the enormous Victorian house , Haddon Hall , in Beckenham , my girlfriend and I went along to see it and we loved it . |
| 13 | Hirst said last night : ‘ The ball was running away and I went in to win it . |
| 14 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 15 | Experience was all , and I set out to grab it with both hands , drifting from country to country , from one relationship to another , a heedless , hedonistic round with never a thought for tomorrow . |
| 16 | It works , and the fish flips over onto its side for an instant and I heave desperately to keep it coming . |
| 17 | It was beautiful and I sat down to enjoy it . |
| 18 | I was furiously angry , and I needed desperately to believe it was with you … |
| 19 | Three local anglers had been watching the pantomime with great enjoyment , and I have yet to live it down . |
| 20 | I just burnt twenty quid on food and if I stay here to eat it I 'll take it out on them ! |
| 21 | I mean you wo n't want much but I mean just to hold it . |
| 22 | I had conceived my fictional , pastoral church within which I now spent so much of my time during an imaging session at the Centre , but I had yet to see it in reality . |
| 23 | ‘ But I know how to make it better , too . |
| 24 | ‘ But I know how to get it back . |
| 25 | HEATHCLIFF HAD GIVEN me a letter for Catherine , but I decided not to show it to her until Mr Edgar was out of the house . |
| 26 | What just happened between us could have gone much further , but it did n't because I chose not to let it . |
| 27 | I wondered , when I set off to get it , if my notoriety had been communicated on the jungle drums and if the promised purchase might still elude me , so I was especially glad to have it safely at home . |
| 28 | But I had no idea how to implement my refusal and , when I began not to eat it was out of apathy and depression , out of a hopelessness concerning myself ( including my body ) , rather than according to a definite plan . |
| 29 | When I went up to investigate it the floor caved in beneath me and I fell into the middle of all those nasty plants . ’ |
| 30 | I went in there and bought some chewing gum when I went down to see it |