Example sentences of "thing i do [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But there 's one thing I do want to say . |
| 2 | The other one , the other one that I find interesting is I hope Mr will take his comments back to John , because John 's quite happy , I applaud him for once , it 's about the only thing I do applaud John for , erm , but John 's quite happy to turn round to Norway and say forget your centuries old traditions of killing whales . |
| 3 | I do n't know what my future style will be but the one thing I do know is that I will keep on changing . ’ |
| 4 | The only thing I do know is that something must be done to get her away from here … anywhere . ’ |
| 5 | One thing I do know , I 'm not going back to that God-awful prison whatever happens . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The one thing I do know is that he will be at the inquest . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ The one thing I do know is that he will be at the inquest into the death of L/Cpl Edwards . |
| 8 | He 's obviously an unfortunate athlete like Steve Cram , but the one thing I do know is that he is the best friend any vet could have ! |
| 9 | The one thing I do ask all my patients is that they try not to question whether or not the regression is real during the course of the session itself . |
| 10 | But I do n't , not only that Marg , I mean , it 's become like a , but the only thing I do object to is these people marching about , and they do n't want to help pay for their children 's |
| 11 | And tha that is one thing I 'm , I mean I 'm not I 'm not the best driver in the world , but that is one thing I do try not to do cos as you say no matter what the circumstances are , if I go up the back of somebody it is my fault . |
| 12 | ‘ The one thing I do have in common with William , ’ conceded Preston , ‘ is that we both grew up knowing the heavens might open at any moment and drop a load of shit on our heads . ’ |
| 13 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 14 | The next thing I do remember is waking up in a very grand house a few streets away from where the robbery took place . |
| 15 | One thing I do remember was an occasion when the occupants of Hut 4 provided the whole camp , unwittingly , with a topic of conversation which went the rounds for at least a week . |
| 16 | ‘ However , ’ Corbett continued , clasping his sword belt around his waist , ‘ one thing I do remember is that the preacher was really a gentle man ; he told my mother that Holy Mother Church merely wished to frighten its children except — ’ Corbett narrowed his eyes and looked through the doorway ‘ — for murderers , those who slay , especially the sons of Cain who plot with ice-cold malice the destruction of someone they hate . ’ |
| 17 | If one of my staff had done the same thing I do believe I 'd have fired him . |
| 18 | But one thing I do find sadly lacking is a middle-of-the-range clothes shop . |
| 19 | Because the one thing I do establish I tell people come and talk to me when you 've got a car . |