Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 31 | I had been employed at Jersey House for about two and a half years when I was approached to see if I might like to do a little cleaning work to earn some overtime . |
| 32 | I was trying last year to try to see if I could get a erm an Indian , you know when we sort of do looking at Asia |
| 33 | It resulted in the erm extra requirement for security which does happen to which Mr has referred and I I think it 's it 's very very important to realise that if that three party cooperation can be achieved as it should be , bearing in mind what Simon says that we are going to have to do this , with horrendous problems in the youth and community project in the future and we would be failing completely in our duty , not just to the people of Highfields , but to the people of this whole county if we simply allowed politics , as has been done in the past , to lead to entrenched positions and the idea of simply saying to the director , we are in a mess therefore will you please deal with it all is I think wildly irresponsible and I 'm very very surprised indeed that erm that point should be put . |
| 34 | Well I think what we want to do is to find out the truth from the hype and the emotion , that is what we want to establish and I 'm sure we will correct it if there is any injustice . |
| 35 | Some days later , a farmer phoned to discover whether I knew the meeting times and places of witches in his area . |
| 36 | but erm I said to her over there , I said er , well excuse me I said er da er er a doctor , I , I said took a urine test for me and I said I want to know that I , if he knew the results ? |
| 37 | Certainly , you 've got to be pigeon-holed into a market and people want to know whether I 'm white or black , which is something I 've never had to think about before . |
| 38 | And you want to know whether I did ? |
| 39 | She said I want to know whether I 'm gon na get it regular or not ! |
| 40 | I want to know and I want to help make it happen . ’ |
| 41 | You know you want to know and I would 've thought that the higher the management the more they want to know the implications , the financial of it of any plan which you 're going into . |
| 42 | I had assumed that everyone else was constantly in search of erotic adventure , of physical fulfilment , and I was affronted to discover that I was not , after all , unique . |
| 43 | He has forgotten that I do not drink , or perhaps he thinks I am bluffing . |
| 44 | And let those who do not wait say that I was lucky . |
| 45 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
| 46 | It is these conclusions and that reasoning which Mr. McGregor has attacked and I must reconsider them . |
| 47 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 48 | The next day I was walking to work and I 'd just got as far as the hospital . |
| 49 | So I I think time has moved on , th the pressure from erm the economic pressure and the right wing pressure has grown and i think we 're now doing the right thing . |
| 50 | ‘ If the shopkeeper wants to sell and I want buy , what business is it of anyone else ? ’ |
| 51 | As I climbed , I tried to remember if I had shut the Wheel Room door . |
| 52 | ‘ I have n't a clue why you behave in the way you appear to behave and I honestly do n't give a damn … ’ |
| 53 | Or he has written and I have not received it . |
| 54 | And soon , when I 'm old enough — he has said that I may have his camera , and take pictures for myself . |
| 55 | He he has said if I do go for maintenance he 'll deny that Ricky 's his . |
| 56 | ‘ I 'm so impressed with the speed with which the Czech centre has moved that I 'm confident about the future , ’ he said . |
| 57 | Finally he has decided that I 'm just the vet he needs to be responsible for their health . ’ |
| 58 | I ca n't say I approve of what he has done but I do n't ask him and I do n't want to know the details . ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Inevitably there are going to be offences where I feel disgusted by what the person has done and I would probably say that to them . |
| 60 | I smoked for twenty seven years , and erm I 'm getting on to a year now since I stopped smoking and I feel a lot calmer , I hated being a victim to cigarettes ! |