Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said you and I were man and wife , and to lose me would break or damage your bond with the King . |
| 2 | ‘ If you were n't already so bruised and battered I 'd turn you over my knee and make sure you had nothing to laugh about . ’ |
| 3 | I had few friends , just one or two left over from school , but on the infrequent occasions when we met I could see from their faces that they pitied me , finding me foolish and Syl a bore . |
| 4 | I realized I would get no help from the Treasury and , indeed , I suspected that they could not understand why the department was wasting its time on this issue at all . |
| 5 | I realized I would need to convince them at the first opportunity that I was primarily a practical policeman and not an academic ; and I also noted that while the college was keen to list the academic qualifications of those on the course , the participants quickly justified Lewis 's assertions by playing them down to emphasize their history of praxis and practical mastery . |
| 6 | I just made the whole bed and then realized I 'd put it on the wrong way . |
| 7 | Anyway I realized I 'd have missed you at the Club , so I turned round and set off back . |
| 8 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 9 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 10 | So I realized I could do an act based on what it is like to be me . |
| 11 | I do n't think I shall bear it if this does not work , thought Fenella . |
| 12 | Oh I do n't think I shall go in for that . |
| 13 | When he thought he had signed one player , he had a letter from him saying , ‘ Dear Sir , I do n't think I shall bother to turn out tomorrow . ’ |
| 14 | It 's only a minor op , after all , and snipping off a polyp , so I do n't think I shall bother to go up tonight — we 're far too busy here , and anyway , my father will be there , and I do n't really think she 's expecting me , so I 'll wait until tomorrow — ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think I shall renew it . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't think I shall want to see Dorothy — sister though she is — for a very long time ! ’ |
| 17 | I do n't think I shall want anything . |
| 18 | I do n't think I shall love anyone else ; ever again . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't think I shall repeat it . ’ |
| 20 | What do you think I shall need ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I — I do n't think I ought to say . |
| 22 | For example if I 'm looking at O-level history , ‘ What sorts of things do you think might be important , or what kinds of evidence do you think I ought to collect , or what issues do you think I ought to take into account ? ’ ’ |
| 23 | Now for example if I 'm looking at O level history , what sort of things do you think might be important , or what kinds of evidence do you think I ought to collect , or what issues do you think I ought to take into account ? ’ . |
| 24 | Do you think I ought to fill Andy in quickly ? |
| 25 | Do you think I ought to stop ? |
| 26 | And and he said well do you think I ought to give her , you know , what about two pound a week ? |
| 27 | Do you think I ought to put that teddy in his cot ? |
| 28 | Do you think I ought to thank them ? |
| 29 | Do you think I ought to take anything or ? |
| 30 | For example if I 'm looking at O-level history , ‘ What sorts of things do you think might be important , or what kinds of evidence do you think I ought to collect , or what issues do you think I ought to take into account ? ’ ’ |