Example sentences of "[to-vb] what i [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In an attempt to compensate for this and to represent what I can only assume is a minority interest for your readership , my entry consists of a substantial majority of jazzers . |
| 32 | Having created my opposition , I had to decide what I would do to them . |
| 33 | I 've had a couple of nice chats with the people at GMTV , but I told them I was n't in a hurry to decide what I would do next and frankly I do n't envy the people who are going straight on to another show . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 35 | And I had to decide what I should say … |
| 36 | I tried to think what I might be prepared to do to achieve this and concluded almost anything . |
| 37 | I went through cookbooks to see what I might do with it . |
| 38 | I have a look to see what I might wear today . |
| 39 | I should like to see what I would have to do to expose other aspects of your personality . ’ |
| 40 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |
| 41 | I mean , my immediate management , , now in , in a crisis she 's brilliant , you see , I , I do n't know whether this with this the other day , whether she did n't go to see Paul to see what I 'd say |
| 42 | People were curious to see what I could do . |
| 43 | I 've been on the mooch trying to see what I could find , ’ Bryce explained . |
| 44 | I had twenty minutes to see what I could do about his combination locks . |
| 45 | Whenever I could , I went out , armed with my expensive binoculars , to see what I could find in the fields or to observe the coastal birds — puffins , with the splendid red , yellow and blue bills which they shed when the mating season is over ; cormorants nesting in colonies on ledges in the cliffs ; screeching gannets and all the members of the gull family . |
| 46 | I ran upstairs to see what I could , and there he was , torch and all , running down the garden and then dodging his way up to the cliff path , and fast , as if he knew exactly where he was going . |
| 47 | ‘ I 'm going into the village to see what I can find to eat . |
| 48 | You see they did n't do things then that they would have done today , you see , seven years and you see I at that time , well I used to used to have a day off and instead of having a half day a week we used to have full day a fortnight and so of course on my day off I came home to see what I can do to help , you see and er my mother died . |
| 49 | Or rather , Francis is actually going to play soldiers , I 'm sneaking around the place to see what I can see and maybe take a few incriminating photos with my trusty Box Brownie . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ And circle round to the farm buildings to see what I can see . ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Well , ta ta , I 'm off to see what I can discover about Mr Mystery . |
| 52 | Charlie laughed when Tommy added , ‘ So we 'll ‘ ave to see what I can do about it . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ I went to a couple of big pension experts , local advisers , company reps and one of the top four banks to ask what I should do , ’ says Alan . |
| 54 | I used to ask what I should do to fill the day and he 'd simply say go to the park and knit . |
| 55 | Sitting in front of a small baby-frilled dressing-table to put on her make-up — a fascinating procedure — she remembered again to ask what I 'd come for . |
| 56 | ‘ I used to rehearse what I 'd say to my students if they came to me with a problem like this , ’ said William , ‘ but no one ever did . |
| 57 | If I am to show what I can do I must be given a chance to make my own complete performance . |
| 58 | Maddison , 22 , has survived four knee operations and he said : ‘ I 've been through the worst time of my career — now , at last , I 'm getting the chance to show what I can do . |
| 59 | ‘ I had one season in the old First Division with Portsmouth and it 's great to get another opportunity to show what I can do against the best in the country . |
| 60 | Hunt , who broke an ankle at the start of this season , said : ‘ This is a good opportunity for me to show what I can do after a bit of a difficult time . ’ |