Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have learnt enough about the Alexander Technique to realize that I have much more to learn , and that noticeable change can be a slow process , but I am more than happy with the benefits that I have received so far . |
| 2 | The nationality rule was a beautiful get-out for them , but I only had a few months to go before I 'd been here for ten years and would have been entitled to fight for the title . |
| 3 | But I used to do work for customer down the garage there he used to have two cars to hire and I drove one in my spare time . |
| 4 | There ought to be a space or an empty page or maybe even a change of typography to show that I have been for the past three and a half hours out in the streets or sitting full of thought on that gilded and trembling bridge over these lazy waters . |
| 5 | I have a look in my pockets to see if I got any sweets or anything , but I ai n't . |
| 6 | With coincidence being stretched a little too far , I decided to recheck my work to see if I had missed the obvious . |
| 7 | I 'm thinking there might be something wrong with my plan to wait as I close my eyes ( only to rest them ) , but even as I yawn and put my hands into my armpits I think a spot of rest is n't such a bad idea so long as I do n't fall asleep . |
| 8 | Not just on my own he just said that , it was a bit bad cos I , I said to him , you know , who 's going and he listed like er reeled off , I ca n't remember , reeled off a load of blokes yes last night and I said are there any girls going and he said well I 'll see if I can get Laura and Giles to come and I said yeah I feel much better about that , you know , whatever and then today he said erm look ca n't go and was a real , I du n no he 's got something and he 's usually like the real medium and he , you know , if there 's e if there 's ever like a pregnant pause then he 's the one that like keeps it all going |
| 9 | ‘ Well , gentlemen , if you 'll excuse me , I 've got some work to finish before I go to bed . ’ |
| 10 | Because he had the right attitude , he did n't quibble , he did n't moan he did n't criticize , he just got on with the job , and is n't that a little area that we can all work on somewhere , it comes down to that little bit of territory even , does n't it , if we 're given in the ministry and we say oh not there again , I worked that last time , I know that person in that house they 're all working , called on them and when they , I just do n't get , I just do n't get on with them , they 're not me at all , you see , we , we can go on and on in all kinds of areas ca n't we in the truth , but what an attitude to have and I thought this was a lovely expression here , look , erm , on page twenty seven , just about a third of the way down on the right hand side , he says as I have opportunity , I encourage new ones at that , that would take advantage of all privileged service , they 're given , and to learn to be content , and happy with it and just in the next paragraph at the end he says be happy and content in your present circumstances and blossom in a spiritual way in the soil where you are planted is n't that a lo a lovely expression , does n't that show a man who is spiritually alive and alert and awake , and is n't that how we should be , would n't the congregation flow and move along forward , so much better and more unitedly if we all have that lovely attitude that Jehovah service , no matter what it is , we ca n't all be public speakers , we ca n't all be giving a public talk at the district assembly can we ? |
| 11 | It 's no exaggeration to say that I owe my start in politics to the G M B because after having worked , as Dick said , for the G M B for a number of years it was the support of the G M B which helped me win the nomination for Chesterly Street and in the early eighties I can remember when er the Labour Party was going through a difficult period it was officials and members of the G M B who were a steadying influence in my constituency , as they have been ever since . |
| 12 | So while it would clearly be an exaggeration to say that I did n't enjoy the experience at all , my main preoccupation was to get it over . |
| 13 | It must be right for auditors to audit and for regulators to regulate and I do not think that it helps the argument for there to be an overlap in responsibilities and in some way , as I say , to turn auditors into snoopers and narks er er and make more supine one 's er regulators . |
| 14 | Colm Toibin 's piece will be a hard act to follow but I suspect you are up to it . |
| 15 | A fortnight or so after I had dictated it in October 1971 , I had a telephone call from Harold Wilson to know whether I had read Wigg 's memoirs , and was I aware of the very personal attacks on him and Marcia Williams ? |
| 16 | ‘ So tell me about the twins , ’ I said , not because I was interested , but because I wanted the senator to talk while I dreamed up a strategy to turn down his request . |
| 17 | There were four short reviews to do and I dropped off between three and four . |
| 18 | For once in my life there was no need to believe as I did or act as I chose for any reasons other than that I was personally convinced it was right . |
| 19 | After my drunken afternoon with Al I do n't feel the same need to offload as I did before , and I ca n't decide whether I ought to involve Yvonne or not . |
| 20 | You can imagine my reluctance to call as I did n't think that they would be too pleased to say the least . |
| 21 | I could sense their warmth and desire to please but I did n't know how to respond . |
| 22 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 23 | Now , learning how to punctuate dialogue is not easy because there are a lot of things to remember and I want to see whether or not you can do this okay . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've got things to do and I 've got a lesson . ’ |
| 25 | I 've got things to do and I need your help to do them . ’ |
| 26 | My mother insisted on accompanying me to the tailor to ensure that I got something sensible . |
| 27 | But I 'm not sure that I 'd be the best person to judge whether I turned to writing by way of compensation or not , though I can see that a serious death like that would lead to a world that was whole being broken . |
| 28 | It only took me half a day to decide that I wanted the job . |
| 29 | I want to encourage such customers to complain and I want us to resolve those complaints quickly . |
| 30 | Er these gentlemen have a presentation to make and I wonder if Ron would come up here for a moment , please . |