Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I sidled into the room , scarcely daring to breathe lest I harm the recording . |
| 2 | I should like to learn what , if anything , I can do here to enrol for any suitable course to get me into the business world or administration as I do not want to wait till I return to the UK , on leave , in mid-June till I begin finding out more about your courses . |
| 3 | but as I was saying erm , it was erm when you think I sort of tend to worry if I see like Neville you know |
| 4 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |
| 5 | Several people turned up , apparently , but only one person agreed to come as I remember it : Alan Chapman , an unposh boy with a big blue scar down his nose . |
| 6 | sorry can , can we get to the question again , want to see if I 've got it right , correct me if I 'm wrong , over the eighty schemes and the five years that you had put forward budgets for all , you had n't included a contingency fund element ? |
| 7 | ‘ I want to wait until I know more about the likely opposition . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to wait until I know more about the likely opposition . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps , after all , they 'll wait to see if I bring you back . |
| 10 | ‘ But I have noticed that the more annoyed I appear to sound when I call people over the Tannoy , the faster the response . ’ |
| 11 | Some days later , a farmer phoned to discover whether I knew the meeting times and places of witches in his area . |
| 12 | And you want to know whether I did ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | As I climbed , I tried to remember if I had shut the Wheel Room door . |
| 15 | Oh , he , he always starts to whinge when I lay him down to do his coat up , he do n't like |
| 16 | She said : ‘ It is a trip of a lifetime and something I want to do before I settle down with a career . |
| 17 | Well one of the obvious pluses is that I 'll have a chance to do what I want to do when I want to do it . |
| 18 | It 's not just me any more , me doing what I want to do when I feel like it . |
| 19 | How could a man be sane who has to live as I do , hunting across the worlds for safety ? |
| 20 | I want to smoke when I write , and it makes the air so stuffy . |
| 21 | She hesitated , said shyly , ‘ That is something I have learned , I suppose — that in the past I never stopped to think before I spoke or acted … though , goodness knows , you both told me to , often and often . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Unless there is any quite remarkable news your sister has to tell , ’ Mrs Browning said , ‘ I would rather not hear what she has to say since I imagine it is a tissue of lies , of excuses and complaints . ’ |
| 23 | It was like people were looking at me and guessing my age and looking to see if I had a ring on my finger . |
| 24 | I went to talk to RELATE when I had problems with my own marriage . |
| 25 | My heart and stomach seemed to collide as I heard a rapid panting noise come over the phone behind Eric 's muttering . |
| 26 | I was in a fever of vicarious excitement , looking at street plans of Florence and trying to remember the name of a boy I 'd met in the Boboli Gardens in 1961 , but friends and relations were wanting to know whether I had really vetted the family , whether I 'd like to hear a selection of au pair horror stories , and whether I 'd made good any gaps in my daughter 's domestic skills . |
| 27 | She keeps wanting to know if I play golf . |
| 28 | A little ward-maid appeared at the bedside with an enormous vacuum flask of Georgian tea , refusing to leave until I had downed every drop . |
| 29 | You did n't have to focus some kind of internal microscope , as you seemed to do when I challenged you . |
| 30 | The faces seemed to shift as I looked at them . |