Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] to do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal . |
| 2 | It made me feel great — so great that I agreed to do yet another lecture , this time in front of a full fourth-year assembly — that 's over a hundred kids ! |
| 3 | It 's like the stupid things that I tried to do once myself with that great pope of Velasquez . |
| 4 | It was the second time I had failed to finish an AAA Championship and I vowed to do better . |
| 5 | When asked if his first sniff made him fee sick , Carl had this to say : ‘ No , it 's something I enjoyed and I wanted to do more . |
| 6 | And I wanted to do so well . |
| 7 | If I failed to do so , he would become exasperated and start shouting at me , telling me how stupid I was ; whereupon I would dissolve into tears and rush out of the room . |
| 8 | ‘ But if I chose to do so , what then , Miss Ruth Appleby ? ’ |
| 9 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 10 | Now I had never before tried to regress anyone to a time when they were under the influence of anaesthetic , but I decided to do so on this occasion . |
| 11 | But I tended to do much better on tests and examinations than I did on coursework , so I passed the eleven-plus and got a free place at the local St. Albans school . |
| 12 | ‘ In the past , I got too hyped up because I wanted to do well . |
| 13 | For the first time in all my life I had done right because I wanted to do right . |
| 14 | You 'll have to fit yourself into other surroundings , as I had to do so often . ’ |