Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [vb base] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 |
| 2 | Cis wants me to go if I want to . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm ready to wait if I have to . |
| 4 | this is not to suggest that I function like a computer ( which would be anathema to me ) , for there is always something to react to , something new to learn , or to improve . |
| 5 | I am sure that the hon. Member for South Shields will be pleased to hear that I agree with him on that . |
| 6 | So I went out to play like I do for Liverpool . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Now , ’ he said at last , hefting a suitcase in each hand without apparent effort , ‘ can I leave you to unpack while I talk to Faye ? ’ |
| 8 | That will be something I need to discuss when I meet with managers prior to my return to work . |
| 9 | ‘ We 've still a way to go but I look for improvement all the time and our start this season has shown just that . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not at all sure I 'm fit to drive but I have to if I 'm going to get to Inverness in time for the connecting flight . |
| 11 | Yet for all this , more co-ordinated machinery still has to emerge and I confess to experiencing a certain sour taste of insincerity when I hear educational leaders talking about promoting a relevant and dynamic curriculum for primary schools , yet notice that they are hastening most slowly in providing the assessment policy needed to enable this to happen . |
| 12 | ‘ I shall have to go Ted , I 've got a lot to do before I go on shift . |
| 13 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |
| 14 | It 's not just me any more , me doing what I want to do when I feel like it . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ I tend to shower when I go to the gym , but often I have a bath in the evening with my son . |
| 17 | And therefore , in the County Council 's erm opinion , the test which I need to adopt when I go to the site again , is to look at it and er simply make a decision as to whether or not in my opinion the land is more properly a part of this built-up area which can not perform a greenbelt function , or is a part of the general extent of greenbelt around there , and therefore by definition performs a greenbelt function . |
| 18 | ‘ You 'll have to wait while I nip to the loo , ’ said the grinning Baker , trotting the other way . |
| 19 | ‘ Well , gentlemen , if you 'll excuse me , I 've got some work to finish before I go to bed . ’ |
| 20 | Suppose that I have a sudden impulse to settle when I retire in the village where I was born ; but reality breaks in , I recognize that I had better remember it not as a nostalgic vision but as I indeed saw it before experiencing the city , admit to myself that it will have changed beyond recognition , try to anticipate living in it not as I am now but as an old man who no longer easily makes new friends , try to see myself through the villagers ' eyes as already a stranger who may no longer deserve a welcome . |
| 21 | My right hon. Friend will not be surprised to learn that I speak from gut reaction rather than a detailed knowledge of the law or the statistics , but I believe that my gut reaction is shared by the vast majority of people in this country . |
| 22 | He took a rather wrong-headed view of the history of the development of competition in these industries , although he will not be surprised to learn that I agree with his criticisms of the Labour amendment . |
| 23 | I listen but I do n't talk about myself — I like to think because I believe in privacy , but really it 's because I 'm too proud to admit failure . |
| 24 | The woods are lovely dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep by Robert Frost , Robert Frost . |
| 25 | I have to say that I know for definite that the force at that time only possessed two shields , er we kept one shield in the South of the county at and one shield North of the county and and hence that is why I went to the headquarters in the morning . |
| 26 | That is not to say that I disagree with Sir Bernard 's suggestion that the primary health-care system needs to be radically overhauled . |
| 27 | Okay , but I just wanted to go on to say that I think in reviewing how the budget may be brought more closely under control in the coming year , officers will need to look at the erm size of the committees because we are working with committees at the moment that are larger than those committees which used to exist when this year 's budget was set and that has had some impact and we need to have the implications of any change of committee size whether that might affect the budget , how that would affect the budget , also whether there is any potential for reducing the number of committees further and also whether the rates might be changed , I particularly would like officers to report on what , whether there would be any significant saving from er setting the rates at the round figures they were at a couple of years ago erm |
| 28 | I have just read the letter in the September issue of Todays Horse and have to say that I agree with the comments of Lisa Robillard on the point of using ‘ he ’ instead of ‘ she ’ . |
| 29 | It is sufficient to say that I agree with what my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , has to say about these cases in the speech to be delivered by him , and that in my opinion a person who thus procures the company 's consent dishonestly and with the intention of permanently depriving the company of the money is guilty of theft contrary to section 1(1) of the Act of 1968 . |
| 30 | Chair you will not be surprised to hear me coming yet again to s to raise the point about regeneration in West Yorkshire and to say that I agree with Mr and M Mr but I find myself agreeing also with Mr 's written comments in his paragraph three sixteen where he clearly points to the fact that settlement in this south west quadrant would serve West Yorkshire perhaps more so than N than York . |