Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb infin] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I therefore answer my first question in the affirmative and I do find as a result that Miss T. had the capacity to make a valid refusal of blood on that Sunday afternoon and evening . |
| 2 | I ca n't say it 's been marvellously successful but I do know for a fact that the conditions of the working class was improved tremendously by organizations in the thing which has come to be described as trade-unionism . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not completely solid between the ears , you know , even if I do work in a factory . ’ |
| 4 | Actually , I have begun to think that I do belong to a time , but it is separated by so many decades from theirs that I reproach myself . |
| 5 | It is very difficult a Sunday , but it Actually although we did n't take a vote on the bus , the few people that I did speak to a few people , and they were not terrible exited at the idea of of an outing during the week . |
| 6 | However I did throw in a little bit of doubt , there was a possible objection there that you might have apacked you sound a little bit doubtful Mrs , do you have a problem with that |
| 7 | Do n't worry , I did go at a pace . |
| 8 | ‘ I did behave like a fool , ’ he admitted at last . |
| 9 | I did act as a facilitator for a while . |
| 10 | Of course , I did wonder for a while if Lu … ’ |
| 11 | I did get into a car the other day to drive to London to the Imperial War Museum to see an exhibition of work by Tony Carter and was excited by it , but my appreciation may have something to do with the fact that he was a student of mine so I have been familiar with his ideas over many years . |
| 12 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 13 | I did work for a petrol company . |
| 14 | The boy said , ‘ Well , I did notice in a shop window a lovely glittery suit that would look very good on stage . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Actually , hard as it may be for you to believe , I did come for a reason . ’ |
| 16 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |