Example sentences of "i [vb past] i [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I had to do something about it myself . |
| 2 | Once I 'd seen them , I realized I had to get to her before they did . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 4 | ( I realised I had to cancel them , otherwise I 'd get the balance down a bit , then get clothes fever again . ) |
| 5 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 6 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 7 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 8 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 9 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 10 | Well , finally she left , and I saw her to her jeep with the new hair-drier which I found I had to press her to keep . |
| 11 | The strap is a strong rubber one but I found I had to overtighten it at the surface , otherwise it became loose when my drysuit seal compressed at depth . |
| 12 | I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist . |
| 13 | They seemed to be mostly line-and-wash with an occasional burst of colour , and even when I got close to them I found I had to concentrate to see what they were about . |
| 14 | I found I wanted to support Sam , even though he 's old enough to sit up on his own now . ’ |
| 15 | I found I wanted to include more and more of London within one frame . |
| 16 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 17 | Mr but like I pretended I had to go and see him not because I had to go and see him just because I did n't wan na go to assembly really ! |
| 18 | I mean , we 've , I 've , there was a situation these are the roads he 's taking me around now , he had me reverse round the corner which was practically blind , could n't see what was round the corner , so I was edging round , and it was on a hill so I had to do it , every time I stopped I had to put the handbrake on so I did n't roll |
| 19 | Before my father died I cast it all aside , lived as I imagined I wanted to live . |
| 20 | No I mean I opened but I forgot I had to switch it on . |
| 21 | Alright , well I tell you what , we 'll have a break then for five minutes because er I forgot I need to phone the office |
| 22 | So I determined I got to have a go . |
| 23 | The , for example , where I worked I had to bale out you know in the morning about thirty pails of water , you know before I could even see my footboard . |
| 24 | ‘ Recently I decided I wanted to do something on prostitution . |
| 25 | Then , even as I talked I began to see , for almost the first time , some of the negative factors that I had suppressed or disregarded . |
| 26 | They seemed urgent — I felt I had to do something . |
| 27 | But I felt I had to do something to keep some sanity in racing . |
| 28 | I felt I had to do something , he seemed to expect me to do something " . |
| 29 | It was something I felt I had to do . ’ |
| 30 | John 's script was so true and real and fine , I felt I had to do honour to that , and to the kind of people that it was talking about . |