Example sentences of "that i [vb past] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to be sick in the toilet , but even that I failed to do . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ For nearly two years I did nothing , but as I had worked very hard very young , I had no feeling of guilt that I had to do something , because I had already proved that when I wanted to work , I could do it . ’ |
| 4 | And that 's a bit like that erm the teaching skills that I had to do that time when I was on the course . |
| 5 | But I realized that I had to do something pretty dramatic to avoid too serious an accident . |
| 6 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people . |
| 7 | Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that . |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | ‘ I tell you , Charles , it was only after I heard that they 'd signed up Micky Banks that I agreed to do it . |
| 10 | It 's like the stupid things that I tried to do once myself with that great pope of Velasquez . |
| 11 | We had no Balls as such in those days , we would have a dance , and when I was entertaining any of my theatrical friends from the West End it was always Tommy that I selected to do some special entertaining — well within the reach of the station commander 's entertaining fund . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , Mama always made sure that I learned to do the practical stuff , as well as fine embroidery and canvas work , ’ Sally-Anne had said . |
| 13 | However , it was because of the dismissive attitude to Gaelic displayed in an earlier letter by Dave Reckord that I decided to do a little leg-pulling . |
| 14 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 15 | The first of these statements was such an insult to my intelligence that I wanted to punch Mr Kinnock on the nose , and the second so downright outrageous that I wanted to do something worse . |
| 16 | That was still the kind of work that I wanted to do , and if I thought very much a comprehensive schools it was in a spirit of mild disquiet . |
| 17 | My Dad met us at the airport and , of course , the first thing that I wanted to do was to see my younger brother Russell . |
| 18 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
| 19 | It left me free to do all kinds of other things that I wanted to do . |
| 20 | I was lowered from the stance to lie amongst the boulders and heather whingeing at my discomfort and misfortune as the crag was smothered by a swarm of conscientious drones climbing routes that I wanted to do . |
| 21 | I replied that I wanted to do research . |
| 22 | I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts . |
| 23 | I assured her that I would definitely not change my mind and that I was sure that I wanted to do it . |
| 24 | that I wanted to do something about safety or first aid and that 's it . |
| 25 | Suddenly I realised that there were all sorts of things that I wanted to do that I had n't done . |