Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i do " in BNC.
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31 | ‘ That will have to change if I do n't land a job with much the same salary , and jobs like that do n't exactly grow on trees , you know , particularly when you 're over fifty . ’ |
32 | I 'm trying to think but I do n't know what to do . |
33 | ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ? |
34 | I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full . |
35 | I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love . |
36 | I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign . |
37 | ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’ |
38 | I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition . |
39 | I 'd like to say that I do sit on T U C youth forum and the G M B have the strongest , most active youth section so let's keep it that way and give our young members all the support and encouragement they deserve . |
40 | and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues . |
41 | I have to say that I do mind about my reputation . |
42 | Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level . |
43 | If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west . |
44 | ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do . |
45 | I need her to go and fetch the fruit from the grenier and then there 's the table to lay and I do n't know what . |
46 | It must be right for auditors to audit and for regulators to regulate and I do not think that it helps the argument for there to be an overlap in responsibilities and in some way , as I say , to turn auditors into snoopers and narks er er and make more supine one 's er regulators . |
47 | I am more likely to hit the ball to the left , so I just allow for this to happen and I do n't have to make any swing changes . |
48 | You can knit to shape but I do prefer a modified ‘ cut and sew ’ technique . |
49 | Well I do n't mind , well I mean this is a horrible thing to say but I do n't necessarily mind people robbing from the rich but when it 's poor people robbing from the poor , it 's a really wank off , really wanky thing to do , you know , I just think it 's disgusting . |
50 | But , confessing to the odd moment of scruffiness , he pointed out : ‘ I have to admit that I do still like the comfort of shorts and a T-shirt . ’ |
51 | Suffice it here to note that I do not mean that all religions are really saying the same thing ; that differences do not matter , that they all have basically the same origins , or fulfil the same functions . |
52 | I 've been thinking about what you said , that it 's very rare for a woman to feel as I do . |
53 | And maybe you need to be thirtysomething yourself to feel as I do about these people . |