Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I must eat or I shall collapse . ’ |
| 2 | In fact I mean you can buy or I mean you 've got the record of erm how far back , you could invite all the existing , living parish councillors , so far as we could , and , and that , that would be , I think that would be fascinating . |
| 3 | rack for fucking plates , so I put them away and the best way to do it is if sit at the table , you wash and I 'll dry or I 'll dr you er dry and I 'll wash , well what |
| 4 | ‘ Ah well , in that case , I 'd better let you know that I 've asked Paul Spence to do some of the revision classes for your part of the course . ’ |
| 5 | I say new civilization , I do n't know that I care about its being so very different from the best that has been , but it must be as good as the best that has been . |
| 6 | Do you know that I once beat Ulrike Meyfarth ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What do I know that I 'm not telling people ? ’ |
| 8 | I do n't know that I can bear it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ About my book , ’ he said , hesitating , ‘ I do n't know that I want to go on with it . ’ |
| 10 | How did he know that I was lonely ? |
| 11 | How did he know that I had n't slept ? |
| 12 | I was flooded with joy , and all at once it seemed the most important thing in the world that he should know that I still loved him , too . |
| 13 | Count Hubner thought that the Empress was ‘ more beautiful than ever ’ , and Lord Cowley , the English ambassador , said : ‘ I do not know that I ever witnessed a finer sight than the baptismal ceremonies . ’ |
| 14 | For you must know that I had a twin brother , as beautiful as the day , and gentle as a fawn , and wholesome as new bread and butter , whose company pleased me so much , as mine also pleased him , that we swore an oath never to marry but to live forever peacefully in the castle , and hunt and play together the livelong day . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know that I care for the idea . |
| 16 | They do n't know that I exist … and that 's invisibility . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
| 18 | Little did I know that I was hooked . |
| 19 | She did not know that I was to be there and came forward saying : ‘ My dear Elizabeth , what a very nice surprise . |
| 20 | Regular readers will know that I have been a fan of Stephen Coonts since I reviewed his first novel Flight of the Intruder ( now a major ( ? ) film , as they say , though I 'd make do with the book if I were you ) . |
| 21 | This is to let you know that I am leaving you . |
| 22 | What do you know that I do n't ? ’ |
| 23 | For example : Dear Mr Dawson , I would like to let you know that I am pregnant and anticipate my confinement will take place in the week before Christmas . |
| 24 | But once he is dead Emeth meets Aslan and falls at his feet in instinctive adoration , as in terror , ‘ for the Lion … will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sure you do , but Kitty must n't ever know that I 'd had a hand in it . ’ |
| 26 | Did you not know that I was bound to be in my Father 's house ? |
| 27 | Southall said : ‘ Anyone who knows me will know that I do n't make rash statements . |
| 28 | I find it wise to let people know that I am writing , that I need solitude . |
| 29 | ‘ The TV crew on The Darling Buds Of May know that I hate my backside , so they 're always making little comments , ’ she revealed in an exclusive interview . |
| 30 | ‘ No one likes playing in the reserves and everyone at Sunderland should know that I would always give 100 per cent . ’ |