Example sentences of "i [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What , I wonder , should I make of Brian Hitchen ‘ thinking about writing the Great British Novel [ Mr Hitchen is editor of the DAILY STAR ] ’ ? |
| 2 | What can I make of these , |
| 3 | What excuse could I make for going out into the garden ? " |
| 4 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
| 5 | What contribution do I make to the group task ( the content ) ? |
| 6 | What contribution do I make to the group interaction ( the process ) ? |
| 7 | How shall I answer to Christ for that , Clerk ? ’ |
| 8 | But in the course of developing our case we have found no grounds upon which I could have validly chosen my present ends except that they are the ones to which I spontaneously tended when most aware ; on what grounds then could I persist in preferring these ends to a further advance in awareness which would undermine them ? |
| 9 | May I expound on my answer ? |
| 10 | He 's terribly obsequious , would I do this , would I oblige by … no he does n't say ‘ oblige ’ . |
| 11 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
| 12 | ‘ What would I want with ambition ? |
| 13 | What kind of answer do I want to the question of how I use a map in my head ? |
| 14 | ‘ What would I want to be in a stupid team for ? ’ |
| 15 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 16 | Note that I said ‘ do I want to be ’ rather than ‘ would I like to be ’ as the latter allows for the possibility of failure . |
| 17 | ‘ Now why in the name of all Ireland would I want to be fighting ? ’ |
| 18 | I do n't know how you negotiate your other deals , nor do I want to , but you can be sure you 're not going to get another cent out of me . |
| 19 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 20 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
| 21 | For I knew nothing of this six months ago , nor did I want to . |
| 22 | ‘ Do I want to ? |
| 23 | ‘ Nor do I want to . ’ |
| 24 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 25 | Nor do I want to be ruled by the code of Napoleon , against which our ancestors fought in the Napoleonic wars . ’ |
| 26 | Did I want to be brought down ? |
| 27 | Why should I want to … to … ? |
| 28 | ‘ Do I want to ? ’ |
| 29 | but do I want to ? |
| 30 | That 's the thing , do I want to ? |