Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb mod] [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 2 | I realised my elbow was throbbing painfully where I 'd hit the stone floor . |
| 3 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 4 | Anyway the second school favoured scarlet cross-overs , the lady in charge directing me to a local wool shop where I could buy the yarn and a ( hand knitting ) pattern . |
| 5 | I waited a minute or so then got up , leaving my almost clean plate , and went through the house to the lounge , where I could see the path leading away through the dunes towards the bridge . |
| 6 | I have come across the meadows to the place beneath the willows , where I will find the brook . |
| 7 | I will be visiting Community and Recreational Arts in Barnet in March , where I will have the pleasure of attending the official opening of the Tedder lounge , which has been extended to include a wheelchair accessible art room . |
| 8 | In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction … |
| 9 | Conceivably ( although I would reserve the point ) in an extreme case the court might have to decline to try the issues . |
| 10 | I still did n't realise what the trouble might be , although I dare say the germ of cancer may have nestled for the first time in my mind . |
| 11 | These three features also appear to distinguish it from classical criminology ( although I will reconsider the distinction later ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Although I will skipper the boat , we decided to do this together and we will continue to make communal decisions , ’ said von Koskull . |
| 13 | I never actually experienced the drama of dealing with any lack of moral fibre ( LMF ) cases , although I can imagine the difficulty faced by a CO who is trying to run a squadron in wartime if suddenly he was confronted with a case of LMF . |
| 14 | Although I can see the sense of it , I feel very rejected . |
| 15 | I must admit to preferring bitches myself , although I can see the appeal of a dog . |
| 16 | No sooner were the purple crocuses out in the garden than I would take the morning bus into the city and spend my time in the main reference library reading and rereading the newspaper accounts of the trial . |
| 17 | I could no more pretend that the Jesus-figure , indeed the Jesus of the kerygma , is unimportant to me than I could deny the significance of my parents and my past in the shaping of my future . ’ |
| 18 | But it looks a bit full , so I might try the sauna instead . ’ |
| 19 | MARY SPENCER — Mary = marry , so I would see the lady as a bride coming out of a well-known High Street shop which has somehow been cut cleanly in half . |
| 20 | I have known Trevor for many years and he is a mass of seething hate before breakfast most days , so I could smell the revenge in him even above ‘ Jock ’ McDougall 's armpits before we left the changing room this afternoon . |
| 21 | For this review I asked the PR firm promoting FAXgrabber to send me a fax so I could demonstrate the program in operation . |
| 22 | That 's why he made things so I could buy the boy out . |
| 23 | ‘ I prayed that I would see you again , ’ he said , ‘ so I could ask the question I should have asked five years ago . |
| 24 | Although my certificate in Sociology had not yet come , I knew that my next and most important study must be Theology , only so I could understand the situation that my children would face in the future , and other people 's children would have to meet as well . |
| 25 | I guess I wanta play polo better so I can beat the shit out of them on the field . ’ |
| 26 | It is n't really stealing , she reassured herself : I live here so I can eat the food . |
| 27 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 28 | When relations grew particularly bad he became the child go-between in a household of warring parents : ‘ Ask your father if it would break his heart to change channels so I can watch the news . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I play a lot of hockey as well and that 's all bending down , so I can approach the ball much more fluently than a bigger guy . |
| 30 | As it is I can hold conversations of about the standard that a three-year-old Parisian can manage ( well , a slightly retarded three-year-old ) so I can understand the problem a young horse has . |