Example sentences of "[to-vb] that i do " in BNC.
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| 1 | How very difficult it was to accept that I did need it and to show that I needed it . |
| 2 | Well I 'll have to accept that I do n't know where that came from but I 've got down here state 's interest |
| 3 | It probably would n't surprise you to know that I do , too . |
| 4 | Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money . |
| 5 | He does , he said I just want you all out there to know that I do love Patsy . |
| 6 | I desire the reader to remember that I do not make use of the word people for the mere vulgar or mobile , but for the whole community , consisting of clergy , nobility and commons … |
| 7 | Even so , if you consider the pressures contingent on me that night , you may not think I delude myself unduly if I go so far as to suggest that I did perhaps display , in the face of everything , at least in some modest degree a ‘ dignity ’ worthy of someone like Mr Marshall — or come to that , my father . |
| 8 | Me , I do n't speak clothes language at all and am beginning to wish that I did . |
| 9 | ‘ The fishermen resented the presence of a government observer and engaged in every possible form of harassment and coercion to ensure that I did not report the actual number of dolphins killed . ’ |
| 10 | There is a twelve percent reduction in maintenance , partly because we sold some holdings , partly a cut in the service , it is a , it is a , it 's a , it 's a legal requirement to maintain the whole thing , under the terms of the agreement , and I 'm also , because of the change in our , dropping our , a land agent , now that 's a reduction of thirty three percent in the management of the estates , so I really am doing my best and resources quite rightly have held my noose in order to ensure that I do . |
| 11 | Looking back I find it hard to believe that I did n't keep abreast of all the war news ; but the war had been going on for so long that I , like almost every girl of my generation , had lost interest in it . |
| 12 | It was good to be able to demonstrate that I did know something about handling animals even though I had been qualified for only a few months . |
| 13 | And it disturbs you to realise that I did not come after you for the reasons you thought , does n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | I am sorry to confess that I did not look forward to seeing him at all . |
| 15 | We stood together in the entrance hall of the theatre where the show is produced , but I have to confess that I did n't recognize him . |
| 16 | It is not a sign of high status in a man 's world to be in charge of women only , but I have to confess that I did n't find it unpleasant . |
| 17 | It is as bizarre to suppose that I do not have a clear idea of a particular causal circumstance , say the one which gives rise to a query on the console of my computer , when I am unable to enumerate its elements . |
| 18 | One day I happened to mention that I did n't know one end of a bomb from the other , and wondered out loud what the bomb dump looked like . |
| 19 | I happened to mention that I did n't much like my sister 's husband . |
| 20 | And I just want to repeat that I do think that some of the writing that 's come out of it has saved women 's lives . |
| 21 | I 'd hate anyone to think that I did well out of dealing with the problem page . |
| 22 | So I explained to them , I said well that 's cos you changed over and I sort of never put it across through oh she said well do n't worry I 've done it now , she said you have n't got anything to worry about now , I said well it did bother me a bit to think that I did n't think you had my payment ! |
| 23 | Actually , I have begun to think that I do belong to a time , but it is separated by so many decades from theirs that I reproach myself . |
| 24 | To sneer would be to imply that I do n't care about you , Caroline . |
| 25 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 26 | The second point i is this issue about self containment , er Mr Davis accused me this morning of using some somewhat outlandish words , I think , erm , I did obviously refer to the er my vision of what a new settlement of this size proposed would be , and I I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't in that mean to imply that I did n't expect that with the right planning that it could n't have clearly local facilities , local school , library , etcetera , but it seemed to me quite clear that the scale proposed it would not have the higher order functions which as we 've heard earlier , Greater York has been defined based on York 's planning assumptions , clearly the major shopping , educational , and social facilities will continue to be provided in the city , and it will produce what is in effect dormitory settlement . |
| 27 | Chairman , ye , yes it is a recurring theme of the district auditor an , and I told him in the past , that erm , where this council has a policy that they would support village schools and keep them open wherever possible , erm , that that , that , that decision had been discussed , and er , I , I have to remind that I did remind the district auditor that he does n't have to get elected every four years , as some of us do , and er , those in rural areas know very well that that is the way not to get elected , to be talking about shutting village schools . |
| 28 | I have to say that I did n't see them in their homes prior to their being admitted at all . |
| 29 | So while it would clearly be an exaggeration to say that I did n't enjoy the experience at all , my main preoccupation was to get it over . |
| 30 | If this were the conclusion to a regular bass assessment , and not a fond peek into the past , I would have to say that I did n't get anywhere playing the VI . |