Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | colour this is not going to go where I want it to go . |
| 2 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
| 3 | I 'm asking you to accept that I 've got reasons , and not to ask me what they are . |
| 4 | If it 's too painful for her to accept that I want to look for Elaine , then I sha n't . ’ |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | One problem of the past year has been the length of time it has taken me to accept that I need to work in the bookshop most of the time even though I know this work has to be done and though I enjoy it ( most of the time ) . |
| 7 | It may be a consolation for them to know that I 've been at the receiving end myself . |
| 8 | But it helps a lot to know that I 've balanced the books . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ It may interest you to know that I 've just had Mr Standish on the phone . |
| 10 | You might like to know that I 've approached no other company . |
| 11 | ‘ In view of your opinion of me , it wo n't surprise you to know that I 've been out with a couple of the other men from the station over the past week , ’ Maria volunteered stormily , halting and then swinging round to face him again . |
| 12 | Darling darling , I feel that I am the luckiest man on earth and I want you to know that I know I am . |
| 13 | And I think you know me well enough by now , Bella , to know that I get what I want . ’ |
| 14 | You might like to know that I have recently been in touch with a Mme Francine Roussel ( University of Nancy II , 23 Blvd Albert 1e , Nancy 54000 ) who is just completing a survey review of concordancers . |
| 15 | It might help you to know that I have been writing down my dreams on waking , an accepted practice , I believe , in some circles , and perhaps of more use in my case than in some as I am by profession a writer . |
| 16 | He said : ‘ But I 'm so happy to know that I have such warm and loving relatives . |
| 17 | But it so happens , you might say well all these years retired I ca n't be much good at the job , you 'll be interested to know that I give talks to groups which include retiring tax inspectors . |
| 18 | I have not done anything to earn it , but God has given me the Spirit and accepted me into his family ; and he means me to know that I belong . ’ |
| 19 | I only mentioned it because I want you to know that I realise the problems we 're facing — and that I 've got plans to put us back on our feet . |
| 20 | Among the many ‘ thank-you ’ letters I wrote , I sent one to Alan Shell of the Humanist Association , who replied , ‘ We are very glad our letter was of help to you and you will be interested to know that I propose to send copies of your letter , with your name deleted , to our funeral officiants in the hope that they will take courage from it and help any others who might be in similar difficulties . ’ |
| 21 | I would like people to know that I understand that and how difficult it can be . |
| 22 | It probably would n't surprise you to know that I do , too . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He does , he said I just want you all out there to know that I do love Patsy . |
| 25 | Here we might admit that my belief is true and justified but refuse to grant that I know there to be a sheep in the field . |
| 26 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 27 | Would be a , be quite a few calls , but we 'll just maybe have to try and I do n't know what we 'll do . |
| 28 | Voting for Maastricht and hoping that the Tories can be beaten at a later date on the Social Chapter was a decision I found difficult to accept and I have done my homework on this issue . |
| 29 | ‘ The hard part is still to come and I know I wo n't be given any big money to strengthen the squad , even if we stay at the top . |
| 30 | It is unfortunate that the talk comes quite so soon after Christmas , but I hope all members living locally will make every effort to come and I know that they will be glad they did . |