Example sentences of "[to-vb] [vb pp] [conj] i " in BNC.
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1 | This is something I was trying to get clarified but I do n't care really as long as somebody gets it . |
2 | But when she writes or herself , her tone is almost girlish : ‘ The romantic world seems to have supposed that I kissed the sculptor last week . |
3 | Simon was supposed to take me for lunch an hour ago , ’ she said , hearing herself rattle on , yet unable to stop , ‘ but he seems to have forgotten and I 'm hungry and — ’ |
4 | ‘ Daddy would have loved to have come as I said , but he just ca n't get any time off at all at the moment . |
5 | I think also in those very tough times ahead I think it 's a very difficult decisions to be made about what services are provided erm , and what operation people are actually going to be able to have done and I wonder how much local people are gon na have a chance to say anything about that in the situation in which their health service their health authority is based so far away . |
6 | I would like to have said that I thought Mr. Braden should be reminded that there were ladies present , but instead I said , " I do n't know if the ladies enjoy this kind of talk very much . " |
7 | I would have loved to have stayed because I really enjoy things like that , I love discos and get up and have a dance but I knew damn well that if I did I 'd be absolutely shattered today and I , I just would n't be with it so I , I said to Matthew I 'm going up . |
8 | ‘ The reason I 'm calling , actually , is that my wallet seems to have disappeared and I wondered whether I could possibly have left it there . ’ |
9 | Everything exciting seemed to have happened before I was born . |
10 | Perhaps it decided to stay put and I would n't notice it was there and maybe at the last second it decided it would run for it ! |
11 | I not only want to get married but I fully intend to do so as soon as possible , and to you , not to Dana . |
12 | I have been going out with my girlfriend for three years and she wants us to get married but I 'm not so sure ! |
13 | ‘ What ? ’ , said David , dressed in black satin , looking absolutely outrageous , like a Lithuanian Dracula rock and roller about to get married and me in this sort of Victorian gown . |
14 | Another passer-by , a 21-year-old salesman , said : ‘ I only voted because I want to get married and I do n't want any problems . ’ |
15 | The only problem is that Ian wants to get married and I do n't . ’ |
16 | They were red and raw from cooking and washing , and the lines on her face seemed to have multiplied since I last looked at it . |
17 | I 'm just trying to move passed that I 'm making a couple of holes bigger . |
18 | When I was approached to become a member of the group interested in ‘ the teaching of practical skills in biology ’ , I was only too pleased to become involved as I had been concerned , for some time , about my own teaching skills and strategies used in the classroom situation . |