Example sentences of "[to-vb] [that] i do " in BNC.

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1 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
2 It probably would n't surprise you to know that I do , too .
3 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 .
4 He does , he said I just want you all out there to know that I do love Patsy .
5 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 …
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 To sneer would be to imply that I do n't care about you , Caroline .
11 ‘ And just who dares to say that I do n't look after my son properly ?
12 I have read the report of the guardian ad litem and such information as I have which would indicate her view of the local authority 's actions now on several occasions and I have to say that I do not understand what findings the justices believed that they were making or what reasons they were giving for their decision in that brief statement , which I have just quoted in full .
13 I am childless ; but the Jews are my children and I love them as a parent should , which is to say that I do n't love them for their qualities ( remarkable as these seem to me to be , naturally ) , and only wish them to exist , and to flourish , and to have their right to life and love .
14 I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign .
15 ‘ I was going to say that I do n't know of anybody who could have killed my uncle . ’
16 I am bound to say that I do not believe that this debate has reached the level of fizz that one might have associated with a Bill that was to be fought doggedly tooth and nail by the Opposition .
17 I 'd like to say that I do sit on T U C youth forum and the G M B have the strongest , most active youth section so let's keep it that way and give our young members all the support and encouragement they deserve .
18 and to deal with problems of substance abuse , unemployment , illiteracy , rather than things which are fashionable and to my mind highly like opera and the ballet which is n't to say that I do n't love them both , but I think that you have to have a sense of complete reality about the social issues .
19 I have to say that I do mind about my reputation .
20 Suffice to say that I do not believe that human activity can be explained from or reduced to the ecological level .
21 If I have , e I have to say that I do n't think that the particular version of the inner northern route had its junction with the southern bypass moved to the west .
22 ‘ I think you 're about to say that I do n't understand , but I assure you I do .
23 But , confessing to the odd moment of scruffiness , he pointed out : ‘ I have to admit that I do still like the comfort of shorts and a T-shirt . ’
24 Suffice it here to note that I do not mean that all religions are really saying the same thing ; that differences do not matter , that they all have basically the same origins , or fulfil the same functions .
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