Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] [conj] i " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I was teaching , but one of the reason things worked out so well for me was that I did n't have to worry how I would eat or where I would sleep .
2 By next week there will be two rooms ready for occupation but whether I will find takers I do not know or if I will be up to providing the services required .
3 they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do
4 although having said that I 'll know that if I do well its mine , its in my own , own work , which I think is probably better because when it comes to it you do n't get any help on the day do ya ?
5 Partnerships , did you know that if I start a partnership with Phil right , mum
6 That they would , they would clone you , so if you think to er you were trained on something , you think well we should know that because I knew that .
7 Of course I did n't know that cos I 'd conked out with this gas you see .
8 We were n't supposed to be friends with people with whom we were doing business , which was probably a good idea , but just the same , I did n't know that until I began to live on Oakley Street and found out that David was very distressed .
9 ‘ I wo n't know that until I meet her at lunchtime .
10 Do n't need that cos I got my two
11 ‘ I only know that there is more that I do not know than that I know , , I answered .
12 W we still seem to debate certain things three , four and five times they creep their way through to the main committee and full council and I have to say that the point in para B about the report we 've been sent not recognising the reduction in local er government responsibilities it it is it 's a bit rich , because our response to that report does n't recognise that when I first arrived here Chairman we had the education department which was responsible for all the schools , six colleges of further education , college of art , college of agriculture , the teacher training college at and a major polytechnic .
13 Who the rise was due to I do n't know except that I think David probably would n't have had the idea to have opened such wonderful offices and created such a great mystique about it which MainMan had .
14 to be able to use it , I do n't know if that I mean can you i is that something that 's possible ?
15 Erm I do n't know if if I 'm right in saying , but I think they may have given a tip to other people like er the chore boy , there used to be a chore boy .
16 ‘ Well , why could n't you wait until after I saw Riva ?
17 I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will .
18 Do n't think that because I 'm learning an absorbing and rather difficult trade I have no thoughts to spare for you .
19 I sent back a tirade of bitter invective , written during a long , lonely evening when Richard was dining in college : did she think that because I had given up working for my degree I was necessarily isolated from intelligent thought ?
20 ‘ You must not think that because I live simply here I am poor .
21 ‘ The problems of distribution and the various changes that we had to make to establish ourselves in Scotland made me think that if I just swung the compass I 'd land up in Paris . ’
22 ‘ And do you really think that if I had taken something of your aunt 's I would be stupid enough to wear it to work ? ’
23 ‘ Do you think that if I said please very nicely like that your mãe might give me a drink , too ? ’
24 ‘ I ca n't answer that because I do n't know . ’
25 I must explain that and I eat in a special compartment , screened from the other foreign friends , who pay for their own meals .
26 There was always the fear that a chain would snap or that I would step too near .
27 ‘ I 'd watch that if I were you .
28 I ca n't confirm that but I do remember the one occasion that he missed his target .
29 I shall repeat that cos I can see those in the back row could n't hear .
30 A profoundly deaf therapist said : ‘ I do feel that if I did n't have this type of job where I 'm meeting different people every day I would withdraw very quickly into myself . ’
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