Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] i [verb] to " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I do n't know that I wish to be tossed anywhere as it happens . |
2 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
3 | When I last wrote to you in January I mentioned that I hoped to be relieved of the secretarial duties of the B.A.E.C. by another member who had volunteered to take these over . |
4 | And of course they go up here beautiful and I was going to take this apple and they 're all gon na fall and I got to that , Jesus it just about . |
5 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
6 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to be doing this in ten years ’ time but I certainly believe it is important to plan ahead . |
7 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to or not , I just want to know what I 'm supposed to be doing there . ’ |
8 | cry if I want to . |
9 | Neither therapy was enjoyed and I listened to the catalogue of side effects like a reporter who had just pierced the darkest Amazonian forest and was observing a new race for the first time . |
10 | So say if I said to you , well if and I said to you , Well what could I do ? |
11 | What where are you I 've missed that actually the the quite interesting just to briefly ask you about th erm When we s when I saw you last time , you were telling me something about actually erm a bit about yourself how what kind of person actually saying , you know , personality , what kind of things Wh how would you actually describe yourself ? say if I said to you , Erm what kind of person are you ? |
12 | Anyway , I was shattered and I went to bed . |
13 | You said you 'd wait till I came to you of my own free will ; let's not prolong the agony any longer . |
14 | I do n't know because I said to you oh I had a super view |
15 | I do n't know whether I want to . ’ |
16 | ‘ I knew something was happening as I got to the hospital steps . |
17 | Yeah mm a bit like I say when I went to that dentist surgery at er Leicester |
18 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |
19 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |
20 | ‘ Listen , ’ I say as I creak to my feet , ‘ can I help with the washing up or something ? ’ |
21 | They were the first big fish I tried to catch when I decided to be more selective with my fishing , and when I did catch a big chub on my first attempt it set the scene for my present angling outlook . |
22 | ‘ I had n't realised that I needed to be a hypochondriac to qualify for your — affections . ’ |
23 | Now touching that I hasten to expresse |
24 | He recommended that I go to a hospital and see a psychiatrist . |
25 | ‘ You 're suggesting that I go to him ? ’ she 'd hissed . |
26 | There would have been no reprieve had I deposited my CFI over the side and I suppose that could have happened , I was to learn many years later , however , most of the formation complained that I steered a very erratic course , and I thought it was the CFI touching the control column in his cockpit , and with his feet ( suggesting that I move to the right or the left ) . |
27 | And it just so happens that I mentioned to one of my doormen that particular night that I could do with one of those machines to keep a careful check on my blood pressure . |
28 | So it was with some hope that I travelled to Scotland . |
29 | I 'm gon na do that I want to be free . |
30 | In my third year at Oxford , however , I noticed that I seemed to be getting clumsier , and I fell over once or twice for no apparent reason . |