Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said to Cheryl please do n't go and invite to come to yours for dinner now and because insult us cos we 're not without him cos I 'm prepared to go I look forward to that . |
| 2 | You 'll be interested to know I 've just changed , I 've just renewed my insurance policy on my car which is an E reg V W Golf diesel . |
| 3 | It might be easier to get I do n't think we can have banks , because I would of . |
| 4 | The ruling would appear to permit the FBI to go into Panama and kidnap General Noriega , but when reporters asked President Bush yesterday morning if that was the case , he said : ‘ I 'm embarrassed to say I do n't know what ( the answer ) is . ’ |
| 5 | But without some form of exercise I 'm afraid to say I get terribly jaded and — well , not depressed , but below par . ’ |
| 6 | Lucenzo , are you doing this to make me go home ? ’ |
| 7 | I know I was , and it took a tragedy like this to make me see straight . ’ |
| 8 | In the course of one chapter we find the following phrases , in this order : there seems no explanation on Darwinian grounds It is no easier to explain It is hard to understand It is not easy to understand It is equally difficult to explain I do not find it easy to comprehend I do not find it easy to see … |
| 9 | You have refused to pay what has been asked for my return , but if you knew what I have become , a fearless old man with nothing left to lose , you would pay twice as much to have me kept away ! |
| 10 | Dry-eyed , I acquiesced when it finally hit the bag of clothes for ‘ Poor Peggy , she 's you-know-what-again , God help her ’ , and I 'm delighted to say I have n't given it a thought since . |
| 11 | Whether he guessed what I was likely to say I do n't know , but he spoke with a sudden rush as if to prevent me from saying something that we would both have to accept and talk about . |
| 12 | First can I just ask , as , as somebody who 's building a paper aeroplane you got assumption whatsoever , so am I supposed to say I do n't know the first thing about making a paper aeroplane , you you told me . |
| 13 | I 'm glad to say I do n't feel the same . ’ |
| 14 | It was good to feel I belonged somewhere — if only by adoption . |
| 15 | They are happy to see me doing well , but they would never force me into anything I did n't want to do . ’ |
| 16 | little erm you used be able to get I do n't know if you still can little wipes in little sachets and they smelled of this . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm ashamed to say I 've never eaten Greek food before , ’ she told him . |
| 18 | You must be able to feel me stirring inside you ! ’ |
| 19 | But you 've always been able to make me behave completely out of character . ’ |
| 20 | Without waiting for an answer , she piled into the back — ‘ Are n't there any seat-belts for the twins ? ’ — and Carol , determined to believe I did not exist , joined her , after loading something which I did n't see in through the rear doors . |
| 21 | In the course of one chapter we find the following phrases , in this order : there seems no explanation on Darwinian grounds It is no easier to explain It is hard to understand It is not easy to understand It is equally difficult to explain I do not find it easy to comprehend I do not find it easy to see … |
| 22 | " It 's fair to say I 've never stopped griping since you left . |
| 23 | It sounds crazy to say I had n't noticed it before , as we must have driven by ten or a dozen times , but you really do n't notice that much when you 're trying to keep your balance and play at the same time . |
| 24 | I find that wilfulness in itself is enough to make me turn away from something . |
| 25 | I am sorry to say I did not think about dear , good Joe at all . |
| 26 | I 'm sorry to say I do n't , no , but I very rarely find anybody from the university , with one exception — Homeless in Sussex , I think there are two or three people there . |
| 27 | I 've gone to the local Council and er unfortunately they 've said to me that I 'd have to go on a waiting list ; the housing aid have said the only thing they could offer me is bed and breakfast which I 'm sorry to say I do n't think is suitable to bring two children up in . |
| 28 | I see now why you 're so anxious to get me married off to Honor . |
| 29 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 30 | When the doctor came again , he seemed a little surprised to find me looking so miserable . |