Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it was n't transport related , I knew that my , my group , because everybody was placed in a certain group by age and , er I knew that I was due to go and I thought oh well this is hanging around you sort of wanted to get on with it . |
| 2 | I 'm sorry to report that I behaved rudely at this point . |
| 3 | I am prepared to wait if I know that in the end he 'll be let in , but in the meantime I just want them to allow my children to attend school . |
| 4 | Oh they , they say it 's all controllable so that I 've , I 've answered , I have n't just let the Environmental Health wash over me I 've actually written back to them again , er I 'll be interested to see whether I get a letter back from them , but I phoned up the Council this morning and they 're rejecting on two grounds , one is to do with the highway and the sort of the traffic situation coming in there , although the , the authority , the Highway Department are n't objecting to it and the other one is erm , on local environmental issues I think you know that is , is unsuitably , unsuitable environmentally to the area well I can only say that I 'm grateful to the planning , to the planning offices for they 're going out on a limb if you like because I think they 're on thin ice erm and so long as the committee will , will back them up I mean I do n't know of what else I could of done as a person |
| 5 | Filmer , I was interested to see as I distributed glasses , was smiling pleasantly in all directions , when the last thing he probably wanted was the enormous smash-hit the train enterprise was proving . |
| 6 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |
| 7 | But it so happens , you might say well all these years retired I ca n't be much good at the job , you 'll be interested to know that I give talks to groups which include retiring tax inspectors . |
| 8 | Among the many ‘ thank-you ’ letters I wrote , I sent one to Alan Shell of the Humanist Association , who replied , ‘ We are very glad our letter was of help to you and you will be interested to know that I propose to send copies of your letter , with your name deleted , to our funeral officiants in the hope that they will take courage from it and help any others who might be in similar difficulties . ’ |
| 9 | I must be absolutely free to work as I like and I can not compose in public . |
| 10 | And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man . |
| 11 | Nobody knew Hyde , however , and in his body I was free to do as I wished . |
| 12 | Erm and so far well I 'm certainly willing to confess that I took these away full of good intentions and have have so far carried around this torn up copy of the Greater London Green Party for months . |
| 13 | I do keep an eye on my colour changer to make sure that it is picking up each colour as it should and I am also very careful to check that I have no ‘ lazy ’ or less than perfect needles as picking up dropped stitches is not a pleasant job . |
| 14 | If I use the expression ‘ I have toothache ’ I may think of it as ‘ being used naturally ’ or otherwise , but it would be wrong to say that I had a reason for thinking either . |
| 15 | Tam Dalyell is wrong to say that I have been predicting a total European ban on lead in petrol as from June this year ( Forum . |
| 16 | I have to say that I am now prepared to act as I see it : with the same political cunning as any politician . ’ |
| 17 | I 'm afraid to say that I have no knowledge . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
| 20 | I can isolate my Koi and they are easy to catch if I need to give them short term baths . |
| 21 | The University is small , easy to manage and I think it 's providing all of the managerial challenges . |
| 22 | Her writing was n't all that easy to read but I think it 's correct . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then you 'll doubtless be delighted to learn that I have n't cried since the day I decided to go boating on the duck pond at home , only to find when I was halfway across that my rowing-boat was holed . |
| 24 | It would have been more honest to say that I thought the litterbug needed a lesson . |
| 25 | It 's impossible to say if I knew the attackers . |
| 26 | I 'm not at all sure I 'm fit to drive but I have to if I 'm going to get to Inverness in time for the connecting flight . |
| 27 | It 's still hard to know whether I 've saved them all , but at least I know I 've done my best . |
| 28 | It loses impact does n't it because a the power of the voice is hit against there , b it 's very rude to talk while I 've got me back to you as well so people yes lose interest . |
| 29 | Them others , Dighton and the big fellow , they laughed fit to bust when I told 'em me name . |
| 30 | I 've done that on trains , I 've done that on a tour bus quite recently , and of course the response you get can be very , very aggressive and that 's sometimes quite hard to handle but I take the precaution of always checking before I go somewhere that I 'm going to , I 'm going to be backed up , for example , erm before I go I purchase my holiday , I actually checked with the tour company that they did n't allow smoking on the buses |