Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always got on well with adults , but it 's only now that I 'm starting to get on with my own generation , and I realise that I have to do that if I 'm to become a whole person . |
| 2 | You say that I need to discuss copy when I 've got there if you 've got copy if they 've had full colour before then they will have bromides and separations and things like |
| 3 | You forget that I want to get out of here too . |
| 4 | Well , like I say if I want to bring my family , I 've got to pay five pound which |
| 5 | I am clear in my mind about racing — I race because I want to race and not to please the Spanish people . |
| 6 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 7 | I regret that I have to conclude that the omens for retaining national control of vital areas do not look good . |
| 8 | The people who were lived behind Ann there 's a yo young couple in there I think he beat her up , I mean that I wanted to go round me , because I know what it felt like and I wished somebody had come and help me . |
| 9 | I announce that I plan to throw one honey of a tantrum , complete with sound effects and meteorological events , if I am not instantly issued with a remote to keep tabs on my subject . |
| 10 | I tend to keep a tight rein at first , and gradually relax as I get to know them . |
| 11 | Not that I do it , I mean if I tried to read all that stuff , I 'd never leave home but I mean they actually give a a an advice list which we can then comply with . |
| 12 | I would n't wan na do it tomorrow , well only later afternoon but I mean if I have to put ear plugs in at night to get some sleep because of them , surely the authorities have got ta say something about that |
| 13 | As you say three thousand pound a year that could be paid off a place of our own is is just I mean if I have to rent it well I 'll have to rent one . |
| 14 | –And if I have to defend myself ? ’ |
| 15 | I know that I have to believe in myself to overcome it but I ca n't when I 'm destroying myself . |
| 16 | You know that I have to work the land down there . |
| 17 | You know that I want to do anything I can to help . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ As long as you remember that I want to see you as little as possible . |
| 19 | More than sixty years after the event , while watching a child of his own try out his first steps , he suddenly stated in reminiscence and satisfaction to his most intimate Spanish friend , ‘ I remember that I learned to walk by pushing a big tin box of sweet biscuits in front of me because I knew what was inside . ’ |
| 20 | So you can imagine the sort of conversations we 're gon na have when Ray and Cynthia are talking about the distances between things and I 'm going to be saying you know if I want to go from Piccadilly to Tech house , it can take me at least half an hour . |
| 21 | ‘ I know if I happen to find a bunch that 's been thrown out 'cause it 's past its best , I can likely get a threepenny piece for it at the railway station . |
| 22 | He was , I know but I had to turn . |
| 23 | It 's just looking at it in a slightly different way and trying , I 've done some things there to show you a , a sort of a system to use , use your own if you like but I want to see what comes in , what goes out , every time energy changes from one form into another form . |
| 24 | Everything goes as planned and I soon bully him into the landing net , and from there the hook is removed and he is slid into my big , knotless keepnet , where he can lie safe and recover while I try to catch him some company . |
| 25 | Like when I had to carry the garbage out — because of my bad back , the girls helped me with my duty and it was all right with the counsellors because of my back — it was n't special treatment . |
| 26 | Suppose that I try to act consistently as an egoist , indifferent to any effect on others which is not a means to an effect on myself . |
| 27 | I did n't feel at all tense and I suppose that I have to thank Carl a little bit for that . |
| 28 | You will , I 'm sure , understand that I have to plan the content of each edition well in advance . |
| 29 | ‘ You understand that I have to question everything . ’ |
| 30 | Dear Guitarist After the recent debate over sexist ads in Guitarist , I feel that I have to respond to an ad running in your magazine . |