Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were trying to insinuate that I belonged with the psychiatric patients . |
| 2 | But unfortunately the parting of the ways had to come and I worked in another wee shop er down in Albert Street in Leith . |
| 3 | but as I was saying erm , it was erm when you think I sort of tend to worry if I see like Neville you know |
| 4 | No , Olive that used to work when I worked for Laura Ashley 's |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | When confronted with Plymouth Brethren or other sects at the door , my major defence ploy was to claim that I lived in a ‘ Quaker house ’ . |
| 7 | I did n't have time to talk cos I had to be here for nine . |
| 8 | Cis wants me to go if I want to . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm ready to wait if I have to . |
| 10 | When I was sure he was alone , I followed him into the bank and while he queued I read a leaflet to see if I qualified for a home mortgage . |
| 11 | ‘ I have made up my own mind where I want to go and I spoke to Frank Clark this morning the first time for a fortnight . |
| 12 | this is not to suggest that I function like a computer ( which would be anathema to me ) , for there is always something to react to , something new to learn , or to improve . |
| 13 | I am sure that the hon. Member for South Shields will be pleased to hear that I agree with him on that . |
| 14 | So I went out to play like I do for Liverpool . ’ |
| 15 | And there he was , I went to look and I saw at the end there , a big pile of erm earth fresh earth you know . |
| 16 | ‘ Now , ’ he said at last , hefting a suitcase in each hand without apparent effort , ‘ can I leave you to unpack while I talk to Faye ? ’ |
| 17 | That will be something I need to discuss when I meet with managers prior to my return to work . |
| 18 | How this can be done I have tried to elucidate when I wrote of hostility and anger , the depressive and schizoid positions . |
| 19 | ‘ We 've still a way to go but I look for improvement all the time and our start this season has shown just that . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I had no choice but to leave and I made for the kitchen carrying the dollar on the tray like a trophy anchored by a thumb . |
| 22 | Yet for all this , more co-ordinated machinery still has to emerge and I confess to experiencing a certain sour taste of insincerity when I hear educational leaders talking about promoting a relevant and dynamic curriculum for primary schools , yet notice that they are hastening most slowly in providing the assessment policy needed to enable this to happen . |
| 23 | There was only one thing for me to do and I dodged behind the Toyota . |
| 24 | ‘ I shall have to go Ted , I 've got a lot to do before I go on shift . |
| 25 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |
| 26 | It 's not just me any more , me doing what I want to do when I feel like it . |
| 27 | I can not say that my school days were particularly happy ones and I was not sorry to leave when I got to the official leaving age , which was fourteen in those days . |
| 28 | I played outside , running around in a pair of shorts and — I imagine-quite happy to have the whole pregnancy thing going on because it gave me more freedom to do as I liked about the house and garden , free from my father 's supervision . |
| 29 | Perhaps the best way to write this kind of story ( or even the equivalent of the detective novel at short story length ) is to do as I did with the first crime short story I ever wrote . |
| 30 | Phil used to wait till I landed on the wedding |