Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] i [verb] they " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know if I had them or not
2 Thus it was that Ira Dilworth paid tribute and bade farewell to Emily Carr with the borrowed lines from Thomas Hardy , and I am certain that none would object if I borrow them as my tribute to both .
3 But whether that is acknowledged by our Friends of the Earth I do n't know because I mean they have so many stamps and seals on
4 Sturdy , who lives in Stanhope Road , Darlington , said : ‘ I do not know whether I supplied them .
5 ‘ The bosses at Barnsley know what John can do and I trust them to watch over his progress .
6 Do you mind if I borrow them ?
7 I do n't mind if I have them in figures every time
8 I 'm surprised that one did n't work because I mean they 're usually hot on it , you know they know where to go and and usually there 's action taken if a councillor takes up the cause .
9 before they went back , and er , I ca n't remember whether I told them to get one or whether they should be up for Easter .
10 You gon na decorate when I take them down ?
11 ‘ What 'd happen if I told them how you 'd cheated ? ’
12 Well they did have when I bought them .
13 ‘ I did n't realise if I agreed they would take off the old mouthpiece and put on a new one .
14 They are smooth and stiff but will serve if I scrunch them up before use .
15 I 've got a few shares in British Aerospace , but nobody would notice if I sold them all .
16 So they agreed to let me play and I asked them where they wanted me .
17 I could n't even pretend that I wanted them !
18 Within a day I received a lovely thank you letter plus a stamp which I did n't want as I know they do n't have much money .
19 Well old was , was er absolute er you 'd never think anybody 'd would buy anything out of his shop , er my father went in for something once and he , and he said you can see them hanging up ca n't you , I mean er salesmanship was on unheard of as far as he was concerned they were there , why ask him if he 'd got any , but erm course you must remember I was only a little boy I mean I can remember all this , I took it all in but I would n't say that I knew them er I knew Miss , from the grocer 's shop she was a Sunday School teacher , and er the Sunday School used to be at Road School we used to have a Sunday School there and a Mr used to take this .
20 ‘ I will not say that they are wrong but I will say that I think they are definitely unwise in the present climate of opinion … .
21 When I saw the pictures , I could n't deny that I found them arousing .
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