Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know and I hid from them in the semantics lab when they came to shrink me , and I sold myself to someone who did n't know how to do it . |
| 2 | And of course they go up here beautiful and I was going to take this apple and they 're all gon na fall and I got to that , Jesus it just about . |
| 3 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 4 | You said you 'd wait till I came to you of my own free will ; let's not prolong the agony any longer . |
| 5 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
| 6 | I do n't know because I said to you oh I had a super view |
| 7 | I wrote to my home social services and asked them what they would do if I moved from residential care into a home of my own . |
| 8 | The room seemed to turn round and round and I trembled with fear . |
| 9 | ‘ I know how you must feel but I had to be sure you were n't another journalist out for a story . ’ |
| 10 | Her credibility increased when she advised me that it did not really matter whether I believed in homeopathy or not . |
| 11 | But I should say that if I had to buy them , I would do as I did with the ones I have — buy from a breeder . |
| 12 | Now if I can just refer as I did in my earlier submission to the possible results of that , I suggested that the requirement for the new settlement to be located beyond the outer boundary of the green er York greenbelt , should be rolled into criterion one , the need to avoid the greenbelt . |
| 13 | And she 's asked us to go and stay and I said to John I Would n't stay in that bed again |
| 14 | Well , we got through it all , I can scarcely believe that I came through all that and thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of it , and was not in the least bit sea-sick . |
| 15 | In the first stages , the first winter , I do n't remember feeling cold at all ; or , at least , I do n't remember that I suffered from cold any more than anyone else did . |
| 16 | Thoughts about how the spectacles would appear to me if I moved towards them leftwards must be related in the correct way to thoughts about how they would look if I moved above them to the right ; thoughts about their being artefacts must be related to thoughts about their not existing before a certain time or not coming into existence in the kitchen as the kettle boils . |
| 17 | I hoped , though , that you would n't mind if I stopped by this morning ? |
| 18 | I said to go in and see and I said to him go and see the bear , and with that Dave knocked on the door . |
| 19 | ‘ I preferred the days when we were smaller and I could work when I felt like it . |
| 20 | There was still a Mediterranean atmosphere , as I could see as I walked beneath the Spanish arch along the cobbled quayside towards the harbour . |
| 21 | Whilst I am happy to bolt Spectrum PCBs into metal or plastic cases and generally perform the role of tester I must confess that I balked at performing this simple assembly job . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd recover if I looked after him . |
| 23 | If I could move as I used to I 'd be running around and dancing in the street . ’ |
| 24 | First I 'll divulge that I went to Bristol — they 'll know that already if they 're bright enough — then I 'll say I went to this Bed and Breakfast — then I looked for a job … |
| 25 | They did try and imply that I went to the toilet for some sexual activity with the lead singer of Suede , which is a bit boring , and something that I 'd probably wish for more than think was nasty |
| 26 | ( iv ) " I could have if I chose to . " |
| 27 | From " If you want them , there are biscuits " it does not follow that if there are none , you do n't want any , and from " I could have if I chose to " it does not follow that if I did n't choose to do the thing , I was n't able to do it . |
| 28 | I paused for a moment , then said , ‘ Kathleen , let me tell you what I think would happen if I did as you say and then you tell me where I 'm going wrong . |
| 29 | I can mention that I spoke to Maurin at his gallery . ’ |
| 30 | This was a very comforting thing , although I must admit that I heard of no cases occurring in the period that I was in Mespot . |