Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 2 | mm that 's put the skis on the , put the holders on , could do with trying out those , I do n't know if I feel like it tonight , but er trying out those chains |
| 3 | I do n't know if I agree with this , giving seven year old , three hours tests , erm , I do n't , see the child is , I mean can you just see sit Benjamin sitting down for three hours doing a test ? |
| 4 | I do n't know if I believe in God . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to be doing this in ten years ’ time but I certainly believe it is important to plan ahead . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to or not , I just want to know what I 'm supposed to be doing there . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ No , I can not concentrate until I know about Philippe for sure . |
| 8 | ‘ Right , well , I 'll wait till I hear from him . ’ , |
| 9 | You said you 'd wait till I came to you of my own free will ; let's not prolong the agony any longer . |
| 10 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
| 11 | I do n't know because I said to you oh I had a super view |
| 12 | These cats look well cared for and I should know because I work in a pet surgery . |
| 13 | I should know because I live in his constituency . |
| 14 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 15 | I do not know whether I speak for all my right hon. and hon. Friends . |
| 16 | I do n't know whether I want to . ’ |
| 17 | Q What do I do if I wish to be excused attendance at School ? |
| 18 | What will he do if I fall into his hands again ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Her credibility increased when she advised me that it did not really matter whether I believed in homeopathy or not . |
| 21 | What 'll I do when I get to Bristol ? |
| 22 | It will do when I go to university . |
| 23 | And why should n't I do as I please with my own body ? |
| 24 | I can not do as I like in the house . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He even added a comment : ‘ This was written by Eled in an attempt to spoil the Book , but it will remain if I live to be 100 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I 'll have to see how it goes and after about three years , I 'll see if I feel like doing any more . |
| 30 | ‘ Does anyone mind if I go to bed ? ’ |