Example sentences of "i [modal v] [vb infin] what " in BNC.
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1 | Breathe on me breath of God , fill me with life anew , that I may love what thou dost love , and do what thou wouldst do . |
2 | I firmly subscribe to the school of thought that says , ‘ I may hate what you have to say , but I will defend your right to say it . ’ |
3 | ‘ Before I die I must confess what I 've done wrong . |
4 | ‘ Still , he thought , I must do what I can to protect the lady , to whom I owe so much , and whom I have certainly , for better , for worse , released from sleep and silence . |
5 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
6 | I am not concerned in what the next man thinks and does , that is his business but I must do what my own conscience dictates . |
7 | I must do what your father wants . ’ |
8 | ‘ Great queen , ’ I answered , ‘ I must do what my master wants , but if I were free , I would want to spend my whole life obeying your orders . ’ |
9 | I must do what my heart tells me . ’ |
10 | Now I must know what you have decided in regard to precise details . |
11 | ‘ I must know what happened to you down there on Moloch . |
12 | ‘ I must know what you 're saying . ’ |
13 | Before I leave I must know what you intend to do about it . ’ |
14 | " Now at last " , said Richard , " I must believe what I had always thought was impossible . " |
15 | ‘ As for me , I must write what I am owed in my book and then I too will go to bed . |
16 | At this point I must consider what is meant by ‘ tariff ’ in this context . |
17 | I must find what is your illness first , yes ? ’ |
18 | There is a small part of me that feels that , on behalf of my right hon. and hon. Friends , I should welcome what the Leader of the House has said . |
19 | First , perhaps I should explain what I mean by information technology . |
20 | I do n't just say it , because time is valuable and I should explain what 's happening in the region but I think it 's also very important to convey this to you after your years and decades of solidarity with the liberation struggle . |
21 | ‘ I knew J B Priestley a bit and he once suggested to me that I should do what he did in the Thirties , which was to take a trip around Britain talking to people . |
22 | ‘ I should do what the man said . ’ |
23 | However , I do love him and do n't want to lose him so I feel as though I should do what he says . |
24 | a blood test he said I should think what 's happened , that guy who 's seen you , has , I , cos I said it was his understudy , yeah , cos he said Wendy had seen Mr Hudson so obviously the notes were n't in there were they ? |
25 | I should practise what I preach is what I should do , ’ Terry continued . |
26 | ‘ If I am to help on this , then I should know what 's going on . |
27 | Life is earnest and , as a responsible individual , I should know what is going on . |
28 | I had some dim idea that I should see what sort of creatures these whores were , so that I might find out what I was . |
29 | But erm , it was suggested about a year or so before I left , that I might take what was called The Gardeners Scholarship to erm The Royal College for the Blind , which in those days was at erm Upper Norwood S E nineteen and erm so erm I had no objections , I did n't , I did n't see any future at all in it anyway , but erm I took this erm scholarship examination , went up to the R N C to work erm some papers and to be interviewed and erm , much to my surprise they erm offered me one of these scholarships which was worth forty pounds a year for three years in the Commercial Department of the College which was an innovation really as erm primarily a College of Music for erm blind students and erm so off I went to the R N C of sixteen and erm did my three year course and got erm some R S A certificates and erm was reasonably successful I suppose I , perhaps I was n't as diligent as I should have been . |
30 | I might erm I might see what the sleeve 's like , I might er er wait and see how much wool I 've got |