Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , it do n't count cos I did n't have that you cheat ! |
| 2 | At last the shops opened and like a kid with a tanner , I hunted and sniffed and tasted and tried , imagining what I 'd buy if I had all the money in the world . |
| 3 | I must apologize if I gave the impression of trying to keep these from you , as you ( perhaps jokingly ) suggested . |
| 4 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 5 | Erm I I I I will apologize if I am wrong but my interpretation of the table is that erm could you say chairman wh which of three rows of We 're dealing with the the top part of the table all vehicle travellers , |
| 6 | Sorry , I should explain to the committee that I was informed that the secretary who normally does the minutes for the half past one was sick , and had , she 'd been sent home by her doctor at lunch time , so I came back from lunch and had to come straight into committee , and I do apologize if I have missed bits of paper or whatever , I 've gathered up everything I could , but that might well be one of the things that I 've left behind . |
| 7 | ‘ How do I know if I 've met the right person ? ’ |
| 8 | But I saw no other way out : I did n't know if I would ever have a chance again . ’ |
| 9 | Asked what she would do once she had satisfied her immediate needs , one emigrant said , pensively , ‘ I shall watch the East German anniversary celebrations , but I do n't know if I will be laughing or crying . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd know where I lived if I saw it , but just at the moment I ca n't remember the name of the street it 's in , and the policeman would n't know if I do n't have the address . |
| 11 | I do n't know if I could ever have a relationship , the way I feel about my body . |
| 12 | But I do not know if I will take it . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | The party 's best-known candidate , Alessandra Mussolini , the Duce 's grand-daughter , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm very happy for the MSI , even if I still do n't know if I 've been elected ’ . |
| 15 | God , I do n't know if I should even be talking about it . ’ |
| 16 | Now I 'm standing here in this thing and I do n't even know if I 've got it on back to front or not . ’ |
| 17 | I do n't know if I shall join the company yet , I may do , I may go to Paris , I may die , my face may even turn blue . |
| 18 | But I did n't know if I 'd done something wrong when I was taken away from my mother . ’ |
| 19 | I did n't know if I could work with a choreographer . |
| 20 | He says : ‘ I do n't know if I would have been slightly criminal , but would not have been a very nice human being . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know if I want to or not , I just want to know what I 'm supposed to be doing there . ’ |
| 22 | She apparently told her sometime lover , Marlon Brando , ‘ I do n't know if I do it right ’ and Norman Mailer , another to enjoy her favours , was quoted as saying that the screen goddess was ‘ pleasant in bed , but receptive rather than innovative ’ . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't know if I should wake you . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I do n't know if I want to work in that vague kind of way . |
| 25 | I do not know if I have supplied this fish with the ideal conditions but the fish does appear to be very healthy and always has the dorsal fin held erect and is indeed an impressive sight . |
| 26 | I do n't know if I 'd do it again , though . |
| 27 | And there was a neurosis and an anxiety involved around doing that solo record for me , because I 'd never done one before and I did n't know if I could actually pull it off . |
| 28 | As she was treated in hospital , the terrified teenager had confessed : ‘ I do n't know if I will have the nerve to go back to work . |
| 29 | Earlier , he had told a packed audience at the French Automobile Club : at the Place de la Concorede : ‘ I do n't know if I will stand before you all again — but you never know , do you ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know if I 'll be able to swing it in India , it depends on the pitches and conditions , but as the Indians ' attack looks to be mainly swing and seam , it could happen . |