Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [adv] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | er and in any , in any event there are a number of things I tend to miss altogether if I want to er keep to timetable which I and I , I 'm sure you 're , all the , the audience or group or whatever you like to call it that will welcome an extension of the talk . |
| 2 | I want to know exactly where I stand . |
| 3 | You know what you want to buy better than I do anyway . |
| 4 | People from the newspapers foolishly park outside my home on Sundays , I suspect to see either whether I go shopping or whether I go to church . |
| 5 | , so I put her out in the end it erm it was surprising everybody knew what was going to happen they knew what I was going to do right when I come back in after swi place was empty they 'd got out that door before I 'd got her out the door but erm no it 's it 's very insulting . |
| 6 | ‘ First , if we leave now I wo n't find out what 's going on , and as you know I do n't like to leave anywhere until I know what 's going on . |
| 7 | I 'm going to I 'm going to accelerate now cos I see I 'm going on too long . |
| 8 | As I say I 'm not going to respond immediately cos I think other people ought to . |
| 9 | And I 'm going to get nowhere if I get on the golf course . |
| 10 | He confirms : ‘ I 'd like to stay here till I retire . ’ |
| 11 | Tell me darling , what have you really had to eat today while I 've been away ? |
| 12 | It 's not going to end there if I say yes either . |
| 13 | anyhow that made me feel there was no future in Plymouth for that , so this opportunity came , I came and when I got here they did n't carry any sergeants so I would of had to move again if I wanted promotion , which I was n't prepared to do for this , mainly for his education , unfortunately the |
| 14 | The polyps began to disappear shortly after I introduced some large blue mushroom polyps which were growing on a piece of dead coral . |
| 15 | Both for not being prepared , not giving the opening of this course the importance that it did deserve , and obviously for the embarrassment that er you must have felt having to sit there while I made a total fool of myself . |
| 16 | ‘ Why , ’ exclaimed Carol , ‘ it seems to do just as I wish ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to stay here while I dash home and get my wellingtons … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When I was offered a place I was so pleased I did n't have to think twice before I accepted . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She will have to say so before I take her back . ’ |
| 20 | God knows I do n't want to rot here if I knew of a way out , surely that 's plain . ’ |
| 21 | I am sure that the House will start to fill rapidly as I address it at the start of the second day of debate on the Bill . |
| 22 | ‘ I was kicked out by my landlord and put in this hostel which was just awful and I had to get away so I came here — I do n't know why , really , I … ’ |
| 23 | Erm I need to phone home because I have stay late ? |
| 24 | ‘ No , ’ Kate says apologetically , ‘ they said I did n't need to bother to learn any before I came . ’ |