Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a very great shock to me to discover that I had motor neurone disease . |
| 2 | He wanted to know if I knew this George Paston . |
| 3 | For some reason or other , ever since the last meeting with Leon Shelly in the hotel lobby , and my introduction to Hellen Semmens , my interest in Shelly Films seemed to increase and I found several occasions on which to ring Hellen about arrangements for the further use of CBC announcers . |
| 4 | ‘ When I bought the VF I left it completely standard because I wanted to establish if I had any talent . |
| 5 | I have a look in my pockets to see if I got any sweets or anything , but I ai n't . |
| 6 | ‘ It 'll have to wait until I have some money ‘ |
| 7 | And you know it is wrong to suggest that I 've any motives in that quarter because , between you and me , I ca n't stand the man . |
| 8 | On page 37 of his volume of reminiscences [ Burton was to write in an article on rugby ] , Mr Williams is kind enough to suggest that I had distinct possibilities as a player were it not for the lure of tinsel and paint and money and fame and so on . |
| 9 | They can thank whatever devils they happen to worship that I have much gentleness in my soul and am not given to vituperation or excessive polemic . |
| 10 | And he 'd have to put that I remember one man that was counting like this , he used to count them by the three you know . |
| 11 | Yes you have to do that I believe these days too . |
| 12 | I met a brother-in-law who told me to leave but I stayed another night in our new house just outside the village . |
| 13 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 14 | But I 'm sure there are people listening who are thinking , ‘ Well , how much is all this going to cost if I want some advice ? ’ |
| 15 | My name is Scruff and I am a very good dog but I 'm awfully expensive to keep because I needed two operations and I am still not fully recovered . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd like to change because I think good actors do alter the way they look and it 's something I plan to work on for my career in the future . ’ |
| 17 | They searched my whole flat before they took me , looking for things like Durex , and to see whether I kept any books of accounts , of girls giving me money , all this sort of thing . |
| 18 | This demonstrated that I was not yet a legionnaire as I had not been awarded my white képi , and as such was still an ‘ engagé volontaire ’ or recruit ; it went on to say that I had one month 's service in the Legion , and that I was part of the Squadron commanded by Capitaine Duransoy , in the section of Sergeant Major Barlerin of the 1st Foreign Cavalry Regiment . |
| 19 | Suffice it to say that I reached this estimate on the basis of the preservation of a vestige of the uterus and as a result of obtaining a chemical reaction for blood from periosteum . |
| 20 | The first reported expression of dissent occurred in Balston Ltd v Headline Filters [ 1987 ] FSR 330 where Scott J at pp347 and 348 said , having quoted from the judgment of Neill LJ in Faccenda , both counsel before me express some reservations about that passage insofar as it suggests that confidential information can not be protected by a suitably worded restrictive convenant binding on an ex-employee unless the information can be regarded as trade secret in the third of the categories described by Goulding J. I am bound to say that I share these reservations . |
| 21 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
| 22 | But I am bound to say that I have some doubts . |
| 23 | It was not at all necessary to say that I hoisted French colours , and therefore took the schooner unawares , or that at the time most of her men were on board of the Indiaman ; the great art in this world is , to know where to leave off , and in nothing more than when people take the pen in their hands . |
| 24 | I have to say that I find this criticism surprising since , as I have already said , the section is in my judgment clear , unambiguous and limited in its scope . |
| 25 | " Now you 're going to ask if I hate all men . |
| 26 | I tried the back again , he bladdered it and he bladdered the f front , but says he was just about to go when I opened one eye . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm not sure which way it 's going to go when I hit that stage . |
| 28 | Not to interrupt 'cause I call that treason |