Example sentences of "[vb infin] [subord] i [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Graham claimed : ‘ Frank McLintock was a marvellous skipper — I should know because I played in the same team with him . |
| 2 | These cats look well cared for and I should know because I work in a pet surgery . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I can not do as I like in the house . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you mind if I go for a swim ? ’ |
| 7 | Do you mind if I go into the house to wash my hands ? " |
| 8 | Before you start on that do you mind if I turn off the flickering television screen ? |
| 9 | You do n't mind if I sleep on the way back , do you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ D' you mind if I start with the cocktail hour ? |
| 11 | There was still a Mediterranean atmosphere , as I could see as I walked beneath the Spanish arch along the cobbled quayside towards the harbour . |
| 12 | Erm what would happen if I drive at a tenth of the speed ? |
| 13 | ‘ How can I relax when I look like a blancmange covered in maraschino cherries ? ’ |
| 14 | It is a truth which I can never now forget as I go about a world in which human beings apparently have themselves under control . |
| 15 | Someone who would smile when I walked into a room , look pleased that I had come home — not because they wanted something from me , but because I was me . |
| 16 | I shut the door behind me , because I do n't want to hear it crash as I walk down the path . |
| 17 | I did n't think before I went into the recruiting office and became a marine , and I did n't think now . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't care if I dissolve into a puddle the minute the curtain comes down . |
| 19 | They do n't care whether I stand on the side of a screen or front stage so long as they can see me , hear me , Karl Gesner . |
| 20 | Chairman I wonder wonder whether it would help if I quoted from the erm the study into b the census information . |
| 21 | I think it might help if I stand near the drawings . |