Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well-launched as it was , I regret to report that the organization of China-Canada Inc. seemed to die of inactivity after its founder left for China in 1946 ; it was , after all , very much of a one-man show and the big names on all the committees were more or less honorary only .
2 I regret to note that the removal of the stop at 120 Nicolson Street makes it less convenient for you to shop at Low 's supermarket .
3 I I tend to agree that the criteria tend to fall into two sorts .
4 Groggily I tried to turn as the room spun round .
5 I tried to eavesdrop but the door was too thick .
6 I tried to argue that the Criterion had neglected to pay enough attention to certain lines of contemporary thought , above all that represented by Collingwood .
7 One of the most important changes I expect to see after the revolution is in the situation of children .
8 There are a number of forensic tests to be carried out but I expect to find that the razor was the weapon . ’
9 I want to repeat that the line was faint but it was definately Dr Kemp on the phone and that what I wrote was as near as anyone could get to what he said .
10 I want to consider whether the way in which environmental impact assessments are drawn up at the moment is satisfactory .
11 I want to indicate that the decision to get involved in a dilemma is the real decision .
12 I want to suggest that the idea of imaginary time is something that we will also have to come to accept .
13 I want to suggest that the concepts of free will and moral responsibility for our actions are really an effective theory in the sense of fluid mechanics .
14 I want to ensure that the system works properly and effectively , but I assure Opposition Members that , if they persuade and encourage welfare rights organisations to make speculative claims , they are not helping those who are in real need .
15 I want to know whether the legend thereon was printed , or machine-embroidered ; whether the label itself was stitched into the pants , or appliquéd in some fashion ; whether the label indicates an element of design , or whether the information it retails relates purely to the material constitution of the aforementioned pants .
16 Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge .
17 I came to realize that the twilight world actually existed unseen , but in parallel , with everyone else 's world .
18 I thought when I first came here that I hated what she was trying to do to me and then I came to see that the clothes , the manners , the society , all those things were part of a process , a process to give me enough confidence to do what I liked , not to live in eternal dread of insignificance and error .
19 By doing so , I hope to show that the dialogue between believers and non-believers in God can proceed only on the basis of certain common assumptions .
20 I hope to show that the incompetence that is most difficult to correct is tightly coupled with skilfulness .
21 I hope to show that the phenomenon of recursive syntax may bear on the intentional ingredient in human communication .
22 I begin to believe that the House will clap itself to death one day .
23 I happen to believe that the fears that have been voiced on that account are exaggerated .
24 I happen to know that the Director of Social Work , and another of the senior social workers here , have moved here very recently .
25 So what I 'm saying is erm I happen to think that the A L O stuff is some of the most valuable stuff that we do , it 's really one of the main ways forward and if we just sit back and do nothing about it it 's gon na just be wiped out at a a swipe .
26 I happen to think that the prosecution here and the investigating team have done the very best of jobs in the right spirit and in the fairest frame of mind — of that I am totally convinced .
27 I forgot to say that the guerrilla who was pretending to be a madman had let Sis .
28 Sorry , I forgot to mention that the fax and collect method works for tickets , mine was waitning for me last night .
29 I hasten to say that the organisation was a Labour party branch .
30 There have been a number of business failures over the past , very difficult , few months , but I hasten to add that the level of new business start-ups remains resilient and robust .
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