Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I tried to do this visualization several times a day , I found it best and most rewarding first thing in the morning when I and my mind were fresh . |
| 2 | Whether that man is the prime minister , modifying his opinions to catch votes , or a bourgeois in terror lest some harmless act should be misunderstood and outrage some petty convention , that man is an inferior man and I do not want to have anything to do with him , any more than I want to eat canned salmon . |
| 3 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |
| 4 | There were n't many people sitting near us , so I tried to make polite conversation , but he was n't having any . |
| 5 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this Instruction . |
| 6 | I will inform the bank in writing if I wish to cancel this instruction , and I understand that if any direct debit which breaks the terms of this instruction , the bank will make a refund . |
| 7 | What if I wish to give small amounts regularly over a period ? |
| 8 | If I go to buy some fish , for instance , and it 's been irradiated , it wo n't smell . |
| 9 | I s I was still only down to sort of eleven stone , but if I get to like ten stone |
| 10 | If I had to choose one man to kick a 40-yard penalty from close to the touchline to rescue The Earth from being knocked out of the Inter-Galactic Cup in the last minute , Grant Fox would be the man … |
| 11 | If I had to nominate those politicians whose views I most trusted , who have most clearly articulated my own fluid , contingent thoughts on the crisis as it developed , I would opt for two pensionable septuagenarians , both of whom I despised in their political heyday : Denis Healey , who sold the Labour government to the IMF , and Ted Heath , who became the Tories ' lamest duck of all . |
| 12 | If I had to put any money on any one at this moment , it would have to be them . |
| 13 | It would nt hurt to say ‘ Yes I m sory to leave Leeds and the supporters behind … but the club needed the money and if I had to join another club it would be Blackburn ( and onto the usual bullshit ) ’ Fuck me even Cantona said something nice about us . |
| 14 | ‘ If I want to sell 80,000 units what is the maximum price I can charge ? ’ |
| 15 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 16 | And now that all the data is on the database , if I want to get that information back it is not a problem . ’ |
| 17 | And if I want to hear inane rat-tat-tats I 'll go to the jungle and listen to the crickets . |
| 18 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 19 | But I would be surprised if I did after this year , although , at this stage , I am still playing well enough and I am enjoying it enough so that if I want to play another tournament , I can . ’ |
| 20 | What if I want to keep computerised records ? |
| 21 | If I happen to remember such details when there 's a beautiful doll on the paying end , Hinkle is right in there rooting for the firm . |
| 22 | ‘ Usually I need to ask the school committee if I have to replace any equipment , but if I need something really essential like a new clock I can buy it straight away . ’ |
| 23 | If their full bellies make me fail to recognise my communality with a woman of colour whose children who do not eat , because she ca n't find work ; or a woman who has no children because her insides are rotten from home abortions and sterilisation ; or if I fail to recognise the lesbian who chooses not to have children , or the woman who remains closeted because her homophobic community is her only life support ; the woman who chooses silence instead of another death ; the woman who is terrified lest any anger triggers the explosion of hers ; if I fail to recognise these women as other faces of myself , then I am contributing to each of their oppressions , but also to my own . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't believe it myself at first , until I started to notice little changes in Dowd . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ They got me going by guaranteeing my expenses until I started to win some prize money . |
| 26 | Well then tomorrow I must make a little list , see cos I want to finish that baby 's jumper |
| 27 | I want them sheds cleared out cos I want to get that garden sorted out for the summer |
| 28 | cos I need to get some money out to get |
| 29 | I 'll keep this cos I need to keep that guy 's . |
| 30 | ‘ Do n't see how I can unless I manage to shift one way or the other , and I need both hands for that . |