Example sentences of "[subord] i [vb base] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 [ But ] I do n't want an agreement where I have to apply to court to get them out .
2 Although I have to admit to buying Sat , Sun , Mon cause it does have a good sports section — especially the cricket .
3 Oh , yes , I know I 've got tomorrow off as well , but David 's off today too , and he 's promised to ferry me around if I need to go from place to place . ’
4 If I want to go into town I do n't need to worry about .
5 As the Minister knows , I live in a rural area and if I want to go to hospital I first have to go to Paisley .
6 ‘ Who 's my contact if I want to get in touch with you ? ’
7 It 's useful if people feel ill during services or if I want to rest before midnight Mass .
8 If I want to hear about politics , I 'll go out and vote .
9 Yeah well come on then cos I want to get to mum 's cos I 'll do that washing up when I come back sha n't I ?
10 Cos I need to go to work now because I 'm gon na be late for work .
11 Reckon I 'm coming to well I ca n't come to that detention anyway cos I have to go to West Side Story tonight .
12 Not because I think I want to look young but just because I like to go to bed early . ’
13 oh sorry well I do n't wan na talk about that because I want to get to business
14 Before I attempt to describe in detail the principal strands which have created the contemporary primary school it is necessary to appreciate the difficulty of isolating and then evaluating the contribution made by each of them .
15 That 'll be alright so cos he slid his my brief case and er I got all the way home , no problem at all , I 'd got newspaper under the back , so it did n't scratch the back when I come to come down Mill Road this lorry 's go , I mean I got the tail gate up and er I sort of looked in the mirror , I thought oh my goodness my tail gate , I could hear it so and I braked a bit sharp and that slid down and scratched along the dash board !
16 ‘ So there am I spending the rest of that day with you in my thoughts , and getting barely any rest from thoughts of you when I try to sleep at night either . ’
17 And , as I hope to demonstrate from time to time in later chapters , it is as legitimate to utilize Lévi-Straussian notions where these seem appropriate and fruitful as it is to derive inspiration from Freud — without necessarily being a dogmatic , doctrinaire Freudian .
18 I got up and you know I swear I turned into Firmin for a moment and I said , ‘ Listen , Our Lady of Communications , I shall write and you will transmit as many fucking letters per day as I happen to feel like writing . ’
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