Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [conj] the [noun sg] " 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 | Groggily I tried to turn as the room spun round . |
| 4 | I tried to eavesdrop but the door was too thick . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | One of the most important changes I expect to see after the revolution is in the situation of children . |
| 7 | There are a number of forensic tests to be carried out but I expect to find that the razor was the weapon . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I want to consider whether the way in which environmental impact assessments are drawn up at the moment is satisfactory . |
| 10 | I want to indicate that the decision to get involved in a dilemma is the real decision . |
| 11 | I want to suggest that the idea of imaginary time is something that we will also have to come to accept . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | I came to realize that the twilight world actually existed unseen , but in parallel , with everyone else 's world . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I hope to show that the incompetence that is most difficult to correct is tightly coupled with skilfulness . |
| 18 | I hope to show that the phenomenon of recursive syntax may bear on the intentional ingredient in human communication . |
| 19 | I begin to believe that the House will clap itself to death one day . |
| 20 | I happen to know that the Director of Social Work , and another of the senior social workers here , have moved here very recently . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I forgot to say that the guerrilla who was pretending to be a madman had let Sis . |
| 23 | Sorry , I forgot to mention that the fax and collect method works for tickets , mine was waitning for me last night . |
| 24 | I hasten to say that the organisation was a Labour party branch . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | I hasten to add that the North West , Yorkshire and Southern Divisions have notified me of their annual events and members will be most welcome on these occasions as well . |
| 27 | It was about three weeks later when I happened to notice that the pupil of this eye had dilated to such an extent that it was now noticeable to everyone . |
| 28 | I began to imagine that the landlord , being about to emigrate , might murder us to get our money … ’ and claims that Johnson had entertained the same fears , although Johnson never mentions such thoughts . |
| 29 | The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic as the boat was filling up rapidly and I tried my best to bail it out with my hands but had little success . |
| 30 | The request that you have done me the honour to make , to receive the record of my voice , is one that I cheerfully comply with so far as lies in my power ; though I lament to say that the voice which I transmit to you is only the relic of an organ the employment of which has been overstrained . |