Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And where would I most like to spend the rest of the day ? |
| 2 | I was upstairs bleeding the radiators , all air hisssss air whooshing out everywhere I thought I better check to see when I come in , that thing was full of water ! |
| 3 | Can I perhaps offer to give give Mr a bit more thinking time and suggest that a local plan which did not contain something which was in the structure plan , as a proposal would not be in accord with the structure plan . |
| 4 | Each situation should be approached by enquiring , for example , what are the goals involved , that is , ‘ what do I want ? ’ , what are the boundaries to the situation , that is , ‘ what constraints do I not want to challenge ? ’ , and what are the barriers to the goal , that is , ‘ what is blocking the path to where I want to be ? ’ . |
| 5 | Yes , could I erm , I just want to take up some points raised by the panel . |
| 6 | What , what , do I just have to sit and wait until it all gets accepted and they sit on it or |
| 7 | Well , you could , no you can ask yourself , you can ask yourself , because you 've said to me very clearly that you do not regard yourself as ever speaking for yourself , surely you can now think , would I ever want to answer a question like that ? |
| 8 | " Why , " he thought , " in this country it is uncommon to see even one elephant ; how can I ever expect to find a hundred ? " |
| 9 | ‘ Why on earth would I ever think to question your ability ? |
| 10 | When did I ever ask to see the Chief Rabbit before ? " |
| 11 | How will I ever get to sleep tonight if you keep on mussing up the bed like this and wandering about ? |
| 12 | Shall I ever dare to find out ? |
| 13 | I THINK I MAY BE EXEMPT , DO I STILL NEED TO PUT MY NAME ON THE CANVASS FORM ? |
| 14 | do I still have to pay for these on ? |
| 15 | Do I really mean to attribute to the state or community principles that are not simply those of most of its members ? |
| 16 | Can I really mean to personify the community in this vivid way ? |
| 17 | Nor do I really want to go home . |
| 18 | ‘ Not only are people starting to stay at home but the next danger is that there is so much football that viewers will start saying , ‘ Do I really want to watch this ? ’ ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do I really need to go any further ? ’ |
| 20 | Asked what it was like to be home , Shane gestured to the crowd and said : ‘ Do I really need to answer that ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ However , ’ Benjamin stared at Rachel , his face betraying his hurt at being used by her , ‘ only after examining the Templar chapel following Damien 's death did I really begin to suspect Mistress Rachel . |
| 22 | ‘ Did I really have to take my exam in that tunic ? ’ writes Gill Hill . |
| 23 | ‘ Do I really have to tell you ? ’ |
| 24 | Nor , frankly , did I particularly wish to know . |
| 25 | And what exactly do you know , or should I even bother to ask ? |
| 26 | Shall I even bother to hand my notice in ? ’ |
| 27 | Only by a stupendous act of imagination , only by actually putting myself in his skin in that room at that time can I even begin to attempt any sort of answer which moves by the smallest degree away from the natural responses of disgust and revulsion which all of us instinctively wish to express . |
| 28 | Erm I just do n't I I I simply want to make the point that the protection of the countryside for its own sake is planning policy which must be brought within the of that criterion . |
| 29 | Do I sometimes try to link it with similar materials , providing for experience of solving similar problems ? |
| 30 | ‘ Boy , would n't I dearly love to know why you have such a suspicious nature ! ’ |