Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] i [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
2 | ‘ Is it any wonder that , while I might have been too hard-headed to accept what is happening to me , I could not deny I actually felt my heart give a tug that night ? ’ |
3 | You do n't trust me , and I … well , let's just say I still have reservations about you . ’ |
4 | I can honestly say I hardly do any work , even though I am involved in various projects that occupy me most weekdays and some evenings . |
5 | I ca n't honestly say I really miss … |
6 | I can truthfully say I never believed it . |
7 | I do n't think I even heard his name . |
8 | I do n't think I even join up some , I mean there 's lots of words I do |
9 | I had no awareness of the supposed stereotypical mother of that era — lipsticked and aproned , waiting at the door — and do n't think I even encountered a picture of her , in books , comics or film , until the early 1960s . |
10 | d I do n't think I even I do n't think I even feel Did I say guilty ? |
11 | I do n't think I even liked him very much . ’ |
12 | I just do n't think I just do n't think repossessions should happen . |
13 | I do n't think I really know the answer to that question . |
14 | ‘ I do n't think I really had any doubts about them , ’ she said slowly at last . |
15 | And I do n't think I really expected Feargal to go down to Rosslare ! |
16 | I do n't think I really expected to see it , but when I did it amused me to follow you , and when you stopped in Wexford it was idle curiosity that prompted my behaviour , nothing else . ’ |
17 | ‘ I do n't think I really believed it for one second . |
18 | I do n't think I really minded what happened , though certainly the thought of a few more cannon shells flying past me did n't exactly cheer me up . |
19 | ‘ As crazy as it may sound , I do n't think I really care any more . |
20 | ‘ I do n't think I really want an apology , Jack , ’ she said calmly . |
21 | Well , I do n't think I quite realised it even then . |
22 | ‘ I do n't think I quite follow you , ’ she said . |
23 | " Really , sir , I do n't think I quite need to do that . " |
24 | ‘ But I do n't think I quite have your astonishing nerve , ’ he said , laughing . |
25 | I do n't think I quite understand this Allan . |
26 | I think I like particular standards , but I do n't think I always keep them . |
27 | At the time , the idea of a strong exclusive relationship was something that I did not actually want and I do n't think that even consciously at that time , I would have sought to have had that kind of relationship with David who was considerably younger than me and also , even though I was deeply into the whole scene and everything it represented , I do n't think I actually wanted to settle down with somebody who was a musician and was leading that sort of life style . |
28 | I actually do n't think I actually do n't think that the Community Charge payers of should pay for Councillor to go and watch a circus in Denmark . |
29 | I , I do n't think I ever said that we could n't go ahead with it this year , I merely pointed out , I merely |
30 | Er I remember it so vividly because it , at our house it was quite er an event because mother and father were so Labour and my brother , who erm he , I do n't know why , he 's not alive today and I ca n't so I , and I 've no idea , I do n't think I ever asked him because I 'd be too young , but I do know that the friction was in the house because he was working for the Conservative and she was the first woman that we ever elected er she , this , this lady did . |