Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not make it clear that the impulse to take the peach is a continuing reaction in awareness of its anticipated taste , so that I have chosen rightly only if I continue spontaneously to welcome the awareness right up to the savouring of the juice on my tongue , in other words if I do relish it , enjoy it . |
| 2 | I mean , I was there er , I left yesterday afternoon , I mean , I had to go in early and we had erm an auction and I helped do that . |
| 3 | David and I did have conversations about it and I told David that I thought he should get an accountant , or that he should ask for an account from Tony if he had questions about where money was going . |
| 4 | Debenhams probably , but the John Lewis 's were excellent , and some some of them were tin and I do wonder if you 're eating on your lap a tin tray might be rather cold but on the other hand , you let the heat from the plate through to your poor little legs . |
| 5 | The second number is for emergencies and I do mean emergencies , not running low on Kleenex . |
| 6 | I hope it will be in all your club bars one of our bottles , we have distributed special bottles er sailor proof bottles I hope they are er which you put money in er very simply without any impediment and I do hope that all clubs will use those bottles and , and gather lots of money . |
| 7 | I remember the wedding and I do believe that Mr Foster was a bit younger than she , but he was a very sincere and deeply caring person . |
| 8 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |
| 9 | Now , I was never a good getter-up but I do have the excuse that I often retire very late , particularly if I have a visitor in the afternoon and need to get a bit of washing or something done at night when it is possible to get on with it without interruptions . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't have any argument with the players who have received wild-card entries but I do feel I should have been one of them . |
| 12 | I 'd come out on the simple camera-fetching errand without the complete zipped pouch of gadgets but I did have with me the belt holding my knife and the multi-purpose survival tool , and on the back of that tool there was a mirror . |
| 13 | I do not overlook De Gourmont 's plea for a meeting of the nations but I do believe that when they meet Paris will be more than slightly abashed to find parodies of the middle ages , Dante and Langue D'Oc foisted upon it as the best in United States poetry . |
| 14 | However , I did not make the wedding but I did get some of the grog and a piece of the cake , and kissed the bride by proxy ( her maid of honour was stand-in ) . |
| 15 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 16 | I was beginning to get fed up with men and their tantrums but I do need a strong arm about , I 'm no good with a battleaxe like Boudicca . |
| 17 | I never wanted to go to university although I do know , however , that my mum and dad always had it in the back of their minds that I would go . |
| 18 | Richard Curtis , 20 , student ( far right ) : ‘ I prefer a more classical look although I do like the shirt . |
| 19 | county and see whether the family wish currently if it would not benefit from er er being carried er in certain areas and I do apologise for the Chief Fire Officer if throw away to Martin er in any way being thought of as no regrets I am sure . |
| 20 | I told Spruce a bit about Amy and Hereward 's marriage and I did mention that I 'd seen her here on Friday night and Saturday morning . |
| 21 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 22 | Let's have a look at the Aberdeen cos I did work on the Aberdeen |
| 23 | But I said I would not become a cabbage and I did survive it . ’ |
| 24 | But I said I would not become a cabbage and I did survive it . ’ |
| 25 | Diana replied : ‘ Well I must admit , partly make-up and I do drink lots of water . ’ |
| 26 | But when we 're dealing as we are in this case , with fraud , then clearly there has to be regulations , there has to be er primary legislation er so that was the point I 'm making but as I say , it 's not just me , it 's the stock exchange , the S I B , all of them believe that we need a single enforcement body to look at these matters and I do wish perhaps the minister does but the government must acc eople and a number of ople obviously with a number of traumas and a number of di exploit the different rules and regulations and to get through them because they know they are never going to be caught and the little chance of being prosecuted and even if they are prosecuted er then the chances of being convicted are remote and even if they are convicted I 'm afraid that the judicial shi system shows er that the worst they can expect is a few hours mowing the grass in front of an old folks home or perhaps a few months er in the country residence , albeit owned by Her Majesty . |
| 27 | And more than that , I 'd grown up with divorced parents and I do think kids need a mother and a father . ’ |
| 28 | Well I , I took the liberty of the Lord Lieutenant 's appointed me to something called the Sussex Rural Options Land Bank and I brought you a copy of the leaflet , having notice of your question and I did ask the officer who deals with this in the Sussex Rural Community Council if he could give me the latest score on housing I thought that the news was bad from what he had said , but having said that , I mean every effort is being made to deal with the issues you raise in this council which is now chaired by Peter . |
| 29 | Obviously the proposer and seconder of this motion do not remember what this scheme meant to people in the forties when it was demeaning and degrading and a great intrusion into their private lives and I do feel Mr Mayor that as it was a a it was demeaning and degrading in the forties it will be no less demeaning and degrading in the nineties . |
| 30 | ‘ Well I do n't like blacks and I do believe in hanging and you 're not promising me anything with either , are you ? ’ |