Example sentences of "[conj] what i [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I must confess to doubting whether such a pool of talent exists and I share the views er of the Noble Lord , Lord Motterstone who in a very powerful and commonsense speech made this point an and a number of other ones , but I have to say that what I do think exists is the temptation to create posts for friends of the Government , a process of which has been going for far too long and I mem and I wonder if er members on the other side would defend this position as my Noble Friend Lord Allen said earlier , quite sincerely if , say , another party were in power before when such a time arrives it will then be of little avail for them to run around complaining , for they will have sown the seeds of their own dissatisfaction . |
| 2 | So I ask you to be open minded they may seem a little bit off the wall to start with , but everything that we do is done for a purpose to achieve er what we 're wanting to achieve and what I do want to achieve is by the end of tomorrow is to have given you a system . |
| 3 | What I did not expect to find — and what I did find — was a strong Roman impact on the intellectual relations between Greeks and Jews or Celts or Iranians as soon as Roman power began to be felt outside Italy in the second century B.C. The influence of Rome on the minds of those who came into contact with it was quick and strong . |
| 4 | I do n't imp intend to preach to the converted but what I do intend to say to anyone in this hall that 's either indifferent or complacent or just too idle to do anything than let this motion drift by them , that if we do n't get together on this issue to get the message over to our national officers and in turn the T U C , that if we do n't stand and fight for the right to uphold the basic principles of what I believe to be trade unionism , that is the right to withdraw labour , the right to protect our brothers and sisters from oppressive employers , the right to command decent conditions and fair pay without fair reprisal . |
| 5 | But what I do suggest is , a useful experiment is to pick a subject , start a stopwatch , talk for what you think is thirty seconds , stop the stopwatch and then see . |
| 6 | But what I do care about is that , whatever we choose to call the quality of being statistically-improbable-in-a-direction-specified-without-hindsight , it is an important quality that needs a special effort of explanation . |
| 7 | But what I do think occurs , and this is bourne out er in my own case , I mean I 'm extremely reluctant to go into my staffroom simply because of the amount of smoking which goes on there . |
| 8 | I do not remember much of the actual golf , but what I do recall is an eager young man infectiously happy over his win and sharing the emotion with an appreciative crowd . |
| 9 | " I do n't pretend that medical science has yet found a method of treating cholera that 's quite satisfactory , I do n't say there is n't room for improvement , ladies and gentlemen … but what I do say is that it 's the duty of a member of the medical profession to use the best available treatment known and accepted by his fellow physicians ! |
| 10 | But what I do say is I am a trustee I am a trustee not of farmer 's land not of your land Mr , not of your land Mr not of your land Mr every person in Leicestershire owns that land , they have got a mark and I 'll tell you sir four thousand five hundred signatures made in one weekend are saying to us you are a trustee of our land , it 's not your land , our land I keep hearing , it 's our land it 's not our land it 's the people of Leicestershire 's land and what the people of Leicestershire land are saying to us sir , they 're saying to us you can not continue this barbaric killing of foxes . |
| 11 | But what I do object to is erm virgin mothers coming along who think that , why should n't they use a man ? |
| 12 | I ca n't recall the routes up which I was dragged , but what I do remember is strolling back to the car under one of those hazy , purple , Peak District sunsets , contentedly weary and glowing with achievement — only to find that thieves had struck . |
| 13 | Maureen 's skill lay in basic first-aid and tender loving care , so I did n't learn about diseases or complicated injuries — but what I did learn was vital to my future work . |
| 14 | But what I did notice about him was how much he wanted to love women . |
| 15 | ‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ . |
| 16 | I really did n't need another jumper , but what I did need was a button-to-the-neck cardigan . |
| 17 | But what I did say , and he said he could do it , was to divide up , to compare us , that he could divide up the profitability and I 'm not sure that , you know i in terms of |
| 18 | Though what I did notice was a motor bicycle parked where it should n't have been — outside Wheeler 's . |