Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think it an advantage to a student to have something to react against , but this has not led me to struggle to reach firm conclusions on every topic . |
| 2 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 3 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 4 | Do I want to buy more hash , a chunky offering for my wicker mini-basket ? |
| 5 | I 'ad to pay three bob for a decent one . |
| 6 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 7 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
| 8 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 9 | By factual I mean to question those aspects of us which no longer involve philosophical and theological questions which occupied our ancestors . |
| 10 | ‘ I intend to represent this constituency in a non-partisan way , and will be at the call of everyone here no matter what their political persuasions . |
| 11 | In this article I intend to shed some light on the behaviour of a specific linguistic phenomenon , deixis , in a specific kind of discourse , the lyric poem . |
| 12 | If that is the case , and bearing in mind I intend to ignore such advice , then surely all moments are of equal suitability . ’ |
| 13 | As well as keeping to the forefront our themes of quality and cost , this means coming forward with ideas on how things can be improved and I intend to introduce new initiatives during the coming year to help us focus on this . |
| 14 | And it is some of those shared beliefs and concerns that I intend to address this evening : |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I hope it sustains him on his long journey into obscurity , because I intend to make sure Michael Stein never works in the travel industry again . ’ |
| 16 | In view of the Government 's unsatisfactory reply , I intend to raise that matter again on the Adjournment . |
| 17 | I intend to rally that support . |
| 18 | And I intend to keep that promise . ’ |
| 19 | I intend to approach this problem piece by piece and in the final section ( section 1.6 ) I shall attempt to outline a general concept of what is meant by structural change . |
| 20 | I intend to play some waltzes and you shall all dance . ’ |
| 21 | Quite early on " I ceased to consider representative democracy as an absolute principle " , he wrote later , " and regarded it as a question of time , place , and circumstance … " |
| 22 | Falteringly , I sought to express these misgivings in my conclusions to a number of papers , conclusions that certainly brought no joy to my more optimistic colleagues in an emerging human ethology rooted firmly in the objective analysis of behaviour sequences and components . |
| 23 | ‘ When I took over the club from Connelly I agreed to give old Giuseppe there a job , ’ he explained . |
| 24 | That is the only reason I agreed to write this message to you . |
| 25 | ‘ I was in charge of ‘ Fluon ’ for a couple of years and I failed to make any impact whatsoever on that particular problem . |
| 26 | My coach and I planned to use this meeting as training and it just turned out to be bad training . ’ |
| 27 | WITH over 100 others from various parts of Britain , I planned to visit many sites of historical interest and biblical fame . |
| 28 | I planned to amplify this change of mood by having different colour schemes . |
| 29 | I planned to make one chair as a trial piece , and , if it looked right , to do a real run of six , using the trial pieces as ‘ templates ’ . |
| 30 | I would have thought if she would have sat in the chair , I mean well she could n't go the week aha I do n't young enough yeah , about a month ago she just peed of somewhere and some , I do n't know , she 's alright , I said yes she 'll be alright , I said I 'm going to start cooking so she said I got to take these Heather , I said well they 'll travel better in there , your father said you know Jane he said if you 'd given her a hand |