Example sentences of "i [vb base] to do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether the Council I , I personally would be quite keen to go down there and see A , and we 'd need permission of the land owners , to do this , to see where the link could go across , you know , the best position , so that we , and I believe this is what Councillor is saying , so that we can actually come forward and maybe this ought to be a meeting with the Amenities Committee , maybe the Ramblers and bear in mind as I say again I hate to do these things and the land owner think we 're steamrollering 'em into something without their knowledge . |
| 2 | So what I propose to do this morning , is to talk erm , based on the notes from the hand-book about Anthems of the Nation , but to spend probably more time , talking about the French National Anthem , than about any others , because I know a little bit about it , and I have discovered even more . |
| 3 | Okay this is the fourth in our series and the second on the presidency and I want to do two things in this lecture . |
| 4 | try it again and I want to do two things for the rest of the morning . |
| 5 | And I say I I ca n't , I honestly can not remember what I was doing , I remember the environment one because I got a module written on that erm I remember that I had put in er I want to do first aid and safety in the home sort of thing er , they were three modules that I wanted er , to do . |
| 6 | This morning , too , she had said to her father , ‘ I want this afternoon off ; I want to do some shopping . ’ |
| 7 | I want to do some scuba , for Christ 's sake ! ’ |
| 8 | If I want to do some slap bass or play some very fast , light jazzy stuff , I 'd probably have to wear the bass quite high up , almost Mark King height , to really be comfortable . |
| 9 | Well I hope you enjoyed this morning now what I want to do this afternoon , we 're gon na break for lunch now and then can we reconvene at the syndicate rooms at two o'clock |
| 10 | It 's the rest of the stuff that I want to do this month . |
| 11 | Erm , right , what I want to do this week , is to go on to the next er , work of Freud 's , that follows after erm , group psychology , or rather to the next two , because I 'm gon na back these two books together for , hi there , , erm gon na back these two books together , because as we 'll see , they , they really deal with the same subject . |
| 12 | That is what I want to do this morning . |
| 13 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 14 | I want to do this thing as well as it can be done , and with as few deaths as we can manage . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to do those glass things you bake in the oven today . ’ |
| 16 | The sci-fi movie , filmed at Pinewood Studios , is the last such epic for Sigourney , she says , adding : ‘ I want to do more love stories . |
| 17 | Also , I hope to do more travelling and my garden is in need of attention ! ’ |
| 18 | One to the sea , which is about 80 miles away , and another to Sao Paulo which is quite near , and I hope to do some shopping for presents there before I come home . |
| 19 | I like to do practical jobs around the house |
| 20 | ‘ I like to do other things . |
| 21 | ‘ Every year I like to do some kind of challenge to raise money for charity and to inspire others to raise money as well , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |
| 22 | You know , like I say , I try to do some things different , and then that do n't work sometimes cos I think well why am I doing 'em like that . |
| 23 | ‘ I object to the principle of the PLR not because I wish to do hardworking authors out of money — I would be eligible for PLR but I have declined to register on principle . ’ |
| 24 | I need to do one tape . |
| 25 | No cos erm I need to do some stuff today . |
| 26 | ‘ I know I need to do some exercise for golf . |
| 27 | Tony said I need to do some exercise late at night . |
| 28 | Yeah but I need to do some typing . |
| 29 | ‘ But to confirm my diagnosis I need to do some tests . |
| 30 | ‘ I need to do physical work in fact ’ , he says . |