Example sentences of "something [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesperson for Mogul said , ‘ I would not say it could form a cyanide mixture — I would n't say the material was poisonous , although it is not something I would want to drink myself ’ . |
| 2 | They say that I mean any changes any in temperature are very noticeable so w Like it is working in the middle of winter offshore would be something I would have to come to terms with but no I mean I do n't think there 's any problems work-wise . |
| 3 | ‘ It was not something I would have recommended my clients to do . ’ |
| 4 | It 's not something I would have considered . |
| 5 | ‘ I know I am being investigated but it is not something I would like to talk about . ’ |
| 6 | But something I would like to say , which no-one has touched on at all ; we 've all been talking about the laws that affect women and equal opportunities , and no-one has mentioned anything about the horrendous hours that are worked in parliament making it not impossible , but extremely difficult for women to become politicians working in parliament to be the people who make the laws , to be the people who can actually affect women 's roles in society erm everyone seems to accept the fact that our own parliament , totally dominated by men , and the sort of hours that only men can work , making it extremely difficult for women . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's something I would like to do but the big question is which direction to go in . |
| 8 | It might not be a big demo , or a very good one , but it has a meaning , a message , something I would like to see more of . |
| 9 | I take the squad to Holland every year and that is something I would like to see continued but I have other ideas which it may not be possible to put into practice . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know about that , ’ she said , ‘ but it 's certainly something I would like to think about . ’ |
| 11 | Why that should be when we know change is inevitable is something I shall have to ask my daughter . |
| 12 | This is something I shall have to discuss with the Chief Constable . |
| 13 | ‘ This is something I should 'ave done a very long time ago . |
| 14 | Since then I have done something I should have done in the first place : found a gap in the rushes only ten yards downstream where I can heave into the fish without pulling them into more weed . |
| 15 | I always go to bed knowing that there 's something I should have done — often the housewife slaves all day and the husband just comes home and puts his feet up . |
| 16 | ‘ This is something I should have done days ago ; something I 've wanted to do almost from the first moment we met , yet I 've fought against it every step of the way , just as you have . |
| 17 | If he did n't answer the leg , he got a quick reminder from the schooling whip — something I should have done but had chickened out of because Skipper 's reaction to a schooling whip had been to throw some rather impressive bucks . |
| 18 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 19 | There 's something I should have said . |
| 20 | I 've something I must tell you , something I should have told you before . |
| 21 | There is something I should have told you . |
| 22 | Something I should have mentioned earlier is just how good gold prospecting is as a family hobby . |
| 23 | But Claire said , ‘ I wish there was something I could do to help . ’ |
| 24 | I wish there was something I could do to help . " |
| 25 | That at least was something , something I could cling to , something I could use to keep you close to me . |
| 26 | Billy Cobham Band Jazz-rock drumming is not something I can claim to relish , but — setting prejudice aside — Billy Cobham does it better than almost anyone . |
| 27 | ‘ I understand that people have high hopes for their tapes and I do try to see people who really believe in their stuff and who try to convince me it 's something I will want to hear . |
| 28 | This will also be the BBC 's last election in its present form , something I will struggle to feel sad about . |
| 29 | All of a sudden I noticed something I must have walked past dozens of times . |
| 30 | To say ’ Sorry dear , but there 's a dent in the car , ’ is n't something I 'd want to hear . |