Example sentences of "the [noun] i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Then if he still has not come out of the tent I will go down there while it is still light , very quietly , and see if I can see , without getting too close , how he is .
2 I love rugby and if I had the opportunity I would pull on my boots and play tomorrow .
3 In the end I agreed to do this but I remember leaving the meeting literally , I am afraid , in tears and saying that although I would obey the majority I would resign from the Government afterwards as quietly as I could because I should have failed to uphold an almost lifelong conviction …
4 ‘ But if it was the wish of the majority I would have to accept that as a democratic decision . ’
5 Assuming you are part of the majority I will explain below how to learn what the jugglers call ‘ the cascade ’ , which is the most basic movement .
6 Well I think it was I mean that erm we when you dredge from the Causeway I 'd say near the Harbourmaster 's office and we dredged all the way to Botterman 's Bay just below Pinmill and that Botterman 's Bay was that 's a place where they had and that 's where the big ships used to moor then and they used to get .. be lightened , like all grain goods and that used to be loaded into barges by hand and then when it goes so light they used to the fish with about three thousand grain in 'em and then they used to fill them up in the dock , on the same method .
7 Really we know still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom , and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers are at the moment dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research go in , rather than more erm of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics — I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching .
8 Really we still know very little about what teachers actually do in the classroom and it 's all very well standing back in university and saying teachers should do this and should do that , but in order to be able to offer guidance I think we really need to do more research in mixed ability classrooms to discover how teachers at the moment are dealing with the situation and where we might offer them more support , and that 's the direction I 'd like to see research going ; rather than more of the grandiose large-scale quantitative studies , which collect lots of figures and statistics , I 'd like to see a lot more studies in actual classrooms looking at actual teachers teaching , looking at what they do and how we can improve that .
9 As I crouched in the slit trench in the semi-darkness I could hear the odd British shell that had been intended for the Germans but had dropped short in the orchard explode with a terrific roar close at hand , causing a shower of dirt to fall from the roof of the trench .
10 The proposals to combat discrimination within the profession have not met with the support I would have hoped for .
11 ‘ And he has all the support I can give him to go for it next year . ’
12 Please pray for me as I 'll need all the support I can get .
13 Sir , — Nine years ago I volunteered my services as a school governor , believing that the expertise I could offer would be helpful to headteacher , staff and pupils .
14 Yeah , I , I , even the shirt I 'll fit me , tie .
15 On the expenditure side of the accounts I can say that , certainly up to the half way stage of the financial year , the budget is holding .
16 After the fiasco over the programmes I shall take full control of this project and set up my headquarters in the Jessie Matthews Lounge at the Duck and Forceps .
17 Applying a multiplier of eighteen to that figure , I arrive at a figure of fifty nine thousand , three hundred and forty nine pounds and sixty pence , which is the award I would make .
18 ‘ If I go to the cinema I 'll have a panic attack and everyone will want to have me thrown out . ’
19 The sea was flat , faintly streaked by a waning moon , and through the porthole of the saloon I could see the Southern Cross and the Milky Way , unblemished by cloud .
20 For the beginner I would recommend the A. rosaefolia .
21 On behalf of the Board and the shareholders I would like to thank all employees in both Group businesses for their continuing valuable contribution in another extremely difficult year .
22 What they what they should do the , the milk I 'd say your first pint cost you twenty six thirty six
23 As I walk round the croft I can feel a strange sensation in my stomach , a feeling not unlike fear , and I now know that she is dead .
24 In the afternoon I would propose that we meet briefly after lunch and receive any comments additional to papers that might go out beforehand .
25 In the morning when they wanted the money I 'd say ‘ I 've just got to phone home , ’ and get Mum to promise to pay , and they 'd have to wait till she turned up .
26 I really need all the money I can get .
27 and if I had the money I could have that
28 ‘ If that 's the case I 'll stay out longer than I 'd planned , and do you a favour ! ’
29 And he told me that if that was the case I would have to find somebody else . ’
30 For a city the nature of York it is vital , in my view , that public confidence in the greenbelt it 's got to endure for beyond thirty years , that is the case I would share the views to some extent of the York City in that , and which I I certainly read into ma'am , your , two of your questions , what happens beyond two thousand and six ?
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