Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] in [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I intend to do in this column is to explore and explain rhythm in its purest sense — from the point of view of notation , theory and practical application . |
| 2 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
| 3 | I want to live in such a way that I can help people find a faith . |
| 4 | There are so many avenues I want to explore in that respect . |
| 5 | That distinction , shockingly banal though it is , has been hard to shake from my mind , and its persistence is one of the things I want to explore in this article . |
| 6 | ‘ Now that I 'm earning again , I want to invest in some good quality , classic outfits , ’ said Pamela , whose standard work clothes were drab navy skirts teamed with various coloured blouses . |
| 7 | Now what I want to do in this lecture is to finish off the er introductory part of my , of my remarks and take us up to the point where beginning at twelve o'clock the real part , the real er core of this course begins when we start to look at social theory . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to put in some shells and seaweed first . ’ |
| 9 | I want to leave in half an hour . ’ |
| 10 | It is precisely that exclusion that I want to address in this chapter . |
| 11 | Anyway , I doubt very much if I want to stay in all blasted week anyway ! |
| 12 | He says I grew up here , I went to school and I want to stay in this area . |
| 13 | I want to share in that ordinary , uncomplicated animal warmth , free of human complexities or human odours , their breath sweetened with the juices of twice-digested grass and other comely vegetation plucked from remembered waysides . |
| 14 | Obviously I want to play in such a big game . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I do n't know if I want to work in that vague kind of way . |
| 16 | Now , the final point I want to make in this little section , and I think Liz is going to help me make this point , and that is that one of your problems , which is not a big problem compared with some organizations , is you 've got to take what you 're doing , and repackage it in such way that it is of interest to ordinary people . |
| 17 | The stark juxtaposition of these two statements sums up the whole dilemma facing arts teachers , and consequently illustrates the central issue I want to discuss in this chapter . |
| 18 | This brings me to the final topic that I want to discuss in this rather philosophical chapter , the problem of what we mean by explanation . |
| 19 | the only one I want to know in this area is a , you can |
| 20 | The first thing I did when I came to live in this lovely place , was to take out a subscription for MKM . |
| 21 | Was I destined to die in some far away theatre of war ? |
| 22 | Against the first objection , I hope to show in this chapter that the conceptual distinction is far from mere pedantry . |
| 23 | she were , she were helping to make tea and , I do n't know how she , how it came , but she said granddad , I thought oh something 's coming now I says what ? , she said if I came to stay with you , she said after Richard 's you know sale , if I came to stay with you for at the weekend shall I have to go in that |
| 24 | shall I have to go in that spare room ? |
| 25 | If I decided to act in that way , any regulation to amend the scheme would be subject to the affirmative resolution procedure . |
| 26 | At the age of 16 I started to work in all kinds of crop harvesting . |
| 27 | I passed by , and was no longer recognised by anyone ; the unknown children did not smile at me ; and I dared not ask what had become of those I had known , whom I feared to recognise in these bent men exhausted by life . |
| 28 | What I try to do in this book is to show that faith is reasonable . |
| 29 | ‘ As soon as I was introduced to the concept of the Dewhurst Tennis Academy , ’ said Mr Dick , ‘ and its sole directive to produce champions , I knew that I had to assist in this exciting initiative for British tennis ’ |
| 30 | I wish to continue in that uncontroversial strain by referring to one or two opening comments by the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) , who described the Bill as being produced merely to catch headlines and as an illusion of activity . |