Example sentences of "and [verb] i do " in BNC.
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| 31 | For example a lot of people change their mind about wanting goods and decide I do n't think I want that new pair of shoes after all . |
| 32 | The most consistently bearish — well he is a Brit — Stephen Smith of PaineWebber , says that until recently , saying you did n't like IBM was ‘ like standing up and saying I do n't like apple pie . ’ |
| 33 | And suppose I did get through all they 'd say is it 's nothing to do with them they were n't even in the Company at that time — and how many of them were ? ’ |
| 34 | ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian . |
| 35 | My sister and I had a hazy idea that he sold rabbit skins from a sort of tray suspended from his neck — but as he was always beautifully neat and clean I do n't know where we got this idea from . |
| 36 | Indeed I am always immensely flattered when somebody a long way down our hierarchy rings me up and asks me to do something which they believe I am in a particularly good position to do . |
| 37 | And so when God comes to me and asks me to do something he 's already walked that path before me . |
| 38 | And he came over and took me did n't he ? |
| 39 | Then they would n't find me , and I could plan my life and find a job and a flat and go home in six months ' time having proved I 'm adult and they 'll have to let go and let me do what I absolutely , passionately want to do with my life . |
| 40 | I leave at 7.30am and by 8am have checked Skipper over and given him a small handful of feed in his manger ( which seems to keep him happy when other horses are fed and means I do n't have to wait an hour for him to digest a full feed ) . |
| 41 | If you will contain yourself in reasonable patience , and permit me to do what I came here to do , we will all be better off ! |
| 42 | I looked at him puzzled and said I did n't have a clue what he was talking about . |
| 43 | his school sports and said I did it for the sake of the children ! |
| 44 | I first heard about it after the game at Liverpool last Saturday and I stormed in and said I do n't want to get away . |
| 45 | And I think this has been proved you know that ask when people have changed their minds and said I do n't know , that this is what has happened in the last er ten to fifteen years erm and which makes me feel that once again I think that advances can only be evolutionary erm I think that erm , I do n't know if you , anybody saw Joseph Conrad 's erm spy story on the television ? |
| 46 | And said I do n't know . |
| 47 | But when I spoke to Dr last week I mean he just held his hands up and said i do n't know . |
| 48 | And I remember this time in Winners when he , he picked them up and looked at them and said I do n't think these are the right ones for my car and that , that 's why I thought |
| 49 | Neil poor boy he had a driving lesson yesterday came home and said I do n't want to do any more ! |
| 50 | Well I actually went back and said I do n't think it 's going to cost anything , I told him original twenty four thou- , and I 've halved it too about twelve thou . |
| 51 | Well my there 's never any please , there 's never any thank you , there 's nothing , I mean there are are n't they , when he was saying that all he 's done for her and they virtually like turned their back on them , he got out in all those winds and weather were n't it , but , we built there and he come out apparently and said I do n't want you having anything else to do with my kids , |
| 52 | you see Sister makes all these arrangements , it 's she who does so many of the arrangements , she has made the arrangements about there being no coffee , several people have come to me and said I do n't know why you 've got to stop coffee because we can always go over and have lunch anyway , you know , er after the coffee , but Jean came to me she said look I 'm giving you this , and she gave me three pounds , she said I would much rather that was put into this , there your charity thing than take it across the hall , she said my Margaret wo n't go over there any more , because they , they say , you know , put in for your lunch what it would cost |
| 53 | Each time I got back to Rocamar Peter would say , ‘ Well ? ’ and I would shrug and pretend I did n't know what the hell he was talking about . ’ |
| 54 | and sort of guarded and slept I do n't I do n't know how she slept because it must have been very uncomfortable . |
| 55 | Not surprisingly , nowadays I hate my breasts , and wish I did n't have them at all . |
| 56 | Now I feel so embarrassed and wish I did n't have breasts at all , or I try to hide them with baggy T-shirts . |
| 57 | Get out of the way and pushes me do n't make me start with you Jo , all this stuff . |
| 58 | And help me do . |
| 59 | And I , er and I pretended to be incapable and I , and said I would like someone to go and help me do shopping , home health service would have , come along . |
| 60 | And you can it 's alright , it 'll only ask and say I do n't like it , put the proper one in , silly idiot . |