Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 2 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
| 3 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 4 | Were I to agree to do more than that , it might have the effect of making it extremely difficult for either management or employees to launch a successful bid . |
| 5 | ‘ Now why would I want to do that ? ’ he asked mildly . |
| 6 | Why would I want to do that ? ’ |
| 7 | Oh no way do I want to take that |
| 8 | So why do I want to repeat these teenage agonies ? |
| 9 | There 's nothing really though that I would I want to see other than American football . |
| 10 | Do I want to buy more hash , a chunky offering for my wicker mini-basket ? |
| 11 | ‘ No , I 'ad to give half of it back , ’ breathed Dolly . |
| 12 | I 'ad to pay three bob for a decent one . |
| 13 | Erm before I sent , I only did it the other day , I regret to say any rate . |
| 14 | And I mean to say that 's in all honestly , that 's what 'll happen , they 'll pay less I should imagine . |
| 15 | I mean to say that , you know , every the average cost of a post is twenty thousand , therefore every post costs twenty thousand , is of course rubbish . |
| 16 | ‘ As soon as I am rich I mean to engage some of the very finest artists in their respective lines to paint figures into the landscapes , but these must be of a large size , and if executed in a superior manner will find many admirers ’ . |
| 17 | I mean to take another example er and this illustrates Mary-Jane 's point about it , it can be conscious , is is n't there a tendency would n't you say John for Clinton to see himself as Kennedy returned ? |
| 18 | I mean to take drastic action in this matter , I assure you . |
| 19 | Y y yes I mean to clear this whole matter up Chairman w wo would it be fair if , if I moved perhaps tha that erm erm little one should become little two and little two should probably become little one and |
| 20 | By an ‘ ethical a priori ’ position I mean to indicate that certain principles are held to be an a priori and not subject to qualification . |
| 21 | And I mean to make sure he does . |
| 22 | By factual I mean to question those aspects of us which no longer involve philosophical and theological questions which occupied our ancestors . |
| 23 | I know I 've been er elected vice , I intend to display all the er vices , sloth , idleness , |
| 24 | ‘ I intend to represent this constituency in a non-partisan way , and will be at the call of everyone here no matter what their political persuasions . |
| 25 | I intend to remain faithful , simply because I 've given infidelity a whirl and it does n't work for me . |
| 26 | Because I have on good information and I 'll say it for the first time on this programme , I intend to give this in my evidence tomorrow , that Rover intend to close not the south works first , but the north works first . |
| 27 | In this article I intend to shed some light on the behaviour of a specific linguistic phenomenon , deixis , in a specific kind of discourse , the lyric poem . |
| 28 | I intend to do all I can , with the Bar Council , to stamp it out . |
| 29 | If that is the case , and bearing in mind I intend to ignore such advice , then surely all moments are of equal suitability . ’ |
| 30 | Kapil said : ‘ When I got my 400th Test wicket in Perth last year I promised Sunny that one day both records would belong to Indians and I intend to honour that . |