Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him . |
| 2 | I was glad of Ika 's presence to support me and supplement my responses : |
| 3 | Until I can persuade her to unbind me — or make contact with Mephistco and convince someone back at base to forgive me my trespasses just long enough to do an override — I am confined inside the plane of reflected light . |
| 4 | " Eh , alors , when do you bring this Ben to see me ? " |
| 5 | But whatever it was , he did n't think twice about sending his heavies to see me . |
| 6 | He was going to let you come to the sanatorium to see me . |
| 7 | an hour to see me . |
| 8 | I parked the jeep under a tree and then , looking at my watch , I decided that as I had a couple of hours to spare I would take a walk across to the other bridge where I had noticed a café on our first day into Normandy . |
| 9 | ‘ If you 've got a few minutes to spare I would like to see these fields that have caused so much bother . ’ |
| 10 | But , alas , one 's head must be permitted to rule , and so I will say only this : a little house where I may be safe , with an income to enable me at least to enjoy the comforts of life , if not its luxuries . |
| 11 | Thompson , 29 , said : ‘ I was feeling tired , suffering from cramp and with only five minutes to go I just decided to give it a whack . |
| 12 | With only one hour and 30 minutes to go I squirted out a cheap-looking burning skull design , slapped on a logo and sent the damn thing off with only minutes to spare . |
| 13 | Well , it must have been my day as with half an hour to go I had just got to the end of my swim when the float buried and the elastic shot out . |
| 14 | ‘ Bill , dear Bill , you can not have the heart to kill me . ’ ’ |
| 15 | I picked up my briefcase , started out the door and asked the FBI agent on the case to see me downstairs to a cab because I did n't feel very safe in Chicago . |
| 16 | Ten minutes later , she miaowed if I approached her and it took her several hours to forgive me and to stop treating me like a walking cat repellent . |
| 17 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 18 | But there are no birds to carry me . |
| 19 | ‘ I have always wanted Isabel to like me , ’ she said sadly , looking down at the box , ‘ but she never has . ’ |
| 20 | On seeing my person , he took the opportunity to inform me that he had just that moment finalized plans to return to the United States for a period of five weeks between August and September . |
| 21 | He gave others the opportunity to pass me and I was really upset . |
| 22 | I honour my company for its willingness to accept me and my idiosyncrasies . |
| 23 | He started to pour cold water over me , in part to staunch the blood , in part to revive me . |
| 24 | Well , if I did , I 'd need to sell old Blazer and buy a shire horse to carry me ! |
| 25 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 26 | Phil , his ever-cheerful self , telling me he has stood up his girlfriend to see me through till the end . |
| 27 | ‘ I buy enough marmalade at local fayres to see me through the year . |
| 28 | Negotiations took place with the orthopaedic department to enable me to refer my own patients . |
| 29 | I did n't at the time know where to , but when I had only about two months to go I too was posted , to Scampton near Lincoln , and who was the first person I saw when I booked into the Waaf Guard Room ? |
| 30 | I was on my way to Glen Nevis with enough gear to see me through the night . |