Example sentences of "and [to-vb] i " in BNC.
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1 | And to establish I mean I think that as a g |
2 | My ever difficult told me the other night I needed to change my attitudes and lifestyle and to realise I would not get another job at my age . |
3 | Well I think that 's a good way of putting it , absolutely , I mean er As as I say but it it is erm I think it 's been a long process and to get I mean it 's taken nearly two years since the |
4 | ‘ And to think I might have sailed up it had I not chosen to be independent . |
5 | And to think I invented that all by myself , ’ he added proudly . |
6 | ‘ And to think I was pleased , ’ Ralph said . |
7 | And to think I almost sold it just before the war to pay for a meal and a tawdry hotel room . ’ |
8 | And to think I doubted your commitment ! |
9 | And to think I was such a fool as to let it happen when I was thirty-five ! ’ ’ |
10 | ‘ And to think I was eventually sold for half-a-million ! ’ |
11 | ‘ And to think I 've waited all these years to sample French cookin' . ’ |
12 | He started telling me that I was an emotional cretin and to improve I 'd have to pay them a load of money to get into their reading room — at £10 an hour . |
13 | THE 1987 heavyweight fight betwen Joe Bugner and Frank Bruno at Spurs was my first big promotion and to say I was wet behind the ears is an insult to water . |
14 | Well perhaps this is a good time just to take stock and to say I know that I 'm not all that I should be and all that I ought to be , but by this time next year I 'm going to be a bit better than I am just now , in spiritual terms . |
15 | I knew that I was being considered for the MBE , to be announced in the next Queen 's Birthday Honours , and to say I was stunned at the thought was an understatement . |