Example sentences of "i [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He immediately told me that to do a smoothly coned skirt would be vastly expensive in terms of bending and shaping wood , and equally expensive to do as the multi-part mould which he reckoned was necessary because of the protruding hemispheres . |
| 2 | I said , well , you could have told me that to tell her ! |
| 3 | Silver Reed tell me that to knit a single motif you must be sure the yarn mast is positioned correctly . |
| 4 | It seems to me possible to demonstrate that some of the general requirements of justice are compatible with any determinations including contradictory determinations . |
| 5 | Following his conviction Rashid told journalists that the guilty verdict " was a gift for the Americans " and that " the court had to find me guilty to balance the decision against extraditing me " . |
| 6 | To think myself invincible , strong , all the weaknesses ironed out , or subdued , it shook me rigid to discover my total vulnerability where you were concerned . |
| 7 | ‘ Why have you given me this to wear ? ’ |
| 8 | In the meantime they 've given me this to go on with , ’ he answered , throwing our ration card across the table . |
| 9 | F3Fs now , Me 262s to come ! |
| 10 | They can all go in the hall and then that 'll leave me free to go out first like I should do . |
| 11 | Oh , I see : he 's leaving me free to dream . |
| 12 | It left me free to do all kinds of other things that I wanted to do . |
| 13 | Then one day they took me out again and let me free to try to fly for myself , and I knew that I must try , for much depended on it . |
| 14 | He leaves me free to get on with it and I like that . |
| 15 | ‘ It leaves me free to concentrate on the show and anyway , I 'm not there just to play my favourite records . |
| 16 | A single glance and , one after the other , they will scurry away , leaving me free to place hat , coat , newspaper , boots and Pac-a-Pet box over the remaining five seats and enjoy a journey of uninterrupted solitude . |
| 17 | Am I right to write to the others saying I or should |
| 18 | Am I right to adopt this stance ? |
| 19 | I bloody to pack up I can smoke . |
| 20 | Am I wrong to refuse to capitulate to this tawdry behaviour ? |
| 21 | Some years ago a man named John Powell wrote a book entitled Why Am I Afraid To Tell You Who I Am ? |
| 22 | am I willing to implement a formal communication policy ? |
| 23 | Is everything I did for Miss Elizabeth worthless and am I foolish to expect more of her ? |
| 24 | ‘ How often am I likely to see you ? ’ |
| 25 | You may need to ask yourself questions like ‘ When am I likely to have some space to myself ? ’ , |
| 26 | Am I likely to have read any of it ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ And how long am I likely to have to play Florence Nightingale ? |
| 28 | ‘ Am I likely to forget ? ’ she retorted as they left the car and went towards the front door . |
| 29 | ‘ Am I likely to forget ? |
| 30 | Where am I likely to find it ? |