Example sentences of "i [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But this is the bit that took me longest to work out . |
| 2 | ‘ Kathleen may have found me somewhere to live . ’ |
| 3 | I therefore proposed an account of law , ‘ normative positivism ’ , which I take to synthesize salient features of positivism and natural law thinking and which seems to me wholly to fit the nature of criminal law . |
| 4 | ‘ That seems to me rather to reinforce suspicion that Amy killed Hereward , ’ Laura said . |
| 5 | The response of the Treasury official upon receiving the nomination , according to the duke , was to ‘ put the presentation in his pocket , desiring me rather to name somebody that might be useful for my interest , for nobody knows this Achterlonie ’ . |
| 6 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 7 | It seems to me better to consider the particular relationship in hand , and see whether or not , as a matter of policy economic loss should be recoverable . |
| 8 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 9 | It did n't take me long to realise it was very different from the kind of journalism I 'd been used to . |
| 10 | It did n't take me long to realise I 'd fallen in love with love rather than with Dave . ’ |
| 11 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 12 | It did n't take me long to find out otherwise . |
| 13 | Besides , it did n't take me long to figure out I was wrong . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ If the FA had asked me personally to select our opponents I 'd have gone for Orient , ’ said Still . |
| 15 | Fortunately during the first few months of our marriage Bernard , how shall I put it , practised asceticism — I had no chance of getting pregnant , or very little , and after that he was converted to Marxism , and though we were at it all the time for years , he stood over me daily to make sure I ingested a contraceptive chemical . |
| 16 | Now that I 'm feeling a bit calmer , I can see that it was amazingly presumptuous of me even to imagine that Madeleine might love me enough to sacrifice all the luxuries she 's used to , just to be with me ! |
| 17 | But there was nothing around that moved me enough to go out and change things . |
| 18 | I even tried laying trails of cheese that led to my feet , which she scoffed up , but she did n't trust me enough to take the cheese from my hand . |
| 19 | They trusted me enough to allow me into their ranks , but when I saw what they were planning I knew that the only answer was to destroy them , expose them . |
| 20 | And that annoyed me enough to drive me to my cabin , to clean myself up and choose fresh clothing . |
| 21 | You said then that I 'd never cope , but the farmers liked me enough to ask me to call again . ’ |
| 22 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 23 | Do you love me enough to marry me ? ’ |
| 24 | Yes , eventually I did put it down to your job , worried about Steve being so long away and anxious to tie up the contract , but there was a worse fear — that you just did n't love me enough to want to stay with me . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Ca n't you trust me enough to keep it between just the two of us ? ’ |
| 26 | However , I feel sure she values her friendship with me enough to play it our way . |
| 27 | That experience angered and frustrated me sufficiently to consider coming to this place to try to change the evil which the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) was letting loose on decent families in decent communities . |
| 28 | ‘ I shall not , ’ said Sally-Anne grandly , ‘ reproach you , Dr Neil , for rescuing me merely to ensure that I shall carry on skivvying for you . |
| 29 | With the leave of the House , it remains for me only to thank the Select Committee on Energy for allowing us to hear the Government 's reply . |
| 30 | For me , as a lover , as a person , as a man , it 's not enough for me only to give — I want it back as well . |