Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
| 2 | ‘ It just occurred to me you might like to … ’ ; |
| 3 | ‘ It never occurred to me you 'd want anything else — or at least , ’ she amended with a sheepish smile , ‘ I never dared hope you would want anything else . |
| 4 | It never occurred to me you could think that . |
| 5 | A spokesman for North Yorkshire police appealed to anyone who might know the man , or be offered drugs or syringes to get in touch immediately Harrogate police can be contacted by telephoning . |
| 6 | Mr Sinclair said the inquiry was continuing , and appealed to anyone who might have helped Mr Jowett build the machine to come forward . |
| 7 | If John 's moral life came to me I would say : |
| 8 | By this time there was very little he did not know about being a prince ; and long before he came to it he would know more than most men born to it about being a king . |
| 9 | If it came to it you could keep them at the Chestnuts over the road . |
| 10 | It seemed to me you could have no other name . |
| 11 | It seemed to her she must have on every piece of jewellery the family owned . |
| 12 | ‘ What I mean is — she explained your circumstances quite openly and asked that if anything happened to her I would keep an eye on your affairs . ’ |
| 13 | Er , it 's certainly what happened to me I must admit in fact it 's certainly been the pattern of my life and er I 'm not surprised what thought , Freud thought was a kind of typical er typical pattern . |
| 14 | Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face . |
| 15 | Faced with this , Amy had seemed to abandon her frivolous society friends — or had been abandoned by them — and turned to someone she could trust . |
| 16 | The exhibition features not only the cafes that belonged to the intelligentsia but also the clubs : and the Tabou , the Lorientais and the Rose Rouge belonged to anyone who could get in . |
| 17 | If he went to them he would have to admit that he left her there . |
| 18 | Most of all , she was the only person he knew to whom he could talk without embarrassment , and it was a help that cycling side by side he did n't have to look at her as he tried to explain . |
| 19 | You do n't erm the other day I thought to myself I 'll walk up , see if that shop 's still there and by the time , you know er I was dreaming obviously , and I 'd walked by , I 'd got time actually , I was killing time so er I thought oh you silly I said er you 've still not er found out , so I went back and it is there but it 's not some , it 's not a shop |
| 20 | I thought to myself you can do the cookers , I 'm not shifting it . |
| 21 | He thought the worst of Mitch and clearly thought that left to herself she would ring London at once . |
| 22 | And Sue said she 's got nothing in view apart from that and she said to her you must have alternatives , she 's not applied to anybody or enquired about anything |
| 23 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |
| 24 | I want well out of it , so course she come in got changed , so he said to me I would like you tomorrow to have a word with Robin about stopping her coming down to us he said because erm it makes me feel very uncomfortable he said and we had that hassle he said it 's a load of nonsense he said I 've forgotten |
| 25 | She said to me you can go and get it out , honestly , you know the other day he could hardly s well y you could see but not nearly as good as this |
| 26 | Well I think the only difference is I say to her I hope you 're still cos she said to me you can come , I said I 'm coming straight round yours christmas day , I 'm not coming home waiting for you to come back , you do n't come till half past ten ! |
| 27 | Well you said to me he could have it he said I 'll have tonight . |
| 28 | so I thought right , she said to me he 'd want a bottle , so come like ten past eleven , he 's like whinging , he 's drunk all his milk , then went up and come down and eat all his dinner and his pudding |
| 29 | Yes , that 's right , I see , but I said to him we 'll try Alder 's and the Army & Navy But I |
| 30 | I said to him you 'll have to go and get me some money cos I I ai n't got hardly any . |