Example sentences of "to [pers pn] [subord] i [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , the housemaid said something to me before I came in to prayers , and that just tickled me and I could n't help it . ’ |
| 2 | What 'll they do to me if I screw up ? |
| 3 | Maybe it had some bearing on Uncle Fred 's last words to me as I went off to do my National Service in the army . |
| 4 | When my hon. Friend has been returned with an increased majority in his marginal seat , he will no doubt wish to make representations to me as I carry on with my present job . |
| 5 | On this occasion , in fact , a reply of sorts did occur to me as I stood up there on the ladder ; a reply to the effect that those of our profession , although we did not see a great deal of the country in the sense of touring the countryside and visiting picturesque sites , did actually see more of England than most , placed as we were in houses where the greatest ladies and gentlemen of the land gathered . |
| 6 | The haunting words of Dowson 's poem , which had brought us together again in 1943 , returned to me as I stood on that Paris balcony : |
| 7 | The man beckoned to me as I stood around vaguely , and asked me to fetch cognac for him , vodka with ice for his wife and … what for Nell ? |
| 8 | The first thing Toby said to me when I got in was , " Somebody 's been here to see you . " |
| 9 | ‘ There 's something that happens to me when I come back home , ’ he says . |
| 10 | What will they say to me when I come back home ? |
| 11 | It does n't matter tuppence to you whether I go off and have affairs with other people or not … ! ’ |
| 12 | I tell you what I 'll speak to you when I come back from the chippie yeah |
| 13 | Report back to you when I get back to Vienna . |
| 14 | ‘ But I 'd like to talk to you when I get back . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , come on , you were on the phone to him when I came in . |
| 16 | What am I going to say to him when I turn up empty-handed ? ’ |
| 17 | Mr Benn is a thoroughly charming man , and I was pleased to pay tribute to him when I got up to speak . |
| 18 | If he does call , tell him I 'll speak to him when I get back . ’ |
| 19 | I managed to get it working , but I 'll have to have some extensive repairs done to it when I get back home . ’ |
| 20 | My hair sticks to it when I sit up in bed . |
| 21 | Well he was dashing out when I when I called him erm his wife answered the phone and she said you just him he 's going out at the door so he came rushing back and I said I wanted him to judge champion of champions and the and I said there 'll be two and he said , hang on , and he 's write it down said I 'll just stick it all at one and see to it when I come back , oh I got ta go and he went . |
| 22 | So we were able to tell how many tickets of certain classes were sold each day but not route by route , we 'd lost that that facility because the waybills just were n't big enough and of course the , wa everything got mechanical but now I mean I do n't profess to know anything about what happens now but I was introduced to it when I went down there for a retirement and believe me it 's , it 's all electronics now they can tell how a ticket machine is issuing tickets at any particular one day by this , this electronic business , this computers . |
| 23 | ‘ I was new to it when I came out here . |