Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate to admit it in fact but er , no the way they got things organized , got lecture tours , rallies and what have you together , you know I think er taught us an incredible amount . |
| 2 | ‘ There are least three shops in Norwich I really like , and I tend to ring them in advance and say ‘ I 'm coming in for half an hour . |
| 3 | I tried to engage him in conversation about the analogy between pottery and alchemy , and Laura prompted him to share ideas that had long been familiar to them both , but he showed little interest . |
| 4 | ‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’ |
| 5 | no , no , I , I , I just really want , cos I do n't think there 's any question of me this afternoon ruling on whether you 're right or not on these points , but I just er on second I thoughts I want to have them in mind |
| 6 | Now I want to spoil you in return . |
| 7 | ‘ I hope to see you in Hong Kong , ’ he chuckled to the American Eagles . |
| 8 | ‘ I hope to see you in Hong Kong , ’ he chuckled to the American Eagles . |
| 9 | I try to justify it in terms of training the intellect to think in an abstract and critical way , so I regard it as a general education . |
| 10 | I went to see her in panto , honestly , she was terrible , she whined yeah her voice was even more marked Aus Australian than it is on here . |
| 11 | Next day , as soon as I 'd finished giving a police statement about a drug addict who had threatened me and attempted to steal syringes and prescriptions , I went to see her in hospital . |
| 12 | I mean , er erm and I went to see her in Park Hospital and she was very frustrat very frustrated because she could n't speak . |
| 13 | I went to hear her in Düsseldorf . |
| 14 | But they lied to me and I had to do it in English . |
| 15 | Actually the last time I was stood up on a platform and did this was in front of erm a S G T congress in Dieppe and I tell you I had to do it in French , and it was much more difficult so I 'm hoping this one will go smoothly , but I , what I 'd really like to do is begin with is offer you erm delegates and platform both , a very very warm welcome from the trade union movement in Portsmouth . |
| 16 | I had to do it in self-defence , or else he would have killed me . |
| 17 | ‘ But I had to book them in January . |
| 18 | So I had to fetch her in Junkanoo . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ But if you think I have to Love you in return … ’ |
| 20 | ‘ But I have to warn you in advance that I 'm not a very good dancer . |