Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At about nine o'clock I start putting Mum to bed . |
| 2 | I decide to do the washing-up before I start putting Mum to bed . |
| 3 | Be it one way or the other , and I prefer to give credit to Barbara , her headstone deserves to be preserved as an item of great interest in Ayrshire 's heritage . |
| 4 | " I 've said good-bye to Lizzie . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've got Ransom to Venus and through his first conversation with the ‘ Eve ’ of that world : a difficult chapter … |
| 6 | ‘ I have to move furniture to lines , ’ Crawford said at the time . |
| 7 | As you know , for many years I have devoted time to families in my parish who foster babies for the charity , but now I feel I can do more . |
| 8 | I have to confess that on many occasions I have had recourse to Hansard , of course only to check if my interpretation had conflicted with an express Parliamentary intention , but I can say that it does not take long to recall and assemble the relevant passages in which the particular section was dealt with in Parliament , nor does it take long to see if anything relevant was said . |
| 9 | I have put pen to paper sparingly , aware that pictures speak louder than words . |