Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to rush round straight away but I asked him to be patient . |
| 2 | ‘ I asked you to be honest so I 've no right to complain because you 've spelt it all out . |
| 3 | After the heavy rains of the past days I expected them to be full , and they were , a lot fuller than when I had seen them the year before . |
| 4 | I expected it to be light , cos I thought it was morning on account of all the people all hurrying about . |
| 5 | ‘ I expected it to be hard because , when we tested here last February , I did a full race distance and it was hard work , very painful . ’ |
| 6 | I found them to be cheerful , reassuring old men , and delightful conversationalists . |
| 7 | When I got closer I found it to be empty and forgotten ; cattle grazed up to its outer walls , its projecting porch was thick with ivy , its gardens with nettles . |
| 8 | I found it to be quiet , even when under pressure , and the hooked power pack means that it can be hung conveniently out of the way . |
| 9 | The thinner I became , the more difficult I found it to be comfortable , even when lying in bed . |
| 10 | ‘ I told him to be sure not to fall into the wastepaper basket on his way out , ’ said Felicity , attempting to bury her parti-coloured face in her hands . |
| 11 | ‘ I told you to be careful , ’ he snapped wrathfully . |
| 12 | As I gave my gun to the officials to keep , I warned them to be careful with it . |
| 13 | This is the case with the verb watch , which is never found in constructions with to : ( 45 ) * I watched them to be obnoxious . |
| 14 | This use involves then a shift in the way knowing is conceived , from the static , resultative sort of knowledge evoked by I knew it to be untrue to an operative view of knowing as " directly experiencing " something . |
| 15 | ( 4b ) I saw him to be impolite . |
| 16 | Surprisingly , however , all these verbs ( except , apparently , watch can also be construed with the to infinitive : ( 36 ) I saw them to be obnoxious . |
| 17 | My heart gave me an unforgettable jolt when I thought him to be headless ; yet there was no blood staining the fresh , even snow . |
| 18 | I persuaded him to be ashamed of snobbishness — or perhaps I only taught him to keep his true feelings from me . |
| 19 | And we were called into this long room at the erm it was at House at and er there was all these well I considered them to be old men , they could n't have been so old you see but I was only a boy . |
| 20 | I do n't think it , I do n't think I intended it to be morbid . |
| 21 | Herbert , a 22-year-old Reading University history student , said : ‘ I wanted them to be prepared to die for it — and they nearly did . ’ |
| 22 | Nan continued , ‘ I wanted it to be clear from the start rather than having to ask every week . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I wanted it to be unanalytical , without wisdom , ’ he explained . |
| 24 | I wanted you to be able to make up your mind away from the pull of the mountains , the sunshine and the hacienda . |
| 25 | ‘ Last night I wanted you to be jealous , ’ she told him bluntly . |
| 26 | I wanted us to be honest with each other , and I rushed into it , hoping you would understand . ’ |