Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized I had to do something about it myself . |
| 2 | Once I 'd seen them , I realized I had to get to her before they did . ’ |
| 3 | You did n't think I intended to stay at the Crowned Head , did you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Do you really think I wanted to go through all that ? ’ she demanded fiercely . |
| 5 | Whatever could make you think I wanted to silence Hilda Machin ? |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't you think I tried to make her come with me ? |
| 7 | Can I + can I make I wanted to make general point earlier . |
| 8 | I had to pretend I wanted to go back with him . |
| 9 | ‘ You mean someone tried to kill him ? ’ he said , his voice low . |
| 10 | I thought I 'd got through the trauma , but as the days passed I started to feel constantly thirsty . |
| 11 | He went up there this year , I was up , this is true on God 's , I 'm in this chair he said , come on I 'll I 'm going now I 'm gon na get my , I had to go I had to go and get Rififi , a filly called Rififi I did . |
| 12 | Anyway , when I went to go I had to go to the desk give you a token , this token lifts the barrier up . |
| 13 | When he got up to go I tried to tell him that I understood , that I would n't say anything if he would take me home , but he backed away out . |
| 14 | So , round I went to have a look . |
| 15 | We argued about it but in the end he agreed I had to tell the Josephs . |
| 16 | Heaving and struggling I managed to close the door , but it kept opening again , weakened by its storm-fractured clasp . |
| 17 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 18 | ( I realised I had to cancel them , otherwise I 'd get the balance down a bit , then get clothes fever again . ) |
| 19 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 20 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 21 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 22 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 23 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 24 | Because there 's always been an opport , I mean even if your sort of poor , there 's always the opportunity , I mean I learnt to drive and then the driving instructor erm , lived next door to my mother saying , it , at the time it should of been three pound and erm , he let us have it for two pound |
| 25 | I mean I walked to work every Saturday and Sunday no matter what the weather |
| 26 | ‘ If by that schoolgirl remark you mean I desired to sodomise you , you 're right . |
| 27 | You mean I got to send that off ? |
| 28 | And er I mean I tried to indicate you know to him that he could claim against the company and get his premiums back , but unfortunately , there was no letter and no i indication , and the person was no longer with the company . |
| 29 | do you see , completely different to work , I mean I tried to imagine my husband , me coming in here to work and he going to erm the little sort of erm the maid in |
| 30 | During my visit to Proctor and Gamble I expected to spend most of my time listening to smart women complain about having their key strokes counted . |