Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Leslie had taught me how to live , and the war how to endure . |
| 2 | ( At that time nobody had taught me how to preserve them to keep as specimens . |
| 3 | My father , a policeman , had taught me how to do this years before . |
| 4 | Erm , I found out today , that I did n't realise she 'd actually passed a c , a beautician 's course , so I do n't know why she 's taught me out of all , has n't taught me how to go on . |
| 5 | But my father had taught me how to make them on my arm , fox-bites . |
| 6 | ‘ When I leave , my client begs me not to go . |
| 7 | Do you want me just to leave it ? |
| 8 | Do you want me just to catch you something first Alex ? |
| 9 | She kept phoning me up to tell me about Crowded House tickets and that she could n't get any . |
| 10 | I can remember being asked to run the mile at school and my parents encouraging me not to stop ( try hard ) . |
| 11 | ‘ You trust me not to hurt you in any way ? ’ |
| 12 | Do you prefer me then to get it all from Rosette Fournier ? ’ |
| 13 | He thought he should acquire a sober ‘ Anthony Eden ’ black Homburg hat and asked me where to buy one . |
| 14 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 15 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 16 | He asked me not to misquote him . |
| 17 | The thing that 's teasing my mind is that I 'm fairly sure he asked me not to tell anyone he 'd been there . ’ |
| 18 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
| 19 | Now his hands are holding my head , holding me in , helping me not to fly away , apart , dissolve . |
| 20 | But I 've accepted it as fate that people are building me up to knock me down . |
| 21 | You felt my star-sign made me somehow to blame |
| 22 | One such example is : ( 189 ) … the cry which made me suddenly to re-enter the dimension of distinctness . |
| 23 | That experience angered and frustrated me sufficiently to consider coming to this place to try to change the evil which the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) was letting loose on decent families in decent communities . |
| 24 | When the war ended he sought me out to offer me choice of jabs ; I chose his Transport Wing in Germany , on loan to Sholto Douglas then the C-in-C Germany , to operate the air transport requirements for Germany in the early days after the end of the war , with aircraft baked in the UK . |
| 25 | She was trusting me not to do that , putting that power in my hands . |
| 26 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 27 | Alistair said , ‘ And then you want me quickly to buy as many publicly held shares as possible . ’ |
| 28 | If you 're saying you 're buying the butter solely for me , then I just want me solely to eat it . |
| 29 | Well he will trust me not to invite rebels ! |
| 30 | Last time I practically took my thumb off and apparently she does n't trust me not to do it again . |