Example sentences of "[vb pp] i [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the smaller to the greater , the patterns always hold true , and the Factory has taught me to watch out for them and respect them . |
| 2 | You see , I know my father would have wished me to carry on just now . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ All right , ’ I had said listlessly , disconcerting my mother considerably , since I was perfectly aware that she had expected me to turn down this preposterous proposal with as much intractability as I had turned down the others . |
| 4 | He knew about them investigations , that I was being watched , and he could have told me to slow down a bit . |
| 5 | I 'd met Kristin and Sabine that morning and they 'd told me to come over and described where they were now living . |
| 6 | ‘ If I said to you , ’ replies Anya wearily , ‘ that I wanted you to stop what you were doing , stop everything , and drive miles and miles , into the back of beyond , just to be with me , you 'd have told me to piss off . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ My life with Gary and my mother and her occult friends has enabled me to pick out the symptoms by which we may recognise those who are involved in the occult . |
| 8 | Because B P have asked me to turn up on people . |
| 9 | He 's asked me to go along as wardrobe mistress , I said I 'd think about it but I ca n't stand the heat . |
| 10 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 11 | I 've had a preliminary meeting with them and they 've asked me to go back because they 're interested in me . |
| 12 | Squire Trelawney , Dr Livesey , and the others have asked me to write down all I know about Treasure Island . |
| 13 | And my employers have twice asked me to stay on . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm sure he would have asked me to stay on if I had . ’ |
| 15 | Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , can I just give you er , Tony apologies , er , unfortunately he has to be in Paris today , I know he 'd prefer to be with you , but he has to be in Paris today , and since he 's good at delegation , he 's actually asked me to come along and and to talk to you . |
| 16 | ‘ Stan Flashman has never asked me to come back , ’ said Fry ‘ I just turn up . |
| 17 | The Parish Council have asked me to find out if he is entitled to do this and , if there are any planning or highway restraints on what he may do . |
| 18 | Nether Wyresdale Parish Council has asked me to find out what consultation there will be with Parish Councils and other bodies on this matter . |
| 19 | It was the thought of facing myself in the morning light , followed by a swift but burnished appearance on a TV arts review programme later that day , that had caused me to wake up damp and thudding . |
| 20 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 21 | I stretched out a weary arm to turn on my radio , an old song from sometime during the 80 's finally forced me to get out of bed . |
| 22 | ‘ They have always said they will care for Jennifer completely , and until now they 've only allowed me to stand in for them , but it 's taking its toll . |
| 23 | The spirit of the Lord God is upon me Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good tidings to the afflicted ; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted , To proclaim liberty to the captives And the opening of prison to those who are bound ; To proclaim the year of the Lord 's favour … |
| 24 | After a while I sat down in a secret place by the Cherwell and fell to musing about how I had once myself aspired to Oxford , how one of my lecturers at Edinburgh had urged me to go on to read for a B.Litt. there , but of course the war had put an end to any such ambitions . |
| 25 | It is these experiences which have prompted me to set down in this book some of the lessons I have learnt over the years . |