Example sentences of "[to-vb] i [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I mean , John was right , she did come to see me that time . |
| 2 | Feeling desperate and willing to try anything , Kirsty finally came to see me one day in early spring . |
| 3 | Before I left , I asked if she would come to see me one day . |
| 4 | For instance , Denis Hamilton — a totally fair journalist , but an incorrigible Conservative — came to see me one day to warn me that The Times was prepared to break the newspaper silence that had until then , with the exception of Private Eye , been maintained by all news sources about her two illegitimate children . |
| 5 | Andrea was up to see me one day . |
| 6 | And the maintenance engineer at Ffestiniog , Mr , I know him very well , he came here er like you did downstairs , come to see me one evening . |
| 7 | These words of wisdom remind me of a student who came to see me many years ago after the long vacation during which she had begun her undergraduate dissertation ( with another tutor who had left the university that summer , I must emphasize ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , I 've come to see me old mate Bella here . |
| 9 | One of them came to see me last night when I got back from Paris . |
| 10 | The new owner , Mr. Bolsover , came to see me last week , and I 'm afraid he may not let us go on using the barn . |
| 11 | Madeleine came up to see me last Monday for a couple of days and arrived with a sore throat too , so she had a well deserved rest after the excesses of their very social Christmas and life and also encouraged me , the weather and the throats keeping us indoors , to do some MUCH needed turning out . |
| 12 | He came to see me some weeks later explaining that he had failed to get a job . |
| 13 | Come to see me any time , Jacques , I 'll be heartbroken if you do n't … ’ ’ |
| 14 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
| 15 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 16 | Q : It 's good of you to see me this evening . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm disappointed for those under 14s who have n't had a chance to see me this time , but I 'm looking forward to doing a full scale tour probably next year when everyone will have a chance to come along , ’ she added . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ He had to see me this time because I had a clue for him . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He came to see me several times and even brought Gordon [ Jackson ] along too . |
| 20 | ‘ Where was all that kindness , courtesy , and respect when you tried to seduce me last night ? ’ she demanded , glaring at him . |
| 21 | He 's trying to kill me this fucker ! |
| 22 | ‘ Snodgrass , ’ Oliver remarked , picking up Angela 's quotation , when at last they reached the safety of the gardens far below , ‘ do not let me be baulked in this matter — do not obtain the assistance of several stalwart Lionisers to carry me prostrate back to Broadstairs , do not listen to me when I say never , never again shall I visit a sight connected to the late great Mr Charles Dickens . |
| 23 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 24 | I ask him to meet me that evening at the Three Pigeons . |
| 25 | ‘ But you seemed keen to meet me this morning , so this seemed like the best place . ’ |
| 26 | You 've to stand me those Cokes , remember . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm going to find me some controls to fly this thing . ’ |
| 28 | I can go home now and again to stay with my sister , and Newbury Council have said that when I come back into circulation they 'd be willing to find me another place , and hopefully I 'll find a little job . |
| 29 | And then later on , oh and then she was going to see room bookings and try to find me another dining hall cos I said it 's pretty late notice , and she said oh no , it 's a week and I thought well I had booked it two months ago . |
| 30 | ‘ In order to answer that , I need you to answer me one question … ’ |