Example sentences of "[to-vb] i the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He strode to her , eyes blazing , and shouted , ‘ Why did you specifically come to see me the minute you found out I had my own investment bank ? ’ |
| 2 | I 've had them born in the car on the way the the mother have come to see me the father has brought her to see me thinking that if she could just see me she 'd be alright . |
| 3 | it 's kind of you all to spare me the time . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It 's not on at all for a brother-in-law to treat me the way you treat me . |
| 5 | You certainly did n't seem to like me the way I was ! ’ |
| 6 | He could n't actually tell me what was going on because that would put him in shtuck but he was trying to tip me the wink . |
| 7 | I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense . |
| 8 | Deputed to get his own disguise , he went off fuming to a wig shop : ‘ And the lady started to go through all kinds of salesmanship to sell me the wig and if I wanted to swim , I did n't want to swim , and I 'm sitting there knowing that this meeting is going to start very soon and I can not — lady , let's get on with it , I do n't give a damn , just give me a wig . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You want to sell me the wig back ? |
| 10 | ‘ Oh yes , and would you be so kind as to fetch me The Economist from the table over there ? ’ |
| 11 | He slapped a £10 note on the table : " That 's all that 's left to last me the rest of the fortnight . " |
| 12 | She would have liked to deny me the gin and vermouth I was craving , but I would soon be a married woman and she could n't . |
| 13 | Dear Comrade Surkov , You are warmly invited to do me the honour of attending my forthcoming Inauguration in Washington DC , on 20 January 1989 , as 41st President of the United States , and to read your famous poem of international accord , ‘ Friendship ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ May I present myself , Mrs. Stevenson , since I am unable to find Madame Rodet to do me the honour ? ’ |
| 15 | Alistair Scott and John Shrewsbury were kind enough to give me the opportunity to work with the BBC and I hope to have the privilege again . |
| 16 | ‘ Stapleton told me that he could not allow any other man to give me the money for my divorce , ’ Mrs Lyons said . |
| 17 | In fact later on during the flight , when I 'd unravelled myself from this guy and was playing poker with some French people , I asked God to give me the sign then , in the hand I was about to get . |
| 18 | Seumas Ban the steward whiles comes down special to give me the word , so that I can tell the bees . ’ |
| 19 | I 've been on the other side of things often enough — guitar in hand , waiting for someone behind a mixing desk to give me the word to start playing — but they 'd never actually let me touch anything ! |
| 20 | Luckily , I had that stubborn streak to give me the determination to do it . |
| 21 | ‘ I know fighting Bowe would be exciting because it would be a rematch of the Olympic final and no doubt he 'll be gracious enough to give me the chance to fight him again , ’ he jibed , tongue in cheek . |
| 22 | He offered the pack to Bellamy , who accepted one , and conspicuously failed to give me the chance to take the easy way out by tarring the inside of my lungs until I choked . |
| 23 | Right facing this way Simon can you turn round as well please , Robert Right the first game very easy , I 'm going to point to somebody , we 're going to go through the alphabet , they 're going to give me the name of an animal . |
| 24 | Oh dear right , I have n't put here 's the darts , darts ambulance you have , have to give me the name , the classification and club |
| 25 | ‘ Essentially they did n't know me from a hole in the ground when I first approached them and were willing to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 26 | She thought about that one for a second , then decided to give me the benefit of the doubt . |
| 27 | The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing . |
| 28 | ‘ But everybody seems to want me to stay on — it 's up to Frank to give me the nod and I will sign . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And I 've no intention of allowing you to give me the slip tonight . |
| 30 | If I close this week with only seven , I may only end up with one sale , and that 's not gon na to give me the income I want and big H wants so I can take her out for a Chinese . |