Example sentences of "[vb -s] i [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When I leave , my client begs me not to go . |
| 2 | Er , she rings me up to tell me to ring her back up |
| 3 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
| 4 | One o'clock — after lunch my mother shows me how to make a cake so that I can have it for tea . |
| 5 | But if ‘ Be aware ’ requires me to be aware both of you and of myself both from your viewpoint and from mine , it requires me also to let myself be moved towards both your goals and mine , as a necessary condition of becoming aware from either viewpoint . |
| 6 | It takes me longer to stitch them up than to knit them and , strange as it may seem , I like turning the heels . |
| 7 | Doctor Turner takes me aside to acquaint me in funereal tones with the details of a colleague 's latest symptoms . |
| 8 | The nicest thing about my dad is that he often takes me along to work with him . |
| 9 | Well , she phones me up to say could she bring a friend home for Christmas . |
| 10 | He maketh me down to lie . |
| 11 | ‘ Madam , it grieves me deeply to see the straits to which your bereavement has brought you , ’ observed the chancellor after a formal obeisance . |
| 12 | No er when Maggie 's talking , if she knows it 's on she always tells me when to stop it . |
| 13 | Auntie tells me not to panic ; she 'll come by taxi , and , has anyone phoned for an ambulance ? |
| 14 | I seethe with frustration , but he simply smiles and tells me not to fret . |
| 15 | I do n't listen , I mean sorry , I 've got a frog in my throat , erm like , she tells me not to stay on the phone too long , but sometimes I have to , okay , not , not necessarily just as a conversation , but , homework and stuff |
| 16 | " The Koran tells me never to drink a drop of wine . " |
| 17 | So , erm , you know , my mother like , if she , if she needs something , she just asks me just to pop to erm , Gateways . |
| 18 | In the operating theatre , a tall and ancient nurse jabs me twice to find the vein in the back of my hand . |
| 19 | When I arrive at the Three Pigeons , Crilly twirls me about to look at me . |