Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 2 | I suppose I 've done my part to help them by writing extensively about laser weapons for New Scientist and other magazines . |
| 3 | I found no great welcome ; people seemed quite oblivious of my arrival , and no doubt it was unconscious arrogance on my part to expect it to be otherwise . |
| 4 | Some adolescents seemed concerned about a lack of knowledge or deficiency in Creole on their own part : For my English oral , last year , I had to read a Patois poem , so I aksed my mum to read it for me , and that 's how I got to , you know , sort of pick it up just for that poem … kept letting her read it over and over again till I get the sound . |
| 5 | It 's a thought that crossed my mind to help you as a trainer . |
| 6 | ‘ It would never for one moment cross my mind to accuse you of being a sentimentalist . ’ |
| 7 | Then , with a smile that set all the butterflies off again , ‘ It 's my intention to take you to where the food is really good , and also show you something of the city by night . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It — hmm — never was my intention to take you on the couch in my drawing-room , ’ he commented gruffly , purposely putting some daylight between them . |
| 9 | ‘ The extra few days off helped Gough , but it was n't my intention to play him at Aberdeen if the midweek game had been on . ’ |
| 10 | I spoke to him like a mother but he was determined to put an end to her life , so on 11 January 1987 , when Paulette was leaving the home of her friends on the way to her own home , [ the defendant ] stopped her and shot her and then placed a call to my home to inform me of the murder . |
| 11 | I used my right to haul him to me , and I use it again to punch his head . |
| 12 | ‘ At Marriage Guidance , ’ went on Henry , ‘ I did n't feel able to discuss my need to tie you to the bed and whip you with my pyjama cord . |
| 13 | I also had a rather childish trust in the police until the day they turned up on my doorstep to question me about a murder . |
| 14 | It was hardly surprising , therefore , that my refusal to accompany him to America so irked him . |
| 15 | 'Cos he took them boots and it was my job to take them to the big house for the gentleman . ’ |
| 16 | It was my job to bury her in the church . |
| 17 | And I see it as part of my job to help them to be able to judge their own work … |
| 18 | Then she added with an air of responsibility , ‘ It 's my job to keep them in order . |
| 19 | At least the President saw enough sense to agree to my request to put you in charge of the unit . |
| 20 | By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars . |
| 21 | ‘ Of course nothing can be formally arranged just at this present , ’ went on Miss Merchiston , and Theda almost laughed out to see the burgeoning hope in the poor man 's face , ‘ for with dear Mama in this sad condition , I could not reconcile it with my conscience to leave her in the care of other hands . |
| 22 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 23 | Indeed , I may say it was not my wish to see you at all . |
| 24 | I had to use my knife to cut them to pieces as they flew around me . |
| 25 | ‘ You introduced me to Paris and it will be my turn to introduce you to England — not that I know very much about London . |
| 26 | Opening the car door , the boy took my hand to lead me towards one side of a three-sided , bungalow-styled villa . |
| 27 | He greeted his brother nose to nose , welcomed the Omanis and took my hand to lead me up the steps of the family bungalow . |
| 28 | In his Life he made William X of Aquitaine protest against Louis 's meddling in the Auvergne , with the words : ‘ If the count of Auvergne has committed any fault , it is my duty to present him at your court on your order , because he holds the Auvergne of me as I hold it of you . ’ |
| 29 | As your parish priest , it is my duty to shield you from any overenthusiasm on the part of visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of a visionary . |
| 30 | ‘ As your legal adviser , Mrs Quatt , I conceived it to be my duty to warn you of the possible consequences of your words . ’ |