Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there . |
| 2 | I began ‘ Great Expectations ’ with a very negative view towards it but as I read on I began to really enjoy it . |
| 3 | After recently having an exchange engine professionally fitted to my 1980 Range Rover , I decided to completely renew the suspension using heavy duty front and rear springs ‘ G ’ on front ‘ Y ’ on rear and four new shock absorbers . |
| 4 | I knew that I would probably lose the case if I did , and lose everything , but for my own personal esteem I needed to actually make that stand . ’ |
| 5 | I was , in Robert Pirsig 's immortal phrase , caught in a gumption trap , expending more and more energy in a blind alley of endeavour from which I needed to quietly reverse in temporary resignation . |
| 6 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |
| 7 | If I had to just put put it out and nothing else I would n't mind . |
| 8 | I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work . |
| 9 | Finding things the reverse , at first I had to consciously think switch down for slow down . |
| 10 | ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep . |
| 11 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 12 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 13 | I had to practically draft the report myself ! ’ |
| 14 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |
| 15 | I , I had to really stop meself . |
| 16 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 17 | And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go . |
| 18 | If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain . |
| 19 | I wanted to just pop away over the first few for him to get his confidence . |
| 20 | Erm I wanted to actually arrange a coach if there 's enough people sort of please arrange a coach , could do , but I reckon it 's probably easier to go up |
| 21 | Naturally this was like a red rag to a bull and I refused to even consider such a course of action . |
| 22 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 23 | She began to slowly pull back , but her eyes were trapped in the sudden , melting caress in his gaze . |
| 24 | Hastily slamming the door on him , because she did n't damn well want to be beguiled by his blasted charm , because it was too late , she began to hurriedly lug her suitcase down the stairs . |
| 25 | She watched him for as long as she could bear to , anger warring with a sense of duty , then abruptly she marched into the house , and with gritted teeth and a distinctly martyred feeling she began to resentfully sort out a bag to take with her to Soufrière . |
| 26 | It was then that she began to really drift from University life . |
| 27 | A wave of hot colour swept over her as she wriggled to somehow attach the bedspread around her without letting it slip and giving this mocking character another full frontal . |
| 28 | Erm , now can you tell me about how you how you decided to actually , you know why you decided to actually go to Spain in the first place ? |
| 29 | She thought to never explain to nobody . |
| 30 | For a moment , even while she continued to dispense tea and wads , she fell into the void of loneliness that seemed forever gaping at her feet and from whose edge , time and again , she had to forcibly drag herself back if she wanted to survive . |