Example sentences of "[vb past] i [to-vb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
| 2 | I think my father 's authority was irrational because he expected me to have no other interests outside my schoolwork . |
| 3 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
| 4 | When Deutsche Grammophon asked me to record the Alpine Symphony , I warned them that it would be very expensive . |
| 5 | However , I thought it right to debate the report of the Select Committee chaired by my right hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale ( Mr. Jopling ) because many hon. Members of all parties , which was not the case with the other Select Committee report , asked me to find an early opportunity to enable the House to give its initial response to that splendid and important report . |
| 6 | My right hon. Friend the Member for Shoreham ( Sir R. Luce ) asked me to consider the standard spending assessments . |
| 7 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 8 | I gave similar advice when Harold Wilson asked me to advise the Labour Party about their behaviour in the matter . |
| 9 | So I suppose it was frustration that led me to break the cardinal rule of any diplomat behind the Iron Curtain in the good old days . |
| 10 | One day the King invited me to watch the regular entertainments , which are greatly enjoyed by him , his family , and his lords and ladies . |
| 11 | ‘ In the end Becky helped me to choose a long beaded dress with a side-split and see-through sleeves . |
| 12 | Sleeman 's Indian journeys , his great interest in local customs and religious beliefs , his explorations of temples and ruins wherever he went in pre-Mutiny India , helped me to see the Irish as an Indo-European people . |
| 13 | The fact that he was such an emotional mess helped me to keep the necessary distance . |
| 14 | She advised me to ring the free 0800 number in London . |
| 15 | One of the duke 's groundsmen advised me to reconnoitre a nearby converted abbey which has recently been turned into a hotel . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr Newley told me to do the RTI expense sheet this morning . ’ |
| 17 | Cos you just told me to use a wee bit of it . |
| 18 | Nobody told me to become a stand-up comedian and nobody told me to go on the fucking telly . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ She told me to get the small details right from the start — things like hair , clothes , likes and dislikes — because it 's the small details that define an individual . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Another thing which caused me to spend a long time on the story was that prostitution is a black and whit story , but the business side of photography usually wants colour . |
| 21 | And exposed unprepared to view a patient whose appearance caused me to warn a hardened policeman ! |
| 22 | The predominantly transparent colours of the gouache gave my washes a strong tint , and so allowed me to apply the broad washed demanded by a large watercolour . |
| 23 | He should not be named , but he begged me to tell the outside world of the appalling situation where the wounded are dying unnecessarily because the UN are refusing to transport the wounded out of the city . ’ |
| 24 | Your editorial on page one of the Summer 1991 issue prompted me to record the following thoughts which have a direct bearing on the subject of active participation . |
| 25 | The combination of different faces produced a score which required me to inscribe a divided line or a single unbroken line on a sheet of paper . |
| 26 | ‘ I attended various social functions that required me to have a female escort , ’ he said through clenched teeth . |
| 27 | But before I went to Luggnagg , an official I had met in Lagado persuaded me to visit the small island of Glubbdubdrib . |
| 28 | ‘ Do you know , Ranulf , ’ Corbett continued , wiping his mouth on a napkin , ‘ when I was a boy , my mother took me to hear a famous preacher . |
| 29 | This inspired me to write the dreadful Verena for her . |
| 30 | McIllvanney did not respond , except to stare at me with his unblinking and reptilian eyes , and thus he forced me to add an unnecessary explanation . |