Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see the range , where it is , and where I want it to be . |
| 2 | Mr. Rifkind did not reply to my letter although I addressed it to him personally at the House of Commons … |
| 3 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 4 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 5 | was more valuable than I expected it to be ; |
| 6 | So I do n't know about anybody else but that 's cheaper than I expected it to be . |
| 7 | He said the idea of a single currency was ‘ even less realistic than I believed it to be nine months ago ’ . |
| 8 | It came out more vehemently than I meant it to . |
| 9 | I admit that I 'm as much to blame , I should have come to visit her , but I understood her mother was never off the doorstep , so I left her to it . |
| 10 | I did n't want the long journey in to work each day so I let it to Professor Wendell . |
| 11 | Although it was late and Mr Edgar was tired after his journey , Joseph insisted , so I took him to the master 's room . |
| 12 | The males started fighting , so I moved one to another tank , leaving two females with one male . |
| 13 | I mean , I write things in a certain way , so I expect them to be played in a certain way . |
| 14 | But Victor will be watching , so I leave it to him . |
| 15 | The male started to bully the female , so I removed her to another tank — better to be safe than sorry . |
| 16 | I thought this was odd so I mentioned it to my bank , who were seriously unimpressed . |
| 17 | ‘ So I want you to be very brave while you listen to it . |
| 18 | When I mention the Heavenly EP to Right Said Fred it turns out that only Fred has heard it , so I play it to them . |
| 19 | That means he thought Maureen was his mother , so I gave him to her . |
| 20 | There 's at least one track from all eight albums , and two tracks are from a live album , so I gave it to a wonderful guy called Jonathan Downs from the Fan Club , who knows an awful lot that I 'd forgotten myself , or never even knew ! |
| 21 | but I persuaded him that it would melt while he had his drink and to put it in my bag and er it was lunchtime when we got home and we were going some I , I ca n't remember what we were doing afterwards so I gave it to his mother , I thought she could share it . |
| 22 | Once I showed it to a psychical research woman who , after careful study of the plan of Versailles , said to me in a tense voice : ‘ You realize that the two ladies went bodily through a brick wall ? ’ |
| 23 | What 's more , if I deem it to be necessary I shall call upon the Duke of Marlborough to give evidence on our behalf . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If I take you to prison , ’ said Owen , ‘ people will say : There goes Andrus , the enemy of the Moslems . |
| 25 | If I take it to the police the matter will be dealt with much sooner than if we leave it where it is and wait for them to call here . |
| 26 | ‘ I wrote a postcard to my parents , ’ recalls Margaret Olmer ; ‘ I ca n't remember if I addressed it to both . |
| 27 | Dana continually hinted that she would take off for London if I refused to do just what she wanted , or if I said anything to you . |
| 28 | I mean , if I said anything to you . |
| 29 | Sudden thought — if I follow him to whatever rat-hole he lives in and he rapes me , in court they 'll say ‘ You did what , Miss Marquis ? |
| 30 | And yet if I refer you to no other example than that little one-legged girl whom we saw not so long ago in our Provence , does n't your universal statement collapse ? ’ |