Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ian is OK — friendly and cheerful — but there 's something about Robert that makes me want to fight him all the time . ’ |
| 2 | Before he went out , he made me promise to give you this . ’ |
| 3 | I I mean I intend to keep my own roof whatever . |
| 4 | It 's one of the CIA 's most closely guarded secrets and I intend to keep it that way . |
| 5 | I 'm now my own man , and I intend to keep it that way . ’ |
| 6 | Not only did I get to model the clothes how I liked , I got to keep them all afterwards . |
| 7 | From what I had heard in advance , I expected to see nothing much more than four or five students on the course drinking regulated amounts of alcohol and then being subjected to a variety of tests that would show how their motor skills deteriorated . |
| 8 | Dad they 're not gon na be looking at your legs , I hate to tell you this . |
| 9 | I hate to tell you this but the er the forecast for the weather is pretty awful this year . |
| 10 | I tried to telephone her this morning at the flat but there was no reply . |
| 11 | ‘ I tried to telephone you this morning — ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ I tried to call you this morning , ’ she said , ‘ but you 'd already left . ’ |
| 13 | I tried to call you this week-end . |
| 14 | I tried to catch him this morning , before we went to our appointments , but he would n't speak to me . |
| 15 | I tried to contact you this afternoon but was unable to get through . |
| 16 | ‘ I tried to tell her that , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Meg said : ‘ I tried to tell myself that . |
| 18 | she never , never could , and I said what I tried to tell you all |
| 19 | I promised to tell him all about my murder when I 'd written it . |
| 20 | I phoned to invite you this morning , Guido , but of course you were n't there . ’ |
| 21 | When he left I phoned to wish him all the best and he said , ‘ keep on picking people 's brains ’ . ’ |
| 22 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 23 | For now I want to devote my all to what I am doing now . |
| 24 | And I want to live my own life my own way . |
| 25 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , this will be our last meeting before the big day and I want to thank you all for your co-operation , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke shouted above the noise . |
| 26 | I want to see them all do the best they can , because they deserve it . |
| 27 | I want to see you both happy . ’ |
| 28 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 29 | Of more concern is the way Barnes has failed to silence his critics with his feet since his poor display and when asked if he will win his 69th cap next week , Taylor said simply : ‘ I want to give it some thought . ’ |
| 30 | So I want to give you that positive feed-back . |