Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him not to say any more to me , since at that time I represented the Labour Party and felt it quite possible that if he brought any action I would be called upon to act for them . |
| 2 | When we reached the street corner where our ways separated I asked him not to tell anyone . |
| 3 | ‘ In the end I asked him not to bet with me anymore because of the size and frequency of his bets . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I asked you not to come , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 5 | I lameducked her just to show the Vestal Virgins that I was cleverer than they . |
| 6 | I manipulated you here to punish you and you 're right — I 'm hurting myself as well as you . ’ |
| 7 | I wear my hair long and I comb it forward to hide as much as possible of my face . |
| 8 | Then I bring them home to wash and I unravel them before they dry . |
| 9 | Derbyshire folk may query the authenticity of this but I defy them not to enjoy the results . |
| 10 | I suppose I 'm sentimental , but I defy anyone not to enjoy a little of the trappings of soldiering . |
| 11 | I pick one up to examine it — then drop it in disgust . |
| 12 | in the supermarket and I pick it up to have a look Bryony says do n't touch that 's naughty , do n't touch Ann , put it down at once |
| 13 | I trust you not to cheat okay ? |
| 14 | I got nothing else to do , and at least we 'll be able to feel we 're trying . ’ |
| 15 | say anything about you like it 's only if I got nothing else to say really |
| 16 | I got someone else to follow her . |
| 17 | I got it principally to tow my trailer about but it can hardly get itself along . |
| 18 | I command you not to take yourself so seriously . |
| 19 | I expect him so to do . |
| 20 | I found it best to suspend the tube containing the eggs as soon as the embryo could be seen inside . |
| 21 | The other aspect is there are a large number of people a large number of these countries depend on their forest industries for producing foreign exchange which is particularly scant , a lot of the world , particularly Africa is suffering from debt problems , erm I worked in Uganda for 14 years and I found it really to get back there : the salary of a forest officer now is something , is worth in real terms something like 1 percent of what it was in 1962. erm His salary in 1962 was something in the region of six thousand a year in present terms , it 's now worth £60. erm He has to go out and get most of his livelihood from some other source , and Uganda 's an extreme case , but there are many other African countries where the position is similar . |
| 22 | I say it again to show there is no ill will — ‘ Doth a fountain send forth at the same place , Sweet water and bitter ? ’ ' |
| 23 | I er I phoned him up to let him know I was going in and he 's not too far away you see so asked him if he 'd like to pop in so he did about half eleven . |
| 24 | I want us still to go out together , I want him to be my boyfriend , I really need him to confide in , as I do n't seem to have a close girlfriend . |
| 25 | That 's when I want you here to keep a watch on him . ’ |
| 26 | I want you just to close your eyes for one minute everybody please . |
| 27 | She said no I think I 'll go home I 'll be alright , so I took her back home about eleven and erm erm I kept phoning her every hour on the hour just to make sure she 's alright , then I said I want you just to promise me one thing you 're not do anything silly , I 'm here , I do n't care what it takes , I 'm here , so she said alright then , so I said it 'll break mum 's heart it 'll break dad 's heart , |
| 28 | so I described them how to do it , perched on our knees , looking down , no sound without a script , it was just absolutely ludicrous |
| 29 | I told myself not to panic ; to stay cool . |
| 30 | er I , I would n't , I told everyone not to get one . |