Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I er , you would not expect me to continue with the euphoria which you were trying to create earlier , and er , I have to say that I suppose that you would n't er , be proposing any different budget to this would you , in the circumstances that you 've got . |
| 2 | They were both trying to persuade me to continue with the radiotherapy and drugs . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But both Graham and I knew it was impractical for me to continue in the job and remain as manager of Exeter . ’ |
| 4 | I know nothing about radio — but I do n't need to , I realize , because , even while I watch , the waves are softly withdrawing from the wavebands , as from a beach at low tide on a calm summer 's afternoon , leaving me gazing through the darkness of my son 's bedroom at three shirts , two of them size 35 long , one of them size 32 medium . |
| 5 | As he wrote years later in his long unpublished memoirs , ‘ hazard or Providence made me knock on the door of the Hôtel Terminus of the Gare du Nord . ’ |
| 6 | It is normal for me to report to the Council 's Planning Committee the end of year disease statistics and any recommendations which might be necessary in line with the management strategy . |
| 7 | ‘ Unless , of course , you 'd prefer me to report to the Reichsführer that we lost this man because of your stupidity . ’ |
| 8 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 9 | She was , however , immensely enthusiastic and encouraging , trying to make me think of the enterprise as a holiday as well as a mission with a sad and serious purpose . |
| 10 | His talk made me think of the housing estates near Mum 's house , where the ‘ working class ’ would have laughed in Terry 's face — those , that is , who would n't have smacked him round the ear for calling them working class in the first place . |
| 11 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 12 | It made me think of the Palace Hotel . |
| 13 | They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’ |
| 14 | It 's why Uncle Vernon wanted me to go on the stage . ’ |
| 15 | The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer . |
| 16 | Herman S. has just telephoned to ask me to go to the theatre with Ivy and him next Thursday — to see Samuel Beckett 's new play . |
| 17 | She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much . |
| 18 | But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday . |
| 19 | He advised me to go to the Academy and work with Professor Dachauer . |
| 20 | ONE AFTERNOON KĀLI BROUGHT THE COWS HOME EARLY AND CAME rushing over to ask me to go to the forest with her to collect a load of pine-needles . |
| 21 | Then I think : he 'll have worked that out as well , so he 'll expect me to go to the car . |
| 22 | My mother would n't allow me to go to the meeting last night — you know she despises anything Irish . " |
| 23 | Something forced me to go to the orchard . |
| 24 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Aggie ’ — she turned and glanced at Aggie — ‘ paid for me to go to the penny school . ’ |
| 26 | Or do you want me to go through the Valve at Firstlight speed ? ’ |
| 27 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't say that ! ’ and I hinted that my father wanted me to go into the pulpit , and there was a little clash between us . |
| 29 | Irene Adler , or Irene Norton , will arrive home at seven o'clock , and she will ask me to go into the house . |
| 30 | He wanted me to go round the block and park the car about fifty metres short of the hotel . |