Example sentences of "i [be] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am here tonight to congratulate the National Safety Award winning companies — companies who have put the health and safety of their employees at the top of their agenda . ’ |
| 2 | If I am right then to say ‘ The chicken is distressed by its close confinement , is a dual acknowledgement of sympathy at the presence of behavioural prototypes similar to those of distressed people , and a strong veterinary hint of a possible cure ; but no more . |
| 3 | Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ . |
| 4 | And the reason is that , as well as coming to have my offer for your house refused , yet again , ’ he said pithily , ‘ I 'm also here to invite you and Thomas to lunch on the quay in Portimão . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm just here to help find them . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm just there to see , well , that it does n't build up into anything major . ’ |
| 7 | I ca n't resist the temptation while I 'm here just to tell you one or two things about the accounting application . |
| 8 | I 'm here purely to find out , you want to buy this council house and and and I 'm here purely to find out your circumstances and and what would be the best deal for you . |
| 9 | I 'm here purely to find out , you want to buy this council house and and and I 'm here purely to find out your circumstances and and what would be the best deal for you . |
| 10 | I 'm here only to collect my car . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You 'll have to forgive me , Chief Inspector , I 've got a one-track mind and I 'm here only to locate the man called Colt , the Englishman who murdered an Agency man in Athens . ’ , |
| 12 | I 'm particularly please to see the that we 've found ways of removing artificial obstacles to the recruitment of whole time and retained fire fighters and I look forward to seeing women amongst ten new fire fighters recommended in this report . |
| 13 | ‘ As I 'm no longer to live here I would also be pleased not to be troubled by the police . ’ |
| 14 | I said no bugger ever asked my opinion David but you can guarantee I 'm always there to give it |
| 15 | I 'm only here to listen . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sure I 'm there just to concentrate on coaching and I 'm sure that 's the first thing I need to look at ’ , Jenkins also said . |
| 17 | But I 'm still here to ask you to support this motion on the plight of casual and temporary workers . |
| 18 | Back came a snorter the like of which I was never again to receive from Eliot , though I am sure it was thoroughly well-deserved . |
| 19 | The only thing for me is really just to bring you up-to-date in terms of the V D U project and where we are with that . |