Example sentences of "i [to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now , am I to take it that sort of appeal will have a very low priority , I mean , how about Oxfam for example ? |
| 2 | Well , before you clap the handcuffs on me , would you like me to procure you some tea ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Look , honey , you want me to help you some way or other . |
| 4 | What do you want me to give him this time ? ’ |
| 5 | If it is n't , say , ‘ I would like a little time to think about this , I need to get some facts and figures , I 'm sure you would n't wish me to give you incorrect information . |
| 6 | ‘ Meanwhile , allow me to give you glad tidings . |
| 7 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 8 | A workload survey that the are doing , and er they they 're trying to get loads of GPs to do it and of course they want me to do it next week , and I 'm not here next week . |
| 9 | In telling me that , until my confirmation , my godparents were , by proxy , responsible for my sins , merely drove me to keep it that way . |
| 10 | He wrote to me begging me to send him some cuttings of my pubic hairs , and I did ! |
| 11 | When I close my eyes and imagine fatherhood , I see all the standard clichés : John Jr walking with me in the park , a football dribbling at his chubby little feet ; John Jr passing me a spanner as I lie underneath the motorbike ; John Jr asking me to read him that story one more time because I read it so well . |
| 12 | It would be weak sentimentality for me to allow him such grace . |
| 13 | Was that nice of me to get you that wool ? |
| 14 | ‘ Would you like me to get you some breakfast ? |
| 15 | Well would you like me to get you some breakfast first ? |
| 16 | ‘ And was it part of my father 's plan that you make love to me to convince me that marriage to Jonathan was the wrong thing ? ’ she said angrily . |
| 17 | I still do not know whether Mick 's approach to the rules , trying to get me to break them one minute , and pointing an accusing finger the next , was a friendly tease or not . |
| 18 | I 'm sure you do n't need me to tell you that vinyl wallcovering shows every defect in the plasterwork , so it was important to butt the different vinyls perfectly to avoid the joints showing through the border . |
| 19 | Remind me to tell you some time over a beer ’ — he had lived in Shetland for five years working on the rigs . |
| 20 | Remind me to tell you some time about my Uncle Morton 's wife and his mistress both turning up to his funeral in the self-same dress … |
| 21 | Would you like me to make you some eggs and bacon ? ’ |
| 22 | Do you want me to make you some salad ? |