Example sentences of "i [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You have also invited me to wear a British hat , ’ Mark continued . |
| 2 | For example , if the figure was a line diagram of a room with four windows set at different heights , the programme would ask me whether a line of sight from the far corner of the room would enable me to see a particular point outside the window nearest to me , a point that shifted on the screen at speed . |
| 3 | I 'm eight and a half years old and disgusted that my mother has to come with me to see A Hard Day 's Night when usually she just sees me to the edge of the estate and across the main road . |
| 4 | I tried to convince him there must be jugs at the grade and he fell for it , allowing me to breathe a great sigh of relief . |
| 5 | [ Finally as we have mentioned before it is now necessary for me to obtain a Corporate Finance Engagement Letter and we enclose two copies of our standard letter . |
| 6 | Now the Times has never asked me to write a leading article announcing that I have some doubts about the quantum theory |
| 7 | Help me to know a new start and a new strength as I seek to repair the wrong I 've done . |
| 8 | Were I to own a new BMW car , another ten microcomputers would be at my command , so their advertisements claim . |
| 9 | Certainly , if I were a script writer , and I had to think up the most inappropriate name for a girl dressed as a man , the above tendencies would lead me to choose a monosyllabic form , using a closed syllable , ending in a consonant as far away from a continuant as I can find — a plosive — and with a vowel as far away from /i/ as I can find , such as /a/ or /o/ . |
| 10 | ‘ It would not occur me to drink a low-alcohol beer , ’ says Alison , a 23-year-old sales assistant . |
| 11 | Francis added : ‘ The chairman 's main concern is not wanting me to receive a serious injury which might prevent me from managing properly . ’ |
| 12 | The combination of different faces produced a score which required me to inscribe a divided line or a single unbroken line on a sheet of paper . |
| 13 | Is it holding an argument with me to answer a plain question ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do you know , Ranulf , ’ Corbett continued , wiping his mouth on a napkin , ‘ when I was a boy , my mother took me to hear a famous preacher . |
| 15 | Someone who tells me an apparently irrelevant fact may well want me to deduce a hidden inference in it , a proposition they prefer not to make explicit . |
| 16 | ‘ Various reasons enable me to form a high estimate of the benefits to be derived from the use of the Air-Tight Metallic Coffins , in all cases of interment . |
| 17 | He watched me intently , eyes narrowed against the sun which struck into this side of the courtyard , waiting for me to give a reasonable answer , which was foolish of him . |
| 18 | You , Mr. Speaker , would not permit me to give a full answer to the right hon. Gentleman 's question , which reminds me of a minute that I sent out , when I went to the Home Office in 1987 , to the then permanent secretary . |
| 19 | Cos you just told me to use a wee bit of it . |
| 20 | My father had taught me to do a proper somersault . |
| 21 | If i get a good script and it calls me to do a hefty love scene why not ? ’ she added , lips that were once sugary and innocent now curled coquettishly . |
| 22 | Do n't ask me to do a liberated woman . |
| 23 | As no doubt the teams are ready to take the field , it only remains for me to extend a warm welcome to the directors , players and boisterous supporters of Scrimley Arsenal and wish you all an enjoyable afternoon . |
| 24 | Can not you trust me to ensure a square deal and to ensure even justice between man and man ? |
| 25 | When she started flying her parents asked me to keep a watchful eye on her . |
| 26 | How the hell does he expect me to keep a straight pen ? |
| 27 | ‘ I think you will agree that that will make it extremely easy for me to keep a constant eye on you ? ’ |
| 28 | You want me to live a middle-class life . " |
| 29 | Then she asks me to get a small bottle of pills from her drawer . |
| 30 | ‘ I find it helps me to get a good night 's sleep . ’ |