Example sentences of "i [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he wrote years later in his long unpublished memoirs , ‘ hazard or Providence made me knock on the door of the Hôtel Terminus of the Gare du Nord . ’ |
| 2 | The idea came from the experience of pulling hair out of the bathtub ; ‘ this made me think about the things that are worthless , that we want to get rid of , the embarrassing hidden things like body hair , and the things we value and cultivate — in our culture , for instance , the head of hair is usually the first thing people register when they look at someone , a great deal of energy and money is , therefore , expended on hairdressing and styling . |
| 3 | But it made me think of the voice that sent us to the bar ; he whispered then . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This time of the building of the gardens of our minds makes me think of the Pacific Ocean where insects spin the sunlight and the salt water , and weave them into the most beautiful oases of the sea . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Too much space and too much light in this courtyard : it made me think of the difference between his face and mine . |
| 8 | It made me think of the Palace Hotel . |
| 9 | Let me explain for the benefit of viewers that a sump is like a U-bend in plumbing , permanently full of water , so that the only way through is to dive under the water . |
| 10 | It fulfilled none of my expectations and seemed to be merely trying to make me laugh at the fact that it had left me standing there grasping at nothing . |
| 11 | You would have thought Magnus 's mother would have been nice to me but I bet Father had already telephoned and told her lies about me , because she made me wait in the hall until Nanny came to collect me in a taxicab . |
| 12 | I was knitting slowly , not feeling particularly well and the machine was good enough to let me know through the handle that there was a ‘ Hiccup ’ . |
| 13 | You know , when I said let me know about the blood results , I did n't expect you to call in person . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps you could let me know at the meeting next Wednesday . |
| 15 | Well if you let me know at the meeting then I 'll . . |
| 16 | If you let me know at the meeting and . |
| 17 | Well let me know at the meeting . |
| 18 | Oh right , so let me know at the end of the week . |
| 19 | Something made me linger at the bottom of the grand staircase , near the bust of Unamuno , pretending to read some notices about student societies . |
| 20 | What a coil do I make for the loss of my punk |
| 21 | What contribution do I make to the group task ( the content ) ? |
| 22 | What contribution do I make to the group interaction ( the process ) ? |
| 23 | What kind of answer do I want to the question of how I use a map in my head ? |
| 24 | This posed a problem : Should I try to explain them and risk people being confused , or should I gloss over the difficulties ? |
| 25 | And she said to me what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back . |
| 26 | Well , she tells me that she is going to throw Shaun out because Shaun is boring , er , Don put her , Shaun she has no respect for she says because he has n't got a job , he wo n't get a job , he wo n't work , and she said to Lee what did I think of the idea of taking Pete back , once they were properly divorced take Pete back just as a lover and I said that sounds to me to be a very good idea , I said then your not at his mercy because anybody who 's at Pete 's mercy will suffer , his got a very nasty streak , his got a nasty snide way of putting things . |
| 27 | What did I think of the prospect of an up-and-coming Minister of State called Norman Tebbit taking over the job ? |
| 28 | Can I paint over the eyes and then go over them again ? |
| 29 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 30 | And I 'm going as slow as I can go and I 'm just taking everything in , and I 'm unwinding , I 'm relaxing mentally and physically as I do it because that 's what I feel I need at the moment , and having that ability is good . |