Example sentences of "to [pron] i [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To them I 'll say you 'll find things are strange for a time but , with the help of your colleagues , you 'll soon find your feet but , for yourselves , avoid falling into the bad habits of others . |
| 2 | The Irish have settled into this country and there are communities of them all over do they go and see your concerts and if they do that must mean a great deal to them I should think ? |
| 3 | I could , I could go and I could go and take if there 's , you know , if they have n't , no nothing awful 's to them I could go and take some pics of those . |
| 4 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 5 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 6 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 7 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 8 | " Since you have been so kind to me I 'll tell your fortune for you . |
| 9 | Pass them to me I 'll do it now , some of those fruit dishes , there 's not enough room there for the glasses , I like them then I 'll take them . |
| 10 | If you make love to me I 'll have something to look back on with pleasure and gratitude for the rest of my life . ’ |
| 11 | He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . " |
| 12 | … and in the short space of time allocated to me I would like you to know that this is an occasion at which I am indeed proud — extremely proud — to be present . |
| 13 | I want well out of it , so course she come in got changed , so he said to me I would like you tomorrow to have a word with Robin about stopping her coming down to us he said because erm it makes me feel very uncomfortable he said and we had that hassle he said it 's a load of nonsense he said I 've forgotten |
| 14 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 15 | ‘ Still , if it had happened to me I would have been angry . ’ |
| 16 | If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago . |
| 17 | If John 's moral life came to me I would say : |
| 18 | P. P. I used to go down a street and perhaps a week previously I had locked that fellow up and I used to walk past him and if they said anything to me I 'd say , ‘ Shut up and get inside . ’ |
| 19 | left to me I 'd take all curtains down |
| 20 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Brother , if you will send it to me I will make lots of drawings for you of the Heike , and whatever you want … . |
| 22 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 23 | Er , it 's certainly what happened to me I must admit in fact it 's certainly been the pattern of my life and er I 'm not surprised what thought , Freud thought was a kind of typical er typical pattern . |
| 24 | Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face . |
| 25 | Such intimacy as life with my mother entailed should cease with parturition , and since Syl so resembled her in his attitude to me I could see no end to my continued childhood . |
| 26 | That came as a great surprise to me I can tell you . |
| 27 | As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades . |
| 28 | So I thought well I 'll carry one of these for when I 'm going out in my car to which , you know , and if somebody does come up to me I can use it in a positive manner while in a split second time for me , hopefully beca , cos of my range of work |
| 29 | said if I would have sold that car next to nothing I would have been done for it |
| 30 | Is there no gentleman or lady of virtue in this neighbourhood to whom I may fly only till I can find a way to get to my poor father and mother ? |