Example sentences of "to me [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what we 're likely to be short of it seems to me we could end up being twenty four thousand pounds short at the end of the year . |
| 2 | Say , everybody was saying to me we could break in there . |
| 3 | If they 'd come straight to me we could have quietly got it done . |
| 4 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
| 5 | I always think that if someone tries to get close to me they must want something from me . |
| 6 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |
| 7 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 8 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 9 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 10 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 11 | " Since you have been so kind to me I 'll tell your fortune for you . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If you make love to me I 'll have something to look back on with pleasure and gratitude for the rest of my life . ’ |
| 14 | He looked at his watch and said , " If it was up to me I would leave in ten minutes . " |
| 15 | … 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 . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty . |
| 18 | ‘ Still , if it had happened to me I would have been angry . ’ |
| 19 | If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago . |
| 20 | If John 's moral life came to me I would say : |
| 21 | 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 . ’ |
| 22 | left to me I 'd take all curtains down |
| 23 | ‘ As the boat you were using for your ridiculous smuggling attempt belongs to me I should have thought it was obvious . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Brother , if you will send it to me I will make lots of drawings for you of the Heike , and whatever you want … . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | That came as a great surprise to me I can tell you . |
| 30 | 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 . |