Example sentences of "i [be] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had I been allowed to puddle around on my own , people today might curl their lips at Faldo 's approach . |
| 2 | For the next few months Mr and I are going to home in on a theme for these services . |
| 3 | ‘ You and I are going to Los Alamos for medical tests . |
| 4 | André and I are going to Monaco for the evening . ’ |
| 5 | Ann Tracy and I are going to Mull this summer . |
| 6 | Tomorrow I am to go to Professor Dachauer at the Academy at 11.00 with Dr Viola . |
| 7 | The experience of being on Iona is nothing less than magical and I am moved to tears . |
| 8 | I should also like to know what I am to say to Oatridge , St. Kentigerns and other people who are involved at a practical level . |
| 9 | I am referring to Dr. Bach Flower Remedies , a mixed distillation of which I had been prescribed and acquired at Bristol . |
| 10 | However , I am writing to Alan Harlow to state our disappointment ; to point out that we can not continue to pay subscriptions if the grant is not increased ; that we are doing our best to find sponsorship ( I 've written , on my own initiative , to 3 companies who might be willing to help , on environmental grounds ) ; that sponsorship from SNH is pretty unlikely , a ) because they do n't do any core funding , and b ) because the NCC element appears to be dominant there anyway ; that sponsorship from the Sports Council is also unlikely , though we are seeking a meeting with Terry Dowey of SSA as soon as possible . |
| 11 | I am writing to second her proposal ! ! |
| 12 | The reason I am writing to Mamma is to show her that I know my duty and that I am with the deepest respect her devoted son . ’ |
| 13 | All the patients ’ files are kept under lock and key in his office , so I only see what I am asked to type . ’ |
| 14 | Two hours later I am mentioning to Tony that I have been to Tromsø airport more times than I have to Gatwick . |
| 15 | ‘ I am travelling to Marseilles next week , when I will meet with American neurosurgeons to discuss Leah 's case . |
| 16 | If I am seconded to industry ( or " host " an industrialist ) how can I disseminate what I have learned to colleagues and students ? |
| 17 | I am drawn to Cal 's guitar , and I finally can not help but ask if he will play a tune , something by Christy Moore . |
| 18 | I am attracted to artists needing assistance to bring out the talent which is already there . |
| 19 | ‘ As a traveller making drawings from which to make paintings , I am attracted to places where there is a strong individual flavour of climate and living . |
| 20 | I hasten to add before I am taken to court by mountain men with beards that this is highly irresponsible behaviour and extremely dangerous . |
| 21 | Next day I am taken to Höfn to catch a plane back to Reykjavik , leaving the others to continue to Mÿvatn and the north . |
| 22 | He did not want to be bothered with the problems she encountered , with water that seemed brackish or ceilings that had cracked — they were her concerns and , as she complained in a letter to Minnie : — I am driven to distraction with those household concerns with which you will be familiar Minnie but then in your case you have but to report them for them to be seen to by the master who will instruct the butler to bring in workmen and I am obliged to go out and seek my own help which is no easy thing . |
| 23 | As I take this bread and drink this wine , I am affirming to men , and to angels and to demons , that I believe Jesus Christ died for me , and I identify myself with him in his sacrifice for me . |
| 24 | A well-known example is the sentence ‘ I have plans to leave ’ ; this is ambiguous : a ) I have plans to leave ( i.e. I am planning to leave. ) b ) I have plans to leave ( i.e. I have some plans/diagrams/drawings that I have to leave . ) |
| 25 | Well I would expect that the Prime Minister would , I think this nonsense that is behind all this is that because I am talking to Gerry Adams , they do n't want to be seen to be talking to me because it looks this fingerprint argument |
| 26 | I am talking to Kathleen , not you ! |
| 27 | Of course I am addicted to Alexis although I admit the entire thing is very far fetched . |
| 28 | ‘ I am coming to London the day after tomorrow by the mid-day coach . |
| 29 | The hon. Gentleman , who has only just wandered in , should realise that I am responding to points raised earlier by his hon. Friends . |
| 30 | I am committed to revolution too — for a hate-free , fear-free , greed-free world . ’ |