Example sentences of "i [vb past] to [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
| 2 | I should like to conclude by making to you , our shareholders , the three crucial points I made to our staff on assuming the role of Group Chief Executive . |
| 3 | Recently during a radio interview about my play Mr and Mrs Nobody , I realised to my horror that the names of its two stars , Judi Dench and Michael Williams , had totally left my head . |
| 4 | As I am a complete traditionalist I agreed to whatever form of costume was required . |
| 5 | I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination . |
| 6 | I got to our robot spaceship , jumped into it and said , ‘ Take off . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I was in the States when my father suffered a stroke , and by the time I got to his side he was paralysed and could n't speak , which made communicating very difficult . |
| 8 | ‘ When I got to my door I found that I had this cement cock in my pocket . |
| 9 | Here are look , that 's all I got to my name dad . |
| 10 | And er but it was only about half past five I did n't I never stopped till the I just kept going now tha well about half past four , I started to pack up and I realized my sandwiches were still in my snack box so I I 'd I 'd had one one earlier on whilst I was still working but yes the lady there she made us a couple of cups in the morning , er cu cup of coffee , I think about what yeah about half ten time but the time I painted a little bit and I thought oh I 'll stop and have a fag , with my coffee and I had a cup of tea later on in the afternoon but er I did n't stop , I kept going , you know and then course by time I got to my drink , it was cold it was cool , so you drink it straight down |
| 11 | The feeling sent the adrenalin rushing around so fast that it threatened to wear me out before I got to my destination . |
| 12 | I got to my destination without much difficulty . |
| 13 | I got to my feet and stood by Taff at the gun , both of us staring out into the night . |
| 14 | The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm . |
| 15 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm all right , just felt dizzy , that 's all , ’ I said as I got to my feet and collected my belongings . |
| 17 | I got to my feet and stretched . |
| 18 | I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment . |
| 19 | As she came level , I got to my feet and said hello . |
| 20 | When I got to my feet I wiped a mixture of snot and blood from my nose and looked around . |
| 21 | Instinctively , I got to my feet when the pitch , slant and speed seemed right . |
| 22 | When I got to my feet he took the injured arm in both his hands , told me to shut my eyes and start counting . |
| 23 | I got to my feet and helped them , and Nell with teasing amusement watched me fold pink napkins into water lilies and said , ‘ Well , well , hidden depths , ’ and I answered , ‘ You should see my dishwashing , ’ which were the sort of infantile surface remarks of something we both guessed might suddenly become serious . |
| 24 | I got to my feet . |
| 25 | Slowly , I got to my feet and went higher up the shore . |
| 26 | I got to my feet , supporting myself on the side of the shelter . |
| 27 | I got to my feet , not knowing whether to call out , to applaud , to be frightened , to laugh , too astounded to do anything but stand and stare . |
| 28 | I got to my feet , pulled up the trousers which shackled my ankles , and tried again . |
| 29 | I prodded the inert soldier , but he seemed pretty dead so I got to my feet and moved slowly and quietly away from the noise and excitement . |
| 30 | When I got to my room they 'd already brought in my things and Karen , she 's my key worker , she helped me unpack . |