Example sentences of "have [verb] i [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | J.D. , Mr O'Connor , has invited me to join his permanent staff of reporters now that I think that my work in the East End is … over . |
| 32 | I had not intended to intervene again , but the Minister has invited me to do so . |
| 33 | The Queen has invited me to play croquet , and I must go and get ready . ’ |
| 34 | ‘ No , Aunt — Silas has brought me to see you . ’ |
| 35 | The D O E has authorized me to do so , but not to vote . |
| 36 | That has led me to conclude that higher and further education no longer provide a pathway out of poverty towards educational achievement and self-fulfilment , because students from poor backgrounds may be forced to give up studying and never achieve the educational qualifications that they seek . |
| 37 | From the point of view of problem solving , I find the cube has led me to formulate many problem-solving techniques in more generality than previously and to develop a general scheme for all problems of this sort . |
| 38 | Research over the past few years has led me to observe elsewhere ( Cartwright , 1984 ) that in education in general — and arts education is no different in this respect — assessment comes in all forms and guises , and that the type of assessment practised is dependent upon the reasons for its use . |
| 39 | It is the experience of listening to the responses or readings which have been triggered by them which has led me to question the nature of the arguments usually put forward by antiracists to explain racism . |
| 40 | The development of the procedure from its origins in valuation to modern " expert " applications has led me to attempt to distinguish between these two types and to classify applications either as belonging to the traditional , valuation type , or as owing more to the concept of a technical expert , which I have labelled " industrial " . |
| 41 | Recent experience of walking Long Distance Footpaths ( LDPs ) has led me to believe that there is a case for de-emphasising certain routes ( I understand that the RA currently recommends Duke of Edinburgh Award Groups to avoid the Three Peaks for example ) . |
| 42 | I mention these ignorant reactions only because this book of photographs , bracketed by two brief essays , has caused me to succumb to Frida Kahlo 's strange gaze as her actual paintings , exhibited at the Whitechapel Art Gallery some years ago , never did . |
| 43 | Hoyle writes : ‘ My own recent work has caused me to doubt , not that evolution takes place , but that it takes place according to the usual theory of natural selection operating on randomly generated mutations . |
| 44 | In the first place he has desired me to say he would write but for his constant occupation . |
| 45 | But you would only approach that business on the basis that well the estate agent has asked me to give you er you know he he feels that you would benefit and erm from this exposure and er has asked me to approach you first . |
| 46 | In the meantime , the director who would have done it , who is a name director , has asked me to go and work at the RSC because she 's now busy for exactly that period of time . |
| 47 | One of my other SCOTTISH OFFICE contacts has asked me to go in for a sandwich lunch on Wednesday ( 25th ) , which is kind . |
| 48 | Your cousin Henry has set off for Alma Ata in ex-Soviet Kazakhstan , hoping to finance himself by selling articles to The Spectator , where he has asked me to use my influence . |
| 49 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |
| 50 | ‘ My father has asked me to talk to you on a certain matter . |
| 51 | Mr Mason has asked me to thank you very much for the invitation to attend the announcement of the name of the winning architect chosen to design the new Museum on 13th August . |
| 52 | MAUD Smyth has asked me to thank the Rev Grindle and all who helped to make the memorial service for her brother Thomas , who had died in Canada , so beautiful and moving . |
| 53 | Cool as you like , Paul bloody Lexington has asked me to sit in the wings for the entire run of this play and feed Micky Banks his lines ! ’ |
| 54 | She has asked me to say thanks on behalf of our Brothers and Sisters there . |
| 55 | Lord has asked me to say a few words about erm er , directors ' salaries and particularly about his own . |
| 56 | ‘ My colleague , Fru Blicher , at the Villa has asked me to extend her best wishes to you all and invite you to a Lieder recital to be held in the music room — you know , that lovely room with its medieval instruments — tomorrow evening . ’ |
| 57 | Lance Buckmaster , our esteemed Minister for External Security has asked me to attend him down at the ancestral home , Tavey Grange on Dartmoor . ’ |
| 58 | Before turning to the detail of the debate , my hon. Friend the Minister of State for Health , who has been present for most of the debate , has asked me to apologise to the House on her behalf for the fact that she could not stay throughout . |
| 59 | ‘ He has asked me to apologise to the family of the deceased for his part in the distress that they have been caused , ’ said the lawyer . |
| 60 | The following tale was recalled by a retired plate-layer ganger who , as expected , has asked me to change his name for the purpose of this story . |