Example sentences of "i [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the hon. Gentleman can not expect me to agree with his preface , in which he said that his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister had negotiated brilliantly . |
| 2 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 3 | Rosemary , playing safe , refused to go out with him unless I came too so in the end we used to make up a foursome with Henry 's pilot , Jimmy , and with me sticking to my policy of not getting involved . |
| 4 | ‘ The Kha-Khan wants me to report on his conduct . ’ |
| 5 | Did you expect me to fall on your neck in some touching display of filial affection ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Do n't expect me to fall on your neck in gratitude , Merkut , ’ he said . |
| 7 | ‘ One ca n't give cast-iron guarantees , just as you ca n't give me guarantees about my safety if I was to go to Birmingham , ’ Mr Thomas replied . |
| 8 | But working on that film made me think about my life . |
| 9 | It made me think of my convict 's travelling companion . |
| 10 | That made me think of my convict . |
| 11 | I wanted to forget him , because he makes me think of his mother . |
| 12 | She wanted me to go to her rooms in Bloomsbury that night , to talk things over . |
| 13 | Just before she died , she asked Elizabeth and me to go to her room . |
| 14 | Suffer me to go to my infamy ! ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Madam my mother , pray permit me to go to my brother , ’ the prince pleaded , still at his mother 's elbow as she moved away . |
| 16 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 17 | This gentleman wants me to go to his house and meet his son . |
| 18 | And it was necessary , purely for business reasons , for me to go through her diaries . |
| 19 | ‘ Thank you for allowing me to go through his papers . ’ |
| 20 | And then the the last few times it 's me son 's been aggravating me to go into his caravan , you know what I mean ? |
| 21 | ‘ Excuse me , Hsiao Chi , but my master asked me to see to your every wish . ’ |
| 22 | We had several until I decided that it was time for me to sit on her lap . |
| 23 | Told me to sit on his knee . |
| 24 | AND I SUPPOSE THE STOICISM AND FORGIVENESS EXHIBITED BY MRS ASHDOWN HAVE , IN A WAY , HELPED ME TO COPE WITH YOUR INFIDELITY … |
| 25 | At that time I happened to be running the scheme as a leader and officer in the Stornoway Sea Cadet Corps and the boy 's mother had asked me to attend in her place . |
| 26 | Sister told me to wait outside her open duty-room door and watch all that was going on . |
| 27 | ‘ He wants me to remain under his roof , ’ she said deliberately , ‘ because I am young and handsome — it was you , my lord , who called me so — and his wife is neither . |
| 28 | I mean I 've never needed a new licence for the last three and a half years but Nicholas erm prior to this in the countdown to me appearing for my drink drive which is in a matter of about ten weeks I believe in the countdown to that , Nick said on several o two occasions anyway while other members of staff were present , Well this is a way of getting rid of him without having to pay him redundancy money . |
| 29 | As the time approached for me to concentrate on my matriculation , I decided to offer Charlie the opportunity to buy out my share of the partnership and even arranged for a qualified accountant to replace me in order that they could take over the book-keeping . |
| 30 | And he had seen me walking from my hotel apartment with Dana — Americano , he said disdainfully . |