Example sentences of "i [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He used to call for me to go to school , and that could be an eventful journey because the way led through the Sayers ' farm at West New Houses , and they kept a flock of geese and a bull . |
| 2 | He aimed for me to go to school but brass he could n't pay , |
| 3 | Hard to explain the conflict in our acquaintance , but perhaps I had an instinctive feeling that she , in fact , wanted me to go to bed with her , and she knew I would n't — because if I did make love to her , it would be a victory for her and a defeat for me . |
| 4 | eyes on before and when it was time for me to go to bed I would be encouraged not made |
| 5 | Deep safe water was a dark royal blue , while over a coral reef the sea shaded to green or , when perilously shallow , to brown , and Thessy , peering ahead , would shout at me to go to port or starboard , or even to go backwards as fast as the motors would catch hold . |
| 6 | That 's because he do n't want me to go to work . |
| 7 | I think life is easier for me than it would be for a lot of working women because of the university creche , which enables me to go to work and sort of see my daughter at lunch time , that sort of thing . |
| 8 | How do you expect me to go to sleep after you 've told me something like that ? |
| 9 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 10 | If that 's what they want for me , Benny asked herself , why on God 's earth are they allowing me to go to university ? |
| 11 | The time came for me to go to university . |
| 12 | Allow me to go to perdition in my own fashion ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I do not accept that David Trippier is supporting the action of the trade unions , or is asking me to go to arbitration , or expects that the management , having made a final offer , should move from that final offer . ’ |
| 14 | Er , so you can say that er Mr is a friend of pensioner 's , he said , he said he would be prepared to , what I , I , I approached him and said er , what about Harlow Caring Council , are they prepared to assist the pensioners in any way or do they wish to join in on this , oh yes he said , of course Norman he said , how much are you paying er Ron I said well his asking forty pound for the , for the morning , oh he said I 'll go half way with that , then he came out and said to me , pull me up afterwards and ask me to go to leisure services about the Tuesday , and so I 'm still following that up and hopefully we will have two days on pensioner 's week , because you want to have as much impact as possible and in a few moments , when I nearly finished here , I shall be reading you something where you 'll see that it is important that we make an impact on the people of Harlow . |
| 15 | Er clue , it helped me to come to school this morning . |
| 16 | I sent her the manuscript , and she appointed a day for me to come to tea and take it back . |
| 17 | I applied to correspondence courses for writing , I joined a music workshop , and at the same time I had to rush into a job , as I came over with just one bag and no money . ’ |
| 18 | Having just finished a talk to a class of candidates for the ministry in a major denomination I was ‘ verbally assaulted ’ by the principal of the theological college concerned who picked up on a brief reference I made to Creation and Evolution and proceeded to state in the strongest possible terms that many true Christians believe in the theory of evolution and reject the biblical account of a literal six day creation as recorded in Genesis . |
| 19 | ‘ Did you have a good time ? ’ my mother asked Robert as I whispered to Lili that I found old age unclean and a disgrace . |
| 20 | Or I can I mean I intend to laser print |
| 21 | I agreed to marriage counselling but only if I could go alone , although I knew that going alone was a bit like filing fiddled expenses . |
| 22 | Lo and behold , when I got to court , this old lady was there and I felt so ashamed and so sorry for her . |
| 23 | When I got to school , Kate and Alison were waiting for me . |
| 24 | When I got to school I will . |
| 25 | Yeah I got to pub at ten to eleven . |
| 26 | I got to bottom of washing basket . |
| 27 | The rest er er standard two to standard six , were all male , but lo and behold before I got to standard five , that had all become women and the men had all gone to the into the services . |
| 28 | I got to Blackberry Hill before Duncan showed and cruised by the barrier which marked the scene of the accident . |
| 29 | ‘ Appel ’ was rescheduled for 11.00 pm and then 1.00 am ; it was almost 2.00 am before I got to bed . |
| 30 | Drove back to Naples , where I got to bed about 11pm . " |