Example sentences of "i [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you want me to sew this back on for you babe ? |
| 2 | ‘ When I saw death coming towards me I began to think it had been a bad business for me to kill that guy . ’ |
| 3 | There were an awful lot of tedious hours for me to kill that evening . |
| 4 | This ingenious arrangement has two advantages : it scents the house with an acrid , invigorating smell of frying cloth recalling a tailor shop in the Bronx , and it permits me to tend two kerosene burners , a Franklin stove , and a fireplace . |
| 5 | Why I 've been , it will be ten months that 's all Rita , ten month it took me to lose six stone , you do n't want to lose that much do you ? |
| 6 | ‘ Clever of me to acquire such information , do n't you agree ? ’ |
| 7 | They wanted me to wear this wig , a gross , thick , nylon thing like something out of the Nolan sisters . |
| 8 | In any case , there was not enough time left for me to go that way to look for him . |
| 9 | Do you know what it did to me to see that animal on top of you , about to … ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ To allow me to see that woman in the land . |
| 11 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 12 | But if it was so easy for me to see this evidence and to talk to those who had substantial proof of their ownership of homes in mandate Palestine , surely it would be no more difficult to go to Israel , find those same homes and — the idea had a special excitement about it — to knock on those same front doors . |
| 13 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 14 | ‘ You want me to see this guy , sir ? ’ |
| 15 | She has woven her spell and allowed me to see another world , another life , a life of the spirit . |
| 16 | I was surprised it had both a sunroof and air conditioning as they seem to me to cancel each other out . |
| 17 | 12.20 : Another Social Worker asks me to arrange half-day visit to the School . |
| 18 | It was this that prompted me to scrutinize Greek tragedy and thereby gain the new view of the Hellenic spirit that I have been putting forward . |
| 19 | Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 20 | Marie told me she 'd teach me to swim one day . |
| 21 | And you would like me to provide that management ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Will you bring me to meet this man ? ’ he asked . |
| 23 | In retrospect , the greatest disservice Charles Howard ever did me was the way he had somehow made it impossible for me to trust this man . |
| 24 | ‘ The dear soul wishes to be in the theatre , ’ he told me , ‘ and her legs are good enough to allow me to encourage that ambition , though doubtless at the risk of slipping a disc or two in my back . |
| 25 | In addition , the defendants gave undertakings to the plaintiff , one of which was as follows : Any information which I have access to or knowledge which I acquire arising out of or in the course of my contract of service shall remain confidential and shall not be used by me to obtain any gain , benefit or advantage or profits for myself or for any member of my family or connected person . |
| 26 | Joy told me to find some sort of a lining , and off they went . |
| 27 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 28 | After I got back to work I realised just how many people do n't give blood in the Institute ( which is what prompted me to write this article ) . |
| 29 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 30 | I am afraid that , in your absence , a problem has arisen which makes it impossible for you and I to try this case together . |