Example sentences of "i [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you want me to sew this back on for you babe ? |
| 2 | They wanted me to wear this wig , a gross , thick , nylon thing like something out of the Nolan sisters . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you shall have it as you wish , though it goes against the grain with me to see this fellow go free . |
| 5 | ‘ You want me to see this guy , sir ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Will you bring me to meet this man ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | I am afraid that , in your absence , a problem has arisen which makes it impossible for you and I to try this case together . |
| 12 | How was I to address this question — how could I , as a sociologist , come to a conclusion that anyone , whether an admirer or an opponent of the Unification Church , would have to agree was as objective and unbiased as possible ? |
| 13 | It is not dislike of homosexuals which has prompted me to tackle this subject . |
| 14 | Erm Hugh 's asked me to open this morning 's erm quality seminar . |
| 15 | Sister Susan McGuiness F.C.J. Sister Madeleine F.C.J. and Bishop Kevin O'Brien all helped me to answer this question . |
| 16 | ( Business Telegraph , August 24 ) prompts me to pen this letter . |
| 17 | ‘ Whatever pleasure it gives you can not match the pleasure it gave me to buy this trinket for you . ’ |
| 18 | Thank you Betty for helping me to win this award . |
| 19 | erm when do you want , where do you want me to put this list then ? |
| 20 | ‘ There are , I take it , inducements to — encourage me to use this drug against the Emperor ? ’ |
| 21 | That if he cares so much about persuading me to quit this house he can have it . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ You ca n't expect me to believe this sob story ! ’ |
| 23 | Well , I 'm not like that , so do n't expect me to clear this course with my magic wand . ’ |
| 24 | Irving was horror-struck : ‘ God hath put me to shame this day before all the people ’ . |
| 25 | " Heaven sent me to plough this field , and in order to do so , I must have oxen . |
| 26 | " My teachers desire me to address this letter to you relative to my education , that you may form some idea what progress I have made in different studies since last Midsummer . |
| 27 | It was the emergence of the Chinese Lesbian Group which allowed me to start this process of healing and accepting myself . |
| 28 | He thought my parents were pressurising me to dress this way , or that I 'd gone mad . |
| 29 | ‘ The Prince of Wales discovered that I was to be at Broadstairs at this time ; my cooking pleased him , ’ he added simply , ‘ and voilà , he asked for me to cook this banquet too . |
| 30 | Gombrich sombrely recalled hearing about Auschwitz while working at the BBC Monitoring Service during the war : ‘ They claimed at that time — I remember that as if it were yesterday — they claimed that at least five million people had been killed , and I remember a colleague of mine coming to me to check this figure , because it seemed impossible . |