Example sentences of "to [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | This was evident to me the first time I attended a Karajan rehearsal , and even more so in the first of our long conversations . |
| 32 | An evening like most others in that house , but to me the first of a changed life . |
| 33 | I had felt at the instant the idea suggested itself to me the first glimmer of positive thought : suddenly I knew I was not going to sink . |
| 34 | These were Kirsty 's opening words to me the first time I saw her . |
| 35 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 36 | ‘ You may remember that I begged you to make love to me the first time , Penry Vaughan ! |
| 37 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 38 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 39 | I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung . |
| 40 | ‘ Oh , he was rather offensive to me the other day . ’ |
| 41 | Mr Jones mentioned them to me the other morning . |
| 42 | What someone said to me the other night is that you 've got 75% of it and that 's good . |
| 43 | Somebody mentioned this to me the other day |
| 44 | ‘ Yes , Martha 's mother , Susan Sowerby , spoke to me the other day . |
| 45 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 46 | He must have read her note to me the other day , because this is just a truncated version of it . |
| 47 | Adam gave it to me the other day so that I could lock up . |
| 48 | The swimming section was more or less brought back to mind to me the other day when they showed the old Stoke bathing place . |
| 49 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 50 | but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment |
| 51 | fax numbers and things put on but that alright let's give she came back to me the other day and said I can not get this fax through and had actually typed down the wrong fax number |
| 52 | people generator was on to me the other day cos we I insisted that it 's got two three phase outlets on . |
| 53 | ‘ Apart from your flashing eyes and passionate temper , ’ he did n't hesitate to remind her , ‘ you came over anything but frigid when you snuggled up to me the other evening ! ’ |
| 54 | It seems to me the other one was almost casual . |
| 55 | I says , do n't tell me , I said , he did the same thing to me the other day , and it were only within a couple of days of each other . |
| 56 | Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ? |
| 57 | she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ? |
| 58 | Oh gee , tomorrow right , mum has gone to me the other day oh , there 's this woman at bridge she wants someone to baby-sit for her on Wednesday nights . |
| 59 | And I used to load the boot up and bring them and load home like in the boot of my car my Sales Manager said to me the other day , how the hell did you get bright red dust in your boot ? |
| 60 | But he 's moaning to me the other week about you know , er and I bloody near said to him , well er , things have come back on you know , but I should of |