Example sentences of "to me [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I rang , I rang , I went to the dole office , when I went down I ask them as soon as I left Ann said the same , go down the dole when you ask about your poll tax , they said to me we ca n't give you any id , er anything , you have to phone them , council building site , I phone the council building and they asked me , that 's why I sent all your wage slips in for |
| 2 | He 'd come round and it had been so nice , and we seemed to be so comfortable with each other , not just in bed you know , and it did n't occur to me we would n't do things together and see each other . |
| 3 | This is undoubtedly an all European problem , United States , Canada , Japan , everyone else should be involved , er I think we should probably identify with the Soviet 's aid and help , hm , key projects like the conversion of military industry into consumer goods , er , like transport and communications , key areas of the economy where relatively small amounts of investment could produce big returns , and then finally it seems to me we should be extending to the Soviet Union for membership of er , international financial organisations like the world bank and the international monetary fund , whichever in criteria of course for helping countries and for integrating international aid to those countries . |
| 4 | If they 'd come straight to me we could have quietly got it done . |
| 5 | what we 're likely to be short of it seems to me we could end up being twenty four thousand pounds short at the end of the year . |
| 6 | Say , everybody was saying to me we could break in there . |
| 7 | But we we can not It seems to me we can not end up with a blank sheet of paper , and draw a set of criteria up which says it it can be anywhere here . |
| 8 | He , he , well it was a council house when he moved in and he come to me what 'd be , ten , twelve years since he says , I 've chance to buy that house he says , they want fifteen thousand he says what do you think ? |
| 9 | Well then they wo n't talk to me they wo n't take any notice anyway , if they do , I 've got a letter I can tell them what I 'm doing . |
| 10 | One of the kids asked about the foal and it suddenly occurred to me they 'd like to see all the mares , so I had them brought inside specially for visitors ' day . " |
| 11 | It seems to me they used to refer to ‘ employment for life ’ . |
| 12 | I always think that if someone tries to get close to me they must want something from me . |
| 13 | You know , she 's sworn to me she would n't have a Russian if he offered her a thousand quid . |
| 14 | So Angela did n't want to get involved — she did n't need the capital , after all — and she said to me she might do it in a year or so when Miss Huntley had calmed down . ’ |
| 15 | But it seems to me she should n't be locked up in Broadmoor , she should be somewhere where it 's more supervision , but more freedom where she can walk around gardens and places like that , erm |
| 16 | Why he imagined Walter would have written to me I ca n't think . |
| 17 | Look at me when you 're talking to me I ca n't hear you . |
| 18 | ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same . |
| 19 | And whatever he does to me I shall still have my woman-me he can never touch . |
| 20 | In the time available to me I shall answer as many as possible of the points that have been raised . |
| 21 | she immediately undercuts herself : ( " And even if you say something shameful to me I shall blame you in no way at all " ) |
| 22 | I 'm in the middle of the kiss before it occurs to me I might be dreaming , but I know immediately I 'm not . |
| 23 | I 've always been a bit of an organiser , so when I looked in on ffeatherstonehaugh 's , started to go regularly and saw that things seemed to be in a bit of a mess , it seemed to me I might usefully give it some of my time . ’ |
| 24 | Now to me I might want to know that people use language to mean more than one thing . |
| 25 | Never fear , if you come to me I 'll be with you ; you wo n't need no one else . ’ |
| 26 | " Since you have been so kind to me I 'll tell your fortune for you . |
| 27 | If you make love to me I 'll have something to look back on with pleasure and gratitude for the rest of my life . ’ |
| 28 | If he , if he says anything to me I 'll just have to tell him . |
| 29 | Pass them to me I 'll do it now , some of those fruit dishes , there 's not enough room there for the glasses , I like them then I 'll take them . |
| 30 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |