Example sentences of "i [verb] to [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This Sunday is observed as World Day of Prayer for Vocations , I commend to your attention the materials from the National Vocations Office and ask that you bring out the theme of vocations in your celebration of the liturgy of this Sunday of Easter . |
| 2 | I believe these checks and balances built up over many years are essential to the maintenance of true democracy in this country and I commend to Your Lordships Amendments five , eight and eleven for those reasons . |
| 3 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 5 | I should like to conclude by making to you , our shareholders , the three crucial points I made to our staff on assuming the role of Group Chief Executive . |
| 6 | I repeat to my hon. Friend that , while there is cause for concern about the large spectacular frauds that have been uncovered , the Government have done more than any other with the Financial Services Act 1986 , the Banking Act 1987 , the Building Societies Act 1986 and amendments to the Companies Acts to regulate the City of London . |
| 7 | If anybody has any absolutely yes I 'll be quite happy I mean to me chairman of the trust or with management committee to meet anybody if they feel that they 've got some concern they wish to discuss I 'm quite happy to do that all I can say is that nobody has actually wro wro wrote to me or rang me to say they 'd like to meet to discuss that and I 'm quite happy to do that . |
| 8 | I mean to our organization . |
| 9 | I mean to our children , although they 've been away from Butchwana for quite a few years now it 's still home |
| 10 | I mean to my mind if they 're opening on a Sunday they should bring their prices down because they 're opening that extra day they 're going to be taking extra revenue . |
| 11 | I mean to my mind you might just as well spend your money on , what are you doing idiot , on a well made piece of furniture today like some of those we 've seen in , in |
| 12 | But have they always been able to machine it Norm I mean to my mind it 's always been sort of , you know , you buy , whatever they are like for afters and that and that 's how you use them to make your garden shed or whatever |
| 13 | Recently during a radio interview about my play Mr and Mrs Nobody , I realised to my horror that the names of its two stars , Judi Dench and Michael Williams , had totally left my head . |
| 14 | How can I explain to my son why he should persevere with regular injections when I do n't know myself ? |
| 15 | I got to our robot spaceship , jumped into it and said , ‘ Take off . ’ |
| 16 | I remember mum saying that I must not let anyone near the suitcases or accept a parcel to take with me and post it when I got to our destination . |
| 17 | ‘ I was in the States when my father suffered a stroke , and by the time I got to his side he was paralysed and could n't speak , which made communicating very difficult . |
| 18 | I got to my feet and stood by Taff at the gun , both of us staring out into the night . |
| 19 | The barn shook again as I got to my feet and made my way to the door with the feeling that the barn had been very lucky so far in not receiving a direct hit from one of the frequent mortar bombs that were exploding in and around the farm . |
| 20 | After mopping up the mess-tin with a large piece of French bread that had accompanied the stew , I got to my feet and looked around the barn . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm all right , just felt dizzy , that 's all , ’ I said as I got to my feet and collected my belongings . |
| 22 | I got to my feet and stretched . |
| 23 | I got to my feet and walked back into the apartment . |
| 24 | As she came level , I got to my feet and said hello . |
| 25 | When I got to my feet I wiped a mixture of snot and blood from my nose and looked around . |
| 26 | Instinctively , I got to my feet when the pitch , slant and speed seemed right . |
| 27 | When I got to my room they 'd already brought in my things and Karen , she 's my key worker , she helped me unpack . |
| 28 | When I got to my feet he took the injured arm in both his hands , told me to shut my eyes and start counting . |
| 29 | I got to my feet and helped them , and Nell with teasing amusement watched me fold pink napkins into water lilies and said , ‘ Well , well , hidden depths , ’ and I answered , ‘ You should see my dishwashing , ’ which were the sort of infantile surface remarks of something we both guessed might suddenly become serious . |
| 30 | I knew nothing of the facts of life until I got to my preparatory school , when at the age of thirteen , all of the boys who were leaving were summoned to the headmaster 's study . |