Example sentences of "to i i " in BNC.

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1 Happy birthday to me happy birthday to me me me I 'm going someone 's going to get the I know they are .
2 ‘ Well , I 'd still like to get married , but if someone actually proposed to me I 'd probably run a mile from that as well . ’
3 When they did this to me I was quite startled , in spite of Sir Robert 's warning .
4 As the girl dances close to me I can smell her perfume and all that has gone before is completely forgotten ; the slit trenches , the mosquitoes , the wounded and my dead comrades .
5 I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched .
6 I said ‘ I am here to tell you something but if you do n't want to listen to me I am not going to listen to you either . ’
7 That you did not write letters to me I sometimes attributed to the fact that you must indeed be a secret agent , unwilling to commit himself in writing .
8 When it happened to me I just could not believe it .
9 My mum used to dress me up for church , but if it was up to me I would have wanted to wear something tatty .
10 Mr Gillis continued writing and when Alec turned to me I could see the strain on his face .
11 So my skin began to look better , my guts were giving a great , big heartfelt vote of thanks , but I went on losing weight that it seemed to me I could ill afford to lose .
12 P. P. I used to go down a street and perhaps a week previously I had locked that fellow up and I used to walk past him and if they said anything to me I 'd say , ‘ Shut up and get inside . ’
13 When he came over to me I fully expected a slap on my kisser , I being the known ring-leader .
14 … and in the short space of time allocated to me I would like you to know that this is an occasion at which I am indeed proud — extremely proud — to be present .
15 On her next visit to me I hypnotized Joyce , encouraging her to relax as much as possible .
16 My aunt had taste , and had perceived something new , unusual and pleasing , and when she passed the book on to me I was equally delighted .
17 ‘ And if the old skinflint wo n't give it to me I shall take it just the same .
18 ‘ Still , if it had happened to me I would have been angry . ’
19 Even as he spoke to me I felt very uneasy .
20 ‘ Brother , if you will send it to me I will make lots of drawings for you of the Heike , and whatever you want … .
21 One miracle to praise God for is that everything that has been sent out to me I have received ( at least as far as I know ) .
22 Never fear , if you come to me I 'll be with you ; you wo n't need no one else . ’
23 As a result of what one of the men ( the witness ) John Smith said to me I spoke to the accused etc . ’
24 Then he admitted as he shovelled manure at a tree-planting ceremoney in his Huntingdon constituency : ‘ It occurs to me I 've been up to my neck in this stuff for the last month . ’
25 ‘ But despite all the mishaps that have happened to me I 've never lost faith in the inner man and that 's why I 'm still where I am .
26 This is because in saying what something looks like to me I am not saying something about something other than the thing I am looking at , its look .
27 He 's made us really meet real people , you know what I mean , people with handicapped children , and to me I find them more real than some of my friends that live in another world , fantasising about the future , you know , ‘ What 's the kids going to be when they grow up ? ’
28 If it had been left to me I would have put him out on the street long ago .
29 The sun has crabbed their gaze so that when they turn to me I see a row of puppies squinting .
30 If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you .
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