Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Later I began to go to Althorp to do her hair and gradually became involved in her life . |
| 2 | I decided to economise on decor to make up for the expense of the filter . |
| 3 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
| 4 | I had to wait till dawn to see what I was doing , ’ said Peter , of Taunton , Somerset , who suffered minor injuries . |
| 5 | And often , after a day 's rehearsal , I had to listen to Shadwell telling the dinner party how well his production of The Jungle Book was going , how ‘ expressionistic ’ it was . |
| 6 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 7 | One thing is certain though ; if I had to choose between touch legering and swing-tipping for all my fishing , the swing-tip would be second choice . |
| 8 | At the same time Italian youth became even more highly organized ; on many Saturdays my schoolmates and I had to travel to Parma to attend parades in our various uniforms . |
| 9 | ‘ What happened was this : a dog ran out in front of me as I was leaving the car park , and I had to swerve in order to avoid it . |
| 10 | Even Stella , McIllvanney 's long-suffering secretary , had taken the day off , leaving the office locked , which meant I had to walk into town to find a public telephone from which I called the Bahamian Police and told them about Hirondelle , and added that I had rescued a chart and a handful of cartridges from the stricken boat . |
| 11 | I had to stand on tiptoe to reach the brass knocker , which had appeared since the previous day . |
| 12 | Okay that 's all I wanted to say about voltage gated channels then , let's erm turn our attention to so-called ligand gated channels which form rather a discrete class . |