Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |
| 2 | And I told her to keep the twenty for that stuff in there . |
| 3 | I told you to keep the new ones separate . |
| 4 | It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . |
| 5 | The safest course of action seemed to be to shore up the bunker and make sure I did nothing to upset the fragile eco-system that was supporting me , for however much we wanted to disguise it , I had nothing to fall back on . |
| 6 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |