Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] i [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had just received a telephone call from the barracks which informed me that officials from Horseferry Road magistrates court had phoned demanding to see me about nonpayment of fines . |
| 2 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 3 | ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently . |
| 4 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 6 | He failed to provide me with information which I had requested . ’ |
| 7 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |
| 8 | The authorities in Addis Ababa had undertaken to provide me with an escort of ten soldiers while I was among the Danakil . |
| 9 | ‘ You want to see me about something ? ’ |
| 10 | I said authenticity was one thing but did my devoted fans really want to see me on the big screen with spots a foot across all over my face ? |
| 11 | Oh you want to see me in four weeks ? |
| 12 | But er you want to see me in four weeks to see about that ? |
| 13 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 14 | If you want to hit me across the airport , I 'll understand , OK , but I 'm staying with Alejandro . |
| 15 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes I was in the depths of despair , but the other inmates helped to carry me through prison . ‘ |
| 17 | He tried to kill me for no apparent reason . |
| 18 | I asked her to come to see me on the day after her arrival and at the hour of sunset , the best time for the wonderful view that I then had to offer her . |
| 19 | He used to come to see me in the prison . |
| 20 | Adventure Training put him in contact with me and after five days Bombardier Michael Goldsmith and a subaltern had come to see me from the Outer Hebrides with a view to offering an army vehicle . |
| 21 | He rose to conduct me round the TOM complex . |
| 22 | I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol . |
| 23 | He said : ‘ They tried to batter me into taking the job , then rang me at home and tried again . |
| 24 | If they want to meet me at 8am , they can have breakfast before they arrive — they do n't need breakfast at the Savoy . |
| 25 | like an attic ; who wants to frighten me by |
| 26 | ‘ They tried to pull me into a scrum once and they invited me into the showers with them ’ — GAIL PARKER ( a lady referee ) on problems encountered when trying to control men . |
| 27 | They tried to attract me by offering tempting morsels — one offered me a Rolls-Royce with a personalised number plate — but my loyalties belonged to John . |
| 28 | Still he want to feed me for ever . |
| 29 | And damn this man he wants to wed me to ! ’ |
| 30 | The other exercises were designed to help me with a problem of co-ordination in hammer-ons and in string skipping . |