Example sentences of "[prep] i to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main reason for fishing the middle line of the river today is that with a head wind it is the safest distance for me to be able to loosefeed easily . |
| 2 | No one comes up to me to ask what I want , so I reckon it 's OK for me to be there . |
| 3 | ‘ She arranged for me to be companion to an old lady , the mother of a friend of theirs , for an hour or two a day . |
| 4 | It was no time for me to be getting weepy . |
| 5 | It 's a dream for me to be here making an album with them ’ she added as she arrived in the UK five months after her visit to record ‘ I Should Be So Lucky ’ . |
| 6 | Well , it is too disgusting for me to be able to tell you . |
| 7 | He was constantly being put down by his friend , and it did n't help for me to be putting his friend down . ’ |
| 8 | But then I really do n't know it 's right for me to be helping you with such dubious assignations . ’ |
| 9 | But they were too far away for me to be certain , and the blinding light could have been playing tricks on the two of us . |
| 10 | But there were eight in my family , so we could n't afford for me to be a pro — they did n't get paid ! |
| 11 | It seems that Antonietta was nearby when I fainted and arranged for me to be taken back to her house . |
| 12 | I usually set my alarm clock for five , ready for me to be away two hours later at dawn . |
| 13 | But the experience had been short and isolated and the moonlight had given it a sufficient touch of unreality for me to be able to fire my machine gun at everything I saw without scruple . |
| 14 | But it was quite a different contrast that struck me there in Alison 's kitchen : the aching disparity between the woman who stood there , impatient for me to be gone , and the one I was going home to . |
| 15 | Streets or parks are too theatrical for me to be at ease , so I make bad moves , exaggerate or , more often , under-bid . |
| 16 | The presence of the stones was quite tangible , quite awesome , and I somehow felt ‘ they ’ had given permission for me to be there . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him . |
| 18 | ‘ It 's great for me to be able to turn down offers worth £6.5m for two players in a fortnight , ’ he said . |
| 19 | I know that there will be people just waiting for me to be injured and say ‘ I told you so ’ but I am confident that , this time , it 's not going to happen . ’ |
| 20 | Lyle , who has two sons from his previous marriage , said : ‘ It is important for Jolande for me to be with her . |
| 21 | The opportunity then arose for me to be employed as a secretary to my husband — not an ideal working situation but it has been quite successful . |
| 22 | But this was too soon in my own development for me to be able to grasp the opportunity and eventually the shop closed down and Mr Farrer moved on . |
| 23 | Monika said yesterday : ‘ He needs to go a lot further for me to be happy — but these letters are certainly a start . ’ |
| 24 | Blackburn Rovers striker Alan , 22 , who was present at the birth , said : ‘ It was important for me to be there . |
| 25 | ‘ It is a tremendous relief for me to be kicking a ball around the old place again . |
| 26 | The case was adjourned for ten days , and I was allowed bail , but the hospital governors thought it best for me to be suspended on full pay until after the inquest had been held . |
| 27 | There is something for me to be mistaken about . |
| 28 | So it would be useless for me to be curious , yes ? ’ |
| 29 | Mrs Singh had been visited at home and the head had arranged for me to be present so that I could explain and reinforce any suggestions . |
| 30 | ‘ People still write about how strange it was for me to be with someone like Catherine , ’ he says . |