Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I realized he wanted to call the servants , as he knew he was not strong enough to fight Heathcliff alone . |
| 3 | I realized I had to do something about it myself . |
| 4 | Once I 'd seen them , I realized I had to get to her before they did . ’ |
| 5 | The 44-year-old composer said : ‘ When they let me know they could not afford to pay more than £6 million , I realised we had to step in to save it for the nation . |
| 6 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 7 | ( I realised I had to cancel them , otherwise I 'd get the balance down a bit , then get clothes fever again . ) |
| 8 | He said afterwards : ‘ I left the line-up when I realised I had to stand and shake her hand . |
| 9 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 10 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 11 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 12 | But , thinking the process through sensibly , I realised I needed to write an essay before winning the £200 , hence I had to find a suitable topic . |
| 13 | Well , finally she left , and I saw her to her jeep with the new hair-drier which I found I had to press her to keep . |
| 14 | The strap is a strong rubber one but I found I had to overtighten it at the surface , otherwise it became loose when my drysuit seal compressed at depth . |
| 15 | I found I had to get Dawn 's weight down much more than I 'd expected , or would have wished , just to persuade her to come for the food on my fist . |
| 16 | They seemed to be mostly line-and-wash with an occasional burst of colour , and even when I got close to them I found I had to concentrate to see what they were about . |
| 17 | I found I wanted to support Sam , even though he 's old enough to sit up on his own now . ’ |
| 18 | I found I wanted to include more and more of London within one frame . |
| 19 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 20 | Mr but like I pretended I had to go and see him not because I had to go and see him just because I did n't wan na go to assembly really ! |
| 21 | — I caught her trying to brush her hair the other day . |
| 22 | ‘ So , you were parked here illegally , ’ he insisted without a flicker , ‘ and I caught you trying to sneak back out again , after having inflicted considerable damage to my car . |
| 23 | As I approached she began to smile but then stopped and screamed ‘ How can you f … ing live with yourself ? ’ and stormed off . |
| 24 | ‘ Maybe , but as I mentioned he seems to attach no importance to risk , besides which he apparently enjoys killing . |
| 25 | I mean , we 've , I 've , there was a situation these are the roads he 's taking me around now , he had me reverse round the corner which was practically blind , could n't see what was round the corner , so I was edging round , and it was on a hill so I had to do it , every time I stopped I had to put the handbrake on so I did n't roll |
| 26 | I told you had to lie on a board |
| 27 | Was n't I told you have to hold them tight and not for a minute take your eyes off them ? |
| 28 | It 's rather like er I had a plant the other day , a marigold , and it had been there for about two weeks and it was a lovely plant , and er I noticed it beginning to droop and I thought , oh well it 's finished now , it 's in a pot . |
| 29 | He zipped it up again , and I imagined him going to sit on a black plastic jerry-can to drink his own tea and have a smoke . |
| 30 | Before my father died I cast it all aside , lived as I imagined I wanted to live . |