Example sentences of "to [pos pn] [noun] [subord] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Enya , who is at No. 11 with the haunting Book Of Days , reveals : ‘ I had hair down to my waist until I was 18 , then one day I cut it all off . |
| 2 | And now I 've given way to my emotions when I swore to my father I never would . |
| 3 | Even a woman like you wo n't want to be responsible for what could happen to my sister if I do n't find him soon . ’ |
| 4 | By then she was talking to my back as I headed downstairs again to the communal phone on the wall . |
| 5 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 6 | I would not hand this in to my superior lest I would become a victim of the purges myself . |
| 7 | He came to my door while I was having my tea . |
| 8 | Francis , flanked by secretary Graham Mackrell , who was waving the fax above his head , said : ‘ I did n't even refer the offer to my chairman because I have a mandate that David is not for sale . |
| 9 | ‘ I take it that means you 're still agreeable to my company when I can make it ? ’ |
| 10 | There was no answer to my knock so I went round to the side door facing the canal . |
| 11 | Now I go back to my home where I came from . |
| 12 | She told TODAY last night : ‘ He came to my home when I was alone and I went to his surgery . |
| 13 | I get the T T G delivered to my home cos I subscribe for it and I get the business one that you do when |
| 14 | In fact as soon as I walked in I was n't allowed to go to my desk until I promised her I would get the computer out |
| 15 | Something permanent happened to my heart when I watched him , a tough street kid , cooing over his offspring . |
| 16 | Its reflection on the water surface of the river at Abingdon advanced towards me , in this case not exactly to my feet because I was up on the bridge , but whatever else I managed to achieve in the picture I had to make this plane of the river advance . |
| 17 | I know this to my cost as I spent the next few days discovering which Stain Devil cleaning stick was needed to remove most of my portion from Sunil 's white bathroom carpet . |
| 18 | I do n't want that to happen to my daughter so I smacked her for stealing and lying . ’ |
| 19 | I was looking forward to my day because I would be getting my monthly allowance of thirty pounds from my mum . |
| 20 | Of course I must add that the concept of ethnicity is available to them , as it would not be available to my neighbours if I bought a cottage in Suffolk , unless they were anti-Semitic . |
| 21 | I was pointing it out to my passengers when I heard ‘ Mayday ! |
| 22 | They were still talking when I continued on my way back to my roomette where I sat in comfortable privacy for a while reading the timetable and also reflecting that although I still had no answers to the old questions , I now had a whole crop of new ones , the most urgent being whether or not Filmer had already known the Youngs were friends of Ezra Gideon . |
| 23 | There 's a few examples here , Mother Theresa was one that sprung sprang to my mind when I was thinking it through . |
| 24 | Happiness was not the first quality to come to my mind when I thought of Jennifer and Christopher . |
| 25 | The cap badge with its St Andrew 's Cross split in two brought a lump to my throat as I stood rooted to the spot . |
| 26 | The charming compliment implied by the phrase ‘ funny man ’ was enough to give an extra spring to my wrist as I dunked my toast soldier into my Sunday morning boiled egg . |
| 27 | Well , the thing is , Pop Will Eat Itself used to come down to my place when I first had it and absolutely f— the place up . |
| 28 | I felt the blood rush to my face as I heard her name . |
| 29 | It 's better when you send me to my room when I 'm naughty . |
| 30 | Kathy Rooney had to leave me one night when we were dining at the Kensington Hilton , so she took me to the porter to arrange for him to take me upstairs to my room when I was ready . |