Example sentences of "i [vb base] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the experiment and experience I commend to any business man or industrialist who wants to meet the challenge of the ideological crisis of our times . |
| 2 | In agreeing , Lord Fraser told Walker : ‘ I ca n't overstate the value I attach to such assistance and support . ’ |
| 3 | That is £14 million more than previously planned , reflecting the importance that I attach to this policy . |
| 4 | ‘ I say to any pensioner in this hall or watching on the television , you have personally been robbed of over £2,000 . |
| 5 | So for success in the seventy fifth I say to any volunteer who asks me , do what you always do , stick to your tried and tested methods because that 's what you know best . |
| 6 | That 's the right approach and I suggest to this Committee that if you take the Liberal Democrat Conservative resolution that will be not a bad . |
| 7 | Cos our Darren he said , like , he says I want to that babe like , they wo n't go abroad this year with having baby coming |
| 8 | No cold water cos I want to some Ribena before I have a chocolate . |
| 9 | Mother knitted a white cotton quilt before she married , which I treasure to this day . |
| 10 | I welcome to this meeting all visitors and guest of members and in particular to the Mayor and Mayoress of Councillor and Mrs Mike . |
| 11 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 12 | I have in fact si since seeing this sent her a copy of the paper I put to this meeting , erm , having seen that , because I did n't know that she was waiting for it to the commentary with . |
| 13 | I mean you get , straight , no I object to this planning extension , looks fine , and then you start enquiring and all sorts of nasty things appear |
| 14 | ‘ No one knows more than me how much I owe to this country , how much I vow to give back to it for what it has done to me , ’ he said . |
| 15 | See by the time I get to that stage it 's too late to do any thing to send off |
| 16 | Quite often , the first clue that I get to old age anxiety is when a mature dog is referred to me with , what appears to be , an ‘ out of character ’ separation anxiety . |
| 17 | I go through the front room and then I get to this room [ the ‘ breakfast ’ room ] and I do the lunch washing up then , and I wait till they go to bed to put the hoover over this room and polish round . |
| 18 | I should make it clear that I am drawing on notions of an idealised business environment when I refer to unambiguous communication being the motive power which occasions accountability . |
| 19 | I refer to paid maternity leave , child allowance , single parent allowances etc . |
| 20 | I refer to Spitting Image ( ITV ) , which last time round was held in check until the polls had safely closed , but this time was allowed an outing on Wednesday while the electorate were still technically making up their minds . |
| 21 | I refer to this part of my life as my grey period . |
| 22 | ‘ I remember to this day coming out after tea at Jo'burg , 1948-49 , going down on to the ground with Len ; vast crowd , and this fellow comes out of it and says ‘ only 30 more for the record , boys ’ . |
| 23 | And I remember to this day , though I was so small , that mother was very angry with me , for unclothing myself before the servant , who was a very nice girl who had been with us for a long time . |
| 24 | And the telephone number I remember to this day , was Porthmadog so that shows it was at least probably the telephone to go into being in Porthmadog . |
| 25 | I appeal to this House to reject th this th this method that the Government is putting forward , it is wrong and that 's the function of this House . |
| 26 | Mr Brighton , erm before I turn to another speaker , your comment about the location of a new settlement , and the likely effect it would have on the West Yorkshire conurbation , er I presume from what you 've said is that effectively the new settlement , if you have one , its location should be such as to serve the needs of York and Greater York , and therefore the further it is away from the West Yorkshire conurbation , or the West side of North Yorkshire , the more likely it is to fulfil that function . |
| 27 | I went to me doctor as well , but if I go to that doctor with a swollen ankle or somethin' , she gives me antibiotics , if it 's me back , it 's antibiotics , if it 's a cold , antibiotics . |
| 28 | You learn just as much in the corridors , in the bars , in the grounds , talking to your colleagues , fuelling each other 's enthusiasm and I certainly , every time I go to that college , I come back home full of renewed hope , fire and passion . |
| 29 | ‘ I go to high street shops that do high fashion looks at low prices , Ms Selfridge in Belfast Oxford Street are good . ’ |
| 30 | If I go to another dentist do you think it 's worth my while writing to D H S S , saying I 've paid forty five , forty pound ninety five pence , at that dentist and can I transfer the treatment to this other dentist |