Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 2 | I asked to speak to the person in charge of the station . |
| 3 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 4 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 5 | Yeah , I jus I skidded to stop on the back end of it . |
| 6 | ‘ Nor do I want to indulge in a post-mortem — although I suppose it 's an appropriate description , if the thing between us is now dead . ’ |
| 7 | In the light of the overall aim , set an immediate end result by answering the question ‘ What result do I want to achieve by the end of this interaction ? ’ |
| 8 | Who would I want to fight with an old man ? " |
| 9 | Imagine my shock when , just as I 'd begun thumping the bottom of the big brown pot , I chanced to look inside the bin and there , half buried in rubbish , was Cymbeline 's red plastic teapot . |
| 10 | ‘ I made to go down the stairs to see what was happening . |
| 11 | I mean to compare with an elephant dropping , it 's small . |
| 12 | later than that , it 's er I mean to go to the crematorium at quarter past eleven , we would n't be back here before twelve o'clock . |
| 13 | ‘ I mean to get to the bottom of it , ’ said Lydia , only without much conviction . |
| 14 | I mean to start as a group home , well I mean it , of all the places , A it 's not like an ordinary home |
| 15 | I do n't have time to play but , I mean to play in a concert band or anything but I might go and knock about with it for a while . |
| 16 | I would like to add that it is only the first of many Platinum Hotels I intend to open throughout the world . ’ |
| 17 | I shall also want to talk with you about the ffruit Trees I intend to plant against the wall next y Pump Court . |
| 18 | I can think of nothing less appealing than climbing into bed with you — which is why I intend to sleep in the ante-room . |
| 19 | ‘ There 's no need to share anything , as I intend to sleep by the fire , ’ she declared firmly , and punctuated her decision by draining her mug and setting it aside . |
| 20 | When , in his thirties , he took driving lessons and passed his test Dorothy refused to go out in the car with him : ‘ I intend to live to a ripe old age , thank you very much . ’ |
| 21 | That 's what I intend to use in the eh . |
| 22 | ‘ I intend to return across the Forth . |
| 23 | ‘ It was a trip of a lifetime and I intend to return to the States self-financed , I expect . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It was the trip of a lifetime and I intend to return to the States — self-financed , I expect . ’ |
| 25 | For lunch I intend to go to the Strawberry Duck pub , Entwhistle , Saturday afternoon is free for shopping in Manchester 's Arndale Centre or whatever and for the evening meal the plan is to go to the new Indian take-away which has opened near Castle Irwell — the ‘ Tandoori Cottage ’ . |
| 26 | Mrs Keating shouted , ‘ I think you 'd better know , I intend to write to the school about this . ’ |
| 27 | Judge Harry Walker , who gave Jim bail yesterday , told him : ‘ I intend to get to the bottom of this . ’ |
| 28 | I intend to concentrate on the two subjects of today 's debate , education and employment . |
| 29 | Because of time , I intend to concentrate on the European dimension . |
| 30 | I intend to start with the Dwarf Angel , and after three months I will put in a very young Regal Tang , which I would keep until it is three inches long . |