Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he revealed : ‘ We met by accident just recently and I got to talking to him about Indy . |
| 2 | I had been told about periods at primary school when I was ten years old , but apart from that , the only information I had was what I got through talking to friends at school , because some had older sisters who had already started . |
| 3 | I started by saying to Harold that I had been told about his Honours List — I did not tell him by whom — and I hoped that what I heard was mistaken . |
| 4 | I felt like apologising to Redpath for putting him to a lot of trouble for scant reason . |
| 5 | And he spoke to me so kindly , and with such innocent enthusiasm , that I felt like saying to Jamila , Hey , he 's not so bad ! |
| 6 | It looks really , I felt like saying to him , Sid you should have made that brass then I thought no , I wo n't . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , actually I thought of going to a cinema . |
| 8 | I thought of going to Vetch Street while you were on your rounds , waiting for you , and begging you to take me back , as a skivvy , nothing more , just to be near you , however much you despised me , and hang all worthless pride , and then you came . |
| 9 | I thought of going to St Denis , but to what use ? |
| 10 | I took to listening to Wagner , but reports in magazine articles that I drank heavily are an exaggeration . |
| 11 | I may indeed remind my friend of a thought I had by referring to it as the one I had on first wakening in Venice . |
| 12 | There were certainly questions that I had in listening to the lecture and reading of the material and erm as herself said , there does seem to be something of an in own thinking about this . |
| 13 | I paused before replying to her , because if you pause before replying to people it gives them the foolish idea that you 've actually listened to what they 've said , and I said of course darling . |