Example sentences of "to i [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything points to me as the murderer , the rapist . |
| 2 | The Youngs were with the Unwins from Australia and Filmer and Daffodil shared a table with a pair Nell later identified to me as the American owners of the horse called Flokati . |
| 3 | Hassan escorted and drove me wherever I needed to go and acted as general red-tape cutter by referring to me as the English Sheikha , friend of this or that Sheikh . |
| 4 | At that stage in my life I could n't take any kind of failure , and so this latter model of womanhood was as unacceptable to me as the former . |
| 5 | ‘ Now those very first notes of Act 3 are just as important to me as the big aria . |
| 6 | although a cruise is an interesting to me as the fat poster . |
| 7 | I therefore contacted a literary agent , Al Zuckerman , who had been introduced to me as the brother-in-law of a colleague . |
| 8 | ‘ For instance , when you asked the official you met to find you some film-makers to talk to , he rung me up and spoke to me for the first time for years . |
| 9 | And at the end of the class , near the bust of Unamuno , I heard your voice calling to me for the first time . |
| 10 | Professor Ruiperez told me I need not start my classes until I was quite recovered , and the women in the office and the library spoke friendly words to me for the first time . |
| 11 | Douglas was glad to acknowledge Miller 's help and told the Royal Society that he had received some coconuts ‘ germinated in this country by the industrious Mr. Miller , by whose care and skill they were brought to this perfection ; and besides he very freely communicated to me for the good of the publick his own methods in management in raising them which I here desire may be read in his words . ’ |
| 12 | The record company had been lending it to me for the last six months , but they gave it to me at the London gig as a present because Andy MacDonald — the feller who owns the company — was so into the gig ! |
| 13 | With a Raleigh-esque flourish he threw a hanky over the unexploded missile and scraped it up , apologising profusely , before pocketing the prize and slinking off , red-faced and too embarrassed to talk to me for the rest of the evening . |
| 14 | Later I trained a kestrel which I found much less inquisitive and more likely to come straight to me for the food . |
| 15 | You aroused an interest for me in literature which has been a resource to me for the rest of my life and a source of real enjoyment . |
| 16 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 17 | For the first time I had an opportunity of seeing Barbara at work in detailed negotiations , and whatever small credit attached to me for the major idea , the scale and ingenuity that she expended on the detail and in making it possible to arrive at a suitable settlement was beyond praise . |
| 18 | Very well , convey my congratulations to General Froebe — I 'm sure he 'll be anxious to convey his to me for the sake of protocol . ’ |
| 19 | This was the start of the parrot legend which stuck to me for the rest of my career . |
| 20 | The official referred to me to the Homeless Unit . |
| 21 | And that meant a lot to me at the time because all the paintings I was doing were subjects from my childhood years . |
| 22 | On the other hand though I was really drunk so maybe I only remember it that way John turned round to me at the end and said , I ca n't understand you All the people I know , when they get pissed , they start fights , whereas you just seem really happy |
| 23 | It seemed to me at the time that this fact did not square with claims that the Bible was inerrant . |
| 24 | He had put up at a cheap pension , the Hospedaje Lisboa ( ‘ Camas , Comidas ’ — Rooms , Meals ) , where he had an even smaller room than the one assigned to me at the Colegio . |
| 25 | I got on the bus at the terminus at the bottom of Avondale Buildings and rode it back and forth to the other end of the line , sitting on the top deck , not knowing where I was or what I was doing , until the conductor came up to me at the other terminus , after my fifth trip , and asked : ‘ You all right , mate ? ’ |
| 26 | Aunt Louise came to me at the end of the summer . |
| 27 | Please rave , review and write to me at the address below . |
| 28 | Mr Harley , who made a long statement to me at the time , would doubtless have indicated if the Bawdsey site was ever raided from the sea . |
| 29 | He will be settling his own sundry bills but I would like the invoice for the room to be directed to me at the above address . |
| 30 | The non-robbed make more relaxing if complacent company and Gilles , big loudmouth that he was , gave out an air of confidence that was appealing to me at the time . |