Example sentences of "to i [subord] i " in BNC.

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1 It 's up to me whether I eat or not , too , but I just ca n't see myself on that diet of nothing . ’
2 I could no more pretend that the Jesus-figure , indeed the Jesus of the kerygma , is unimportant to me than I could deny the significance of my parents and my past in the shaping of my future . ’
3 Had it wandered on to me while I slept ?
4 Mrs Fairfax had written to me while I was at Gateshead , telling me that the guests had all gone , and Mr Rochester had gone to London to buy a carriage for his wedding .
5 But will you speak to me while I 'm in Weatherbury ?
6 ‘ Come and talk to me while I do the silver . ’
7 Granny used to sing the words to me while I fell asleep .
8 Come and describe Maggie to me while I get her a drink . ’
9 But I feel that I am now in the way of bringing him to me since I have a house and am no longer in service and need only to arrange to have him brought over .
10 ‘ Hampshire have been so good to me since I was a youngster here that I really want to win something again for them , ’ he says .
11 ‘ Wilhelm wo n't speak to me since I chucked his Filofax in the jacuzzi .
12 ‘ Sir , ’ I said , ‘ I 'd like to give you something to thank you for your kindness to me since I arrived at the palace .
13 ‘ This is the first time you 've attended to me since I 've been here , ’ he commented , his expression speculative as he glanced up at her .
14 one of the nicest things that happened to me since I 've been widowed is having Neil to look after not only is he an exception
15 That sounds to me like the sort of liberal view which many of John 's contemporaries would have expressed at that age , under the influence of reformers like A. S. Neill — a comparison that occurred to me before I discovered that he had been meant to attend Neill 's school .
16 That thought had occurred to me before I was hauled off to Southwold police station for the interrogation .
17 ‘ Well , the housemaid said something to me before I came in to prayers , and that just tickled me and I could n't help it . ’
18 Er now unfortunately I 'm away next week , so if if the message does n't get to me before I 've gone , it 'll be the week after that I then get back to Mrs .
19 Just suppose that creature eluded my first stream of bullets and got to me before I could kill it …
20 I 've heard that when we were going shopping tonight , they said to me before I 'd even
21 I wo n't read it all out , but it was given to me before I went into the Air Force .
22 What will happen to me after I die ? — It is in the lap of the gods .
23 Mr Mayor point of councillor letter came to me after I 'd already written which she will be aware long period .
24 ‘ I kept thinking that the bike would break down or something else would happen to me for I 've been in the lead so many times here only to be disappointed .
25 Thoughts about how the spectacles would appear to me if I moved towards them leftwards must be related in the correct way to thoughts about how they would look if I moved above them to the right ; thoughts about their being artefacts must be related to thoughts about their not existing before a certain time or not coming into existence in the kitchen as the kettle boils .
26 You 'd do the same to me if I were your wife . "
27 But as you 're obviously something else , let's try this instead : what would happen to me if I take no food and water and medicine ? ’
28 What 'll they do to me if I screw up ?
29 Cos he wo n't say anything to me if I do n't know what 's wrong
30 ‘ But what will happen to me if I still ca n't remember who I am ? ’ she asked forlornly .
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