Example sentences of "it [prep] i [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had left it for me to finish alone on a chill blue , lonely morning five centuries later . |
| 2 | He tilted it for me to see . |
| 3 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 4 | Far be it for me to mention Huntingdon district council but that is one which |
| 5 | Is it for me to go ? |
| 6 | Far be it for me to say that this is the sort of budget that conservatives ought to applaud because it is after all , a budget that is guided by a feeling that councils should provide services and they should orientate their services to the least communities , to be guided by equal opportunities and by egalitarians and that 's what this group has always stood for , this is the budget that we present tonight and I would hope that it would get a far better and far larger measure of support than perhaps of course been the case in the past . |
| 7 | Only problem was , and far be it for me to dampen any thrashing of another team , was that Wimbledon were allowed to play for a good bit in the second half and could have come back . |
| 8 | ‘ Did n't you leave it for me to read ? ’ |
| 9 | That would be a good move — but far be it for me to advise the Prime Minister on that point . |
| 10 | I think , Bill , really you far be it for me to try and teach you your job , but you ought to have perhaps gone back a little bit and wondered why we were all in this position , because you have us in year after year talking about budgets that are made and budgets which improve services , and and we need to be absolutely clear that this budget does not improve services at all , that this budget does very severe damage to services , that the budget that has gone through the Council identifies nearly eight million pounds taken off service provision erm and that can not be done under the Conservatives by making erm a budget with the Liberal Democrats have proved that it ca n't be done , in spite of their previous comments , without pain to services . |
| 11 | ‘ Is it fer me to keep ? ’ |
| 12 | But driver safety was far from being Jackie 's only hobby horse and the first thing I noticed about Jackie — and I do n't think he 'll hold it against me to say so — was his incredible garrulity . |
| 13 | Er I did bring it with me to give to but obviously I 'll have to send it now . |
| 14 | Gasping , I pulled out my lighter and held it above me to look round the room . |
| 15 | I do n't think I would have it in me to start again with another group . |
| 16 | Nor is it to degrade the female ( far be it from me to do so ) . |
| 17 | Far be it from me to give Mr Major advice , but I would suggest that insults towards any of these people , such as his recent attacks on ‘ froth and bubble ’ Lord Tebbit , will backfire . |
| 18 | When Merrill did n't speak he said shortly , ‘ Of course , far be it from me to pry into a client 's financial arrangements , but it struck Bob as rather strange . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , far be it from me to pry , ’ Rob said loftily , ‘ I was merely paying you an indirect compliment . ’ |
| 20 | Far be it from me to speak ill of the dead but Ken Mentle , may he rest in peace , single-handedly made this club what it is today , the Accrington Stanley of Bradford Park Avenue . |
| 21 | ‘ Far be it from me to stand in the path of true love , ’ he said lightly . |
| 22 | Still , far be it from me to stand in the way of close international relations … ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Far be it from me to play the killjoy , Dudders , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Far be it from me to criticize comments made in the heat of the moment , which should be understood for what they are , cries of unendurable suffering , a passionate outburst of all-too-comprehensible anguish . |
| 25 | It seems to me that while you work initially for local councils and local councillors who should , obviously , be the people who have the power and the say , and far be it from me to recommend that you ignore or even threaten to undermine the democratic process , however imperfect it it it may it may be , you have you are working for that local council . |
| 26 | That is why I can not find it within me to sympathise with the poor punters who once besieged the offices of the Daily Mail demanding their £35,000 in prize money only to find that when the music stopped there were more winners than chairs for them to sit upon . |
| 27 | He 's only just lent it to me to use during this week . |
| 28 | The witchdoctor poured some milky medicine from a large bottle into a spoon and gave it to me to drink . |
| 29 | The technique learned during those years did n't fail him on this occasion , for he stepped forward , swung the bitel in such a way that to my amazement and also that of the onlookers , the disc just sprang up the standard and hit the gong with a resounding clang , whereupon Dad modestly collected his prize of a coconut , handed it to me to carry and we went on our way . |
| 30 | He stops short of handing it over himself , but gives it to me to give to her . |