Example sentences of "i [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | In my notes for the Raphael Trio 's Unicorn-Kanchana recording of the Beethoven Septet in the composer 's own transcription for piano trio , I drew attention to a small discrepancy between the trio version and the original . |
| 32 | In my letter dated 3rd February 93 to your predecessor I drew attention to the road works on the west side of Gubberford Lane Scorton just south of the railway bridge . |
| 33 | In The Psychoanalysis of Culture I drew attention to the megalomania of early divine kingships without , at the time , seeing its relation to the depressive aspects of the early agriculture on which these institutions were based.ll Nevertheless , it is now clear , as I hope to show , that the two opposite types of symptom do in fact appear in connection with the coming of agriculture and , which is more to the point for our present concerns , that this is a phenomenon not without relevance to the understanding of the modern world . |
| 34 | In The Psychoanalysis of Culture I drew attention to the undoubted paranoia of the fanatical adherent of solar monotheism in ancient Egypt , the Pharaoh Akhenaten ( alias Amenhotep IV ) , but at that time I was unable to demonstrate how such paranoid tendencies were related to the evolution of cultivating societies . |
| 35 | Erm , when I drew attention to this , one of the first things I did when I got elected to this council , erm , we get papers back which seem to suggest that in fact the Home Office are funding it at a level which , dare I say suggests that we might even make a small profit , er and I have in fact recently been approached by colleagues from Gloucestershire , asking us how we manage in that er , er exercise , because they 're concerned about the high cost of er , protection for certain royal establishments in their county . |
| 36 | resorting to the things I 'm sure I 'd resort to , like shoplifting or the methods of gaining money . |
| 37 | ‘ Then I came south to Royston but Queen Margaret and her party had already returned to London to collect all their possessions so I followed in hot pursuit . |
| 38 | It was at this point that I came face to face with the realisation that human beings could be studied like other animals , and I went on , past chimpanzees , to investigate the behaviour of this strange creature that I christened The Naked Ape . |
| 39 | Last winter I came face to face with one on the landing — I do n't know which of us was the more scared . |
| 40 | Turning a corner along a narrow track , I came face to face with a blustering capercaillie , as big as a turkey . |
| 41 | With lots of luck I came face to face with a round face man in uniform . |
| 42 | All these thoughts were racing through my head when I came face to face with you , and when you did n't show me out I could n't entirely understand why . |
| 43 | Pumping the flaps up to climb and re-trimming with the dinky roof-mounted trim wheels , I reduced power to Tony 's easy noise-abatement power of thirty inches and 2,000 rpm , subjugating the normal 750 feet-per-minute climb at 33 inches and 2,200 rpm in the cause of good neighbourhood relations . |
| 44 | They ask : Why should I give credence to a life that has imposed barriers on me ? |
| 45 | I 'm afraid my intentions do n't always match my actions , but I assure you I do think of you far , far more than I put pen to paper ! |
| 46 | However , a month later as I put pen to paper to record the events it all seems very clear ( but no less stupid ! ) . |
| 47 | Now , I remember , and I put sensation to the memory , but it is only a fantasy . |
| 48 | I did get around this by approaching it from the other side : I added gain to the clean modes and it all came together well . |
| 49 | Here I directed attention to three issues . |
| 50 | Unless I receive representation to the contrary I intend inviting Clydesdale District Council to the next meeting . |
| 51 | I give credit to the people of those regions who , as we have seen , are realising some of the follies of the past . |
| 52 | ‘ I give breakfast to the patients . ’ |
| 53 | In this selection of old and modern recipes I give precedence to those dishes made from the gooseberry , because green gooseberry fool is — to me at any rate — the most delicious as well as the most characteristic of all these simple , almost childlike , English dishes . |
| 54 | I give way to the hon. Gentleman , who is an endangered species on the Opposition Benches as he is one of the few who still speak their mind . |
| 55 | To get the balance right , I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Southend , East ( Sir T. Taylor ) . |
| 56 | I give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton , North-East ( Mrs. Hicks ) . |
| 57 | I am already beset by offers to interrupt my pearls of wisdom and , in deference to my good friend , I give way to the hon. Gentleman . |
| 58 | I give way to him . |
| 59 | I give way to the hon. Member for Uxbridge ( Mr. Shersby ) . |
| 60 | I give way to him so that he can enlighten us . |