Example sentences of "[subord] i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | Erm one interesting point about overtime and temps er generally is that temps apparently unl are costing us around about fourteen K with overheads which is a lot more than I believed to be the case . |
| 32 | ‘ I said more than I meant to , ’ he said . |
| 33 | Having said this , let me try to make clear what I do not mean to be claiming in this section , lest I be taken to be arguing for more than I intend to be . |
| 34 | I sound more scared than I want to . |
| 35 | Two hours later I am mentioning to Tony that I have been to Tromsø airport more times than I have to Gatwick . |
| 36 | ‘ More than I have to anyone else . |
| 37 | But I 'm not remaining in your debt one second longer than I have to . |
| 38 | But I 'll tell you this , ’ she glared at him , her heart pounding , ‘ I 'd rather work around the clock to get the money back to my father in time than spend one minute longer than I have to with a selfish , bad-tempered misery who was obviously born an expert at everything . ’ |
| 39 | I 've no intention of staying over there longer than I have to , and Sorrel 's away for the weekend herself . ’ |
| 40 | I mean I do n't want to enhance the cost of that any more than I have to . |
| 41 | I do n't wish to offend you any more than I need to … ’ |
| 42 | Other readers may respond more positively than I do to these over-leisurely presumptions on their interest . |
| 43 | Despite the intelligent coupling , this set can not be recommended except to those who respond more positively than I do to Giulini 's rather limp direction ( ) |
| 44 | In fact , it was earlier than I wanted to be in front , but then he galloped on in his stride all the way to the line . |
| 45 | It impelled me to request Eliot , for the first time of more times than I care to remember-as it was a chore which I have been obliged to shoulder often enough myself-to act as a referee . |
| 46 | it 's that kind of thing , rather than I suppose to the theatre way , you know , you , you react much more spontaneously , so I thought that was an interesting thing that thing |
| 47 | I could n't afford drink , so I resorted to Karen instead . |
| 48 | As it was close by I decided to pay Frank Dick a visit at the Board 's offices , so I ran to Francis House , but I was told that he was n't there . |
| 49 | Joseph told me to fetch the doctor , so I ran to the village , although I knew it was too late . |
| 50 | I could not see my mother sine she had got herself well hidden behind my father so I rushed to the house , through the open french windows , saw my wife sideways on to me gazing at a blank wall and screamed , " See what 's happening — our baby to be plastered over half of some alien landscape ! |
| 51 | I want to go through in chronological order , so I turn to the back of the stack and find the lowest deposit , the first record of the new Unit . |
| 52 | I do n't want him to worry , so I try to be bright and keep going . ’ |
| 53 | Now in those days you never got an album deal from a record company unless you had a hit single , but I made up my mind that the sort of stuff he had would make a very good album , so I went to Decca with that view in mind , trying to get an album deal , and did get a deal for him . |
| 54 | I felt really faint so I went to the pub at the end of the road where your office is — ca n't remember its name . |
| 55 | Mr Jones , my old PE teacher , had advised me to join an athletics club , so I went to West London Stadium , not far up from the old White City and adjacent to Wormwood Scrubs Prison . |
| 56 | Poppy had managed to gather quite a collection of workmen 's boots , so I went to the pet shop and bought her some toys , which she loved playing with . |
| 57 | He said we should meet for lunch so I went to his office . |
| 58 | But I could n't get my camera to work — I hardly ever used the thing — so I went to Derek 's house one day to ask his advice on how to operate it . |
| 59 | I did n't have any others so I went to the police station in stocking feet . |
| 60 | About eight o'clock they were getting very bad so I went to bed . |