Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " I 'm sorry , Ms. Easterbrook , that I had to ask you to come up before we were able to remove Dr. Lorrimer 's body . |
| 32 | When we met again at the funeral , I knew that I had to see you again soon . |
| 33 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 34 | I had a similar experience in the vestibule of the BBC with an interviewee from the Festival of Light who was declaiming the sins of magazines with open-crotch poses so loudly that I had to pretend I was n't with him . |
| 35 | I am sorry that I had to deceive you just now ; I am from the Military Police Special Investigation Branch . ’ |
| 36 | He said : ‘ I knew then that I had to box it up . |
| 37 | At the end of each day my pillow was so soaked in saliva that I had to wring it out on the floor . ’ |
| 38 | It was a moment when a stray thread of sledge-hammer sanity isolated itself and hit me , and I , in that scarce moment , knew that I had to protect you — from me ! ’ |
| 39 | All I knew , in the heat of that moment , was that I had to protect you from me , had to take heed of that barely grasped truth that I could n't perhaps take your virginity and then just walk away . ’ |
| 40 | I told myself that I could not — that I had to make her admit what we both knew — that she was in love with me , and always had been . |
| 41 | At last the rain held off and although the wind was a little strong I knew that I had to fly her . |
| 42 | Now that I had to get it to the by taxi and she had seven stitches put in the leg and , I had to leave her there for six hours , well then it was a taxi back home , I could n't now I am on income support , but that cost me fifty four pound , ninety five and I am paying that . |
| 43 | I went back again and was told that I had to send it off myself for repairs to the address on the guarantee card and pay £4 postage and insurance . |
| 44 | Of course , my real reason was that I hoped to get him back , but it has n't worked . ’ |
| 45 | ‘ I tell you , Charles , it was only after I heard that they 'd signed up Micky Banks that I agreed to do it . |
| 46 | When I was researching this subject , the opening exchange of conversations was so invariable that I learnt to recite it at once to save time . |
| 47 | The next morning , although he felt better , his hands were shaking so much that I refused to let him shave with a safety razor and told him that a friend was bringing his own electric shaver to lend him . |
| 48 | I read both books this year and found them so interesting and closely related , that I decided to use them for my coursework . |
| 49 | It was at this point that I decided to put her back on a loose creance , so that she could approach the lure from whatever direction she pleased . |
| 50 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 51 | So much , that I decided to draw you a piccy of your swish logo on our school 's Nimbus printer . |
| 52 | A woman 's number was at the bottom of the Time Out piece and it was with some feelings of fear that I decided to ring it , not knowing who or what I would find . |
| 53 | That I want to save you . |
| 54 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 55 | ‘ As long as you remember that I want to see you as little as possible . |
| 56 | Will you tell them that I want to take you ? " |
| 57 | There are of course some positive signs around but also a danger that I want to alert you to : a growth in what I will call ‘ designer caring ’ . |
| 58 | ‘ There 's something very practical that I want to ask you , ’ he said gently . |
| 59 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 60 | It 's just that I want to get it typed I s'pose . |