Example sentences of "i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was practically begging me to agree . ’ |
| 32 | " You ca n't expect me to agree with you on every single thing , Papa , " he said , keeping his voice low so that it did not carry to Senator Sherman and his sons , who were strung out in single file on their ponies behind them . |
| 33 | I argued and complained , and refused fifty times , but in the end he forced me to agree . |
| 34 | ‘ You do n't honestly expect me to agree to that idea ? ’ |
| 35 | ‘ And you expect me to agree to all that ? |
| 36 | You do n't honestly expect me to agree to a statement like that , do you ? ’ he snapped violently . |
| 37 | However , the hon. Gentleman can not expect me to agree with his preface , in which he said that his right hon. Friend the Prime Minister had negotiated brilliantly . |
| 38 | Erm naturally enough you would n't expect me to agree with Miss that erm the figures that we 've put forward are against the regeneration strategy . |
| 39 | ‘ The trouble is that I know that all the time he 's only trying to ingratiate himself in order to get me to agree to a merger . |
| 40 | Cos people often used to say to me because I 'd , I 'd played everything you could play except golf , and , and er , and I , I , people used to say you did two men 's work and you I , I met a chap one day , this was an instance , I 'm not trying to blow me trumpet do n't think that at all . |
| 41 | He made me expose my bottom to him and he whipped me . |
| 42 | Do you want me to sew this back on for you babe ? |
| 43 | Of course , when do I go anywhere without me knitting ? |
| 44 | As the throng around me rippled and shifted , I had seen the occupants of two other , larger tables . |
| 45 | He and his friends would have me scoffed and hounded out of the county rather than see my house completed . |
| 46 | He did n't need me building up yet more false hopes which did nothing except try his patience . |
| 47 | One of his daughters takes me to borrow the telephone of a surly neighbour , who insists I pay for the call . |
| 48 | Perhaps you might even allow me to borrow one of your people as a guide around the city . |
| 49 | Nothing forbids me to dramatize the crisis by saying that the individual has found a new sense of his dignity in the knowledge that he is wholly free to choose , with the sole responsibility for his choice . |
| 50 | I want a divorce , that 's what I want , but he 'll not budge as long as he 's drawing two salaries and has me cooking for him — but I 'll not eat with him , I stick myself in that tiny kitchen in there — can you imagine the life I lead ? |
| 51 | I ca n't see me cooking . ’ |
| 52 | She 's going to ring me to confirm . ’ |
| 53 | ‘ You want me to confirm that something you feel is all right is truly all right , ’ said the counsellor . |
| 54 | These measurements were vital to Jack Mason who relied upon me to confirm where he should hit his shots and how hard . |
| 55 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 56 | ‘ No , no , let me answer that , Peregrine . ’ |
| 57 | Let me answer the second question first . |
| 58 | ( Let me answer my own question . |
| 59 | ‘ But when they ask questions , let me answer , sir . |
| 60 | Let me answer , at least this one unasked question . |