Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 2 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 3 | Then I asked to go straight back . |
| 4 | ‘ Then you would n't say no if I asked to take you in my arms under the pretext of inviting you to dance . ’ |
| 5 | I asked to see his identification . |
| 6 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 7 | ‘ And the reason why I asked to see you rather than your superintendent was that you looked capable of rising above it . ’ |
| 8 | I asked to see him , but they said no . ’ |
| 9 | I asked to talk to Cal again . |
| 10 | I asked to give him a lead . |
| 11 | It is clear from everyone I asked to comment that I was not alone in thinking the evening was a resounding success . |
| 12 | I asked to speak to Gina Buffon . |
| 13 | I asked to speak to the person in charge of the station . |
| 14 | I waited for her to say something else , but she did n't , so I asked to speak to Toby . |
| 15 | When I asked to speak for a moment with Miss Lavenza , a manservant showed me into a living-room and asked me to wait . |
| 16 | I asked to speak to somebody in the Highways in the Transportation |
| 17 | I asked to pass the time until the tea cooled . |
| 18 | I asked to meet her . |
| 19 | I asked to have one of the family present when I opened the safe but Gerald objects to it being opened at all without their solicitor being present . |
| 20 | I asked to come to Grendon , I did n't like it when i got here , it took a lot of getting used |
| 21 | I asked to keep her talking , but I was thinking of the scribble on the photocopies I 'd found . |
| 22 | At the age of 42 I applied to go on a two-year business and finance course and finally , after a lot of readjustment , I have just had the results — pass with a few distinctions and merits thrown in . |
| 23 | I applied to do Voluntary Services Overseas ( VSO ) . |
| 24 | I applied to join the Royal Air Force and ended up in the Pay Corps , stationed initially at Devizes for three months ' square-bashing . |
| 25 | I certainly did n't when I applied to work there . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , my parents live in Kenya and I was going to study in Nairobi , but Moi has suspended the classes at the university for this year , so I applied to come here . ’ |
| 27 | Though even to have achieved that , may I presume to suggest , might have required a certain degree of divine intervention . ’ |
| 28 | So could I presume to make just two or three points about the current ills of the NHS ? |
| 29 | What am I a-going to do til the lil owd basket come back agin ? ’ |
| 30 | Yeah , I jus I skidded to stop on the back end of it . |