Example sentences of "[verb] i [vb infin] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | And , that again , might be me but many of you when you 've heard me say it in a service I 've ended up with my asking at the end of a sermon asking the congregation to smile . |
2 | Eva could be snobby , that was obvious , but if I saw something , or heard a piece of music , or visited a place , I would n't be content until Eva had made me see it in a certain way . |
3 | Let me tell you as a citizen of China : Pride . |
4 | Although Shelley smiled only faintly , Byron roared with laughter and said , ‘ Let me tell you of an inscription I once saw scrawled on the wall of a low jakes in Chelsea . |
5 | All right , but let me stop you for a moment , there . |
6 | Stair thrust an arm around him , laid his head on Neil 's shoulder , and said , ‘ Let me treat you to a good ‘ un at Rachel 's , Neil , ’ which completed the destruction of any desire Neil might have had to treat himself . |
7 | So let me leave you with a few wise words . |
8 | They let me hold her for a few minutes and then they took her away upstairs to Special Care . |
9 | Let me turn you to a er a little incident that happened with the erm , in the life of Jesus , it 's in Matthew chapter nine and , just gon na read I think it 's three verses there Now let's pick it up at verse twenty seven , this is in and Jesus passed on from there . |
10 | ‘ Let me work it into a pattern . |
11 | Let me put it into a sentence : ‘ I 'm teaching English as a Foreign Language . ’ |
12 | Let let me introduce you to a nurse , a nurse called Nicola . |
13 | ‘ But dinna let me persuade you with a lot of sentimental drivel . ’ |
14 | " Now let me see myself in a glass , " Sara said eventually , and when one was brought gave a gasp of surprise , because she had not worn the high collar before or had her hair braided , and although these strange garments were a little uncomfortable and restricting she could n't help admiring the slashed sleeves , the low , square neck and the wonderful wide skirt that swept the stone floor . |
15 | I feel I know her like a sister now — she 's younger than I am — but she never told me about the twins . |
16 | ‘ Never , ’ writes Boswell , ‘ did I see him in a better frame ; calm , gentle , wise , holy ’ — with Johnson opining that the essence of the Crucifixion lay in showing to the world that even the Son of God suffered on account of sin , and in doing so , displayed how heinous a thing sin must be . |
17 | Why did I see it in a story ? |
18 | Why did I introduce myself as a sceptic about values but not about facts ? |