Example sentences of "[pron] [to-vb] [subord] i [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cis wants me to go if I want to . |
| 2 | On the other hand I felt I could scarcely ask you to wait while I dealt with the strawboard — you were by this time I think just on the verge of a few conventional politenesses about my work , an awkward stage in conversations of this sort which is difficult to endure gracefully but which is even more difficult to interrupt . |
| 3 | ‘ Now , ’ he said at last , hefting a suitcase in each hand without apparent effort , ‘ can I leave you to unpack while I talk to Faye ? ’ |
| 4 | And maybe you need to be thirtysomething yourself to feel as I do about these people . |
| 5 | The soft , sweet sounds of the piano dropped round me , intoxicating me and compelling me to follow as I drifted towards the sound like a child of Hamelin . |