Example sentences of "i [verb] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Let me make something quite clear to you , Alice , ’ he said . |
2 | This made them wish to take me to see something more lovely on the island . |
3 | ‘ Let me explain something ! |
4 | no , no , it was just a bound to be a cos you see , let me explain something to you until you gave evidence today , certainly I did n't and maybe others did n't realize in this court room that what were looking at is that one edition of the brochure which may of had several editions , do you understand ? |
5 | ‘ Gaby , let me explain something : this is a major case . |
6 | It only remains for me to thank everyone who made this year both a pleasure and a challenge for me . |
7 | Oh , let me buy one off you . |
8 | ‘ He wants me to meet somebody and I 'm not sure I should . ’ |
9 | From my point of view it was a complete success — fun , interesting and the chance for me to meet someone whom I 'd admired from afar since I was 14 years old . |
10 | It would be quite unseemly for me to meet anyone — to socialise . |
11 | Do n't let me catch anybody else rushing about the corridor , or they 'll know what to expect . |
12 | Excuse me has anybody got the time . |
13 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
14 | I carry with me the tattered remnants of this psychic structure : there is no way of not working hard , nothing in the end but an endurance that will allow me to absorb everything by the way of difficulty , holding on to the grave . |
15 | It is now most unusual for me to find anyone with whom I can have a knowledgeable chat about day and night netting . |
16 | A New Zealander , Wilkins , who had joined the section halfway through basic training from Castelnaudary , asked me to write one for him . |
17 | As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting . |
18 | My editor , Sally O'Sullivan , was the first person to ask me to write anything other than my name on an Access receipt , and I would have followed her to World 's End . |
19 | ‘ You do n't want me to know anything about you , so why should you want to know anything about me ? ’ |
20 | I suppose I 'd best ring Scottie and see if he wants me to process something about a picture then ? |
21 | To this he calmly replied , with more charity than I deserved : ‘ Well , you should have seen what I was like before I became one ! ’ |
22 | ‘ I was n't a smasher when I started , I became one , ’ observes Miss Stetson . |
23 | Erm I s suspect that it 's er the one million two hundred and forty two thousand transfer from general operating reserve is that figure but may I make one comment |
24 | Can I make one tomorrow ? |
25 | My Lord let me speak plainly , I introduced the topic of when he was recaptured , I asked nothing about what was . |
26 | But I asked one when we ( they ) were talking about income tax and rents and rates , and Herman implied that 95% was much the same as 100% . |
27 | I asked somebody the way out and she offered to show me . |
28 | What we have said we are involved in a process which must involve both governments and all parties , whose objective is agreement among our divided people an agreement which all our traditions must give their allegiance and agreement , and an agreement which must express which which must respect our diversity , now I have kept repeating that statement since we made it and I asked anyone to tell me what they disagree with it , now the loyalist paramilitary some weeks ago said that if the I R A were to k their impression they 've given all along is that they 're just a reaction to the I R A and if the I R A were to stop they would cease immediately , I immediately put out a statement welcoming that statement by them , I also offered to talk directly to them , but they have refused er given the nature of their campaign , particularly at the moment , I begin to wonder do they want the I R A to stop ? |
29 | I asked someone , who smiled at my look of incredulity . |
30 | I asked someone , shaking his hand . |