Example sentences of "to [pron] that i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
2 | Mummy said to me , mummy said to me that I wash him . |
3 | erm it seemed so disappointing to me that I mean we go to the bother of producing what a fifty odd page telephone directory and people do n't even look at it |
4 | ‘ Because you 've explained your husband 's ideas so well to me that I accept them ! |
5 | Why is it so important to you that I admit I 'm a thief ? |
6 | ‘ Has n't it ever occurred to you that I find you repulsive — that I 'd rather be kissed by a lizard than you ? ’ |
7 | It is with no disrespect to her that I give him preference . |
8 | That was that , for if I now refused my mother would see to it that I regretted my foolishness . |
9 | In this particular instance , I casually ‘ looked through my window ’ and muttered to myself that I thought I saw ‘ some people ’ outside my house . |
10 | I could have told you years ago how I feel about you instead of trying to pretend to myself that I felt nothing . ’ |