Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wish to hell I 'd never sent him to your school . ’ |
| 2 | But I 'd never done it to a policeman before . |
| 3 | I had n't expected you to be a bit as you are . " |
| 4 | Their feelings were like mine and they were n't the stereotypical bulldykes I had previously imagined them to be . |
| 5 | I have found them working in ways I had never expected them to be able to . |
| 6 | I had always thought him to be egotistical and attention-seeking ; but apart from mentioning his invitation to the Dukakis Inaugural , he answered modestly , even humbly : praising his friend 's work and disparaging his own . |
| 7 | ‘ I 've already taken her to Harrods . |
| 8 | I 've not mentioned it to your mother yet , but since the thing is such a success , I think you should stay , through the summer at least . |
| 9 | ‘ I 've just invited her to my engagement party , ’ he added . |
| 10 | I 've just given them to you as background , and because you 're lovely . ’ |
| 11 | I 've just put it to the boss to see if he 's er |
| 12 | I think I 've just dumped it to the |
| 13 | I 've just read it to you , you blooming |
| 14 | ‘ I 've also shown them to some bluegrass musicians , a guitarist and a mandolin player , and they say that they 're really fast once you get used to them . |
| 15 | And indeed I can still remember that strange whispered singing , all those men singing , I can remember it , and I can remember every single one of those words even now , and I 've often quoted them to myself when I 've needed to . |
| 16 | He 's never met the Champ and I 've always wanted him to . |
| 17 | Congress , as a strong Labour Party supporter and member for many years , and my father before me , I 've always believed it to be the working man 's Party , created and born from the sweat and blood of our predecessors , and throughout many years supported and financed by the unions with our subscriptions and the political levy and I see it 's supported by the trade unions . |
| 18 | And I can tell you this : I 'm amazed at your new modern outlook ; I 've always known you to be as strait-laced as a Victorian corset and sticking to the narrow principles of that time in which you were brought up . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've never said it to anybody but you . ’ |
| 20 | I 've never done it to you ! |
| 21 | I know not , it may be that Mr is saying this is something that that never it 's never I 've never understood it to be er part of my practice or part of any solicitors practice to offer such a and if we have a solicitor er who has constantly practised in his skills for a very lengthy period of time , that is saying oh yes it is because this , as far as I 'm concerned , standard advice which solicitors should give to clients transactions . |
| 22 | I 've never asked him to be faithful to me . |
| 23 | If he 's trusted me I 've never asked him to , and I 've never promised him fealty . |
| 24 | I 've never mentioned it to my mother . |
| 25 | I have just read them to you , and they are all true . |
| 26 | But I have already warned you to be on your guard against anything that any anthropologist has ever written about kinship terminologies , so I will not pursue the matter here . |
| 27 | I have already mentioned it to my American contacts , and received assurances … ’ |
| 28 | I have n't shown them to anyone else . |
| 29 | I have n't mentioned it to Peter yet . ’ |
| 30 | I have n't mentioned it to anyone . ’ |