Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part of the impetus had been the growing frustration felt by women in the voluntary work committees that they and the issues which concerned them tended to be elbowed aside by men . |
| 2 | The nun who admitted them appeared to be covered from head to foot apart from her eyes , nose , and mouth , for after she had bolted the gate behind them she tucked her bare hands into her sleeves , then led the way up a gravel path , on either side of which a lawn extended as far as a further high , stone wall , its top also embedded with glass . |
| 3 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
| 4 | I do n't think I went to bed , and at first light Father O'Sullivan came into my office . |
| 5 | Er ye well er , it was when , no let me think I went to Ipswich , I did a till the First War ended . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell me , Rachel — ’ his tone was even , measured , with no trace of the tender passion of only moments earlier ‘ — why do you think I went to Australia ? ’ |
| 7 | I do n't think I reacted to this story in the way Stuart expected . |
| 8 | I 'm sorry if I let you think I wanted to … ’ |
| 9 | So round I went to Daddy 's flat . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ When I got here , ’ he said expressionlessly , ‘ I realised I needed to be in love with more than just a city . |
| 11 | I mean I got to thinking if I ca n't find any I 'm dead . |
| 12 | but I mean I went to a church school |
| 13 | I mean I went to a boarding school before I came here that was just like that but , but it was more like , I do n't know , the guys there , I had more friends that were boys than friends with the girls , yeah |
| 14 | I mean I said to Shaun on a Friday night we 'd better decide this , otherwise there 's no point in us coming through tomorrow mate , we might as well stay at home and go to the football or something |
| 15 | But it ai n't much but it 's I mean I said to our I do n't know how she manages on that |
| 16 | Well like I mean I said to him I do n't think , you know I mean it was just ideas I think he said I 'm not saying do it . |
| 17 | I mean I said to her today I mean there was this costume there and I said here get that one there I said french maid outfit , nurse 's outfit . |
| 18 | I mean I said to Scott |
| 19 | I mean I said to him oh er what he 's really got to get really is a cooker erm cos I said to him , I , I said to him if you really want to try and move in next week then you have n't got another week 's money to pay for that , you know |
| 20 | The recommendations in paragraph ten er ask you to approve the capital programme and the revenue budget and the staffing for the committee and that , that 's the increase of the one post I mean I referred to you earlier and if the committee approves this budget , will put forward to the Policy and Resources Committee on the thirty first of January which will consolidate the budgets for all the er services and make final decisions on how that 's to be and reset for the next . |
| 21 | I mean I spoke to Ken before he started doing this exercise , and I 'm worried |
| 22 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 23 | I goes I went to the end I goes look I 'll tell you all together get it over with I lost my balance and I dropped it . |
| 24 | What made I wanted to be a policeman ? |
| 25 | How long do you propose keeping me chained to my desk ? ’ |
| 26 | But I do n't know I said to her I know how to bloody manage . |
| 27 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , ‘ if you must know I went to a party , got a bit wet , borrowed some clothes and came home . |
| 28 | And erm No I thought I 'd you know I thought to myself |
| 29 | But it would n't work now : I 've got to have something to show her , otherwise she 'll know I lied to her . |
| 30 | The school itself as I say I went to er Street School . |