Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] i [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | " I can not accept lectures , " he told his guests , " because the people who pay for them expect me to attend cocktail parties at which I am caught between someone wanting to know what I think of existentialism and someone asking me what I really meant by such-and-such a line " . |
2 | Is it that ye ca n't manage the farm with yer Da away , and ye want me to take charge . |
3 | ‘ And you trust me to return ? ’ |
4 | ‘ You trust me to drive without keeping a constant watch ? ’ |
5 | ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so . |
6 | ‘ Yet you expect me to conduct the case and arrive at decisions , even order an arrest , while sitting at a desk . ’ |
7 | I 've the feeling that you expect me to say something to you ? |
8 | ‘ You expect me to accommodate you in that ? ’ |
9 | ‘ You expect me to lie ? ’ she demurred . |
10 | ‘ And you expect me to give in to it , to some biological urge ? ’ |
11 | ‘ And you expect me to agree to all that ? |
12 | Besides , you want to put me ashore , so unless you expect me to swim — ’ She broke off , gasping as the boat , no longer held fast by its anchor , swung wildly . |
13 | You expect me to detach myself from my non-bourgeois essence … to honour your gods , your fathers , your Revolution … |
14 | The counsellor said , ‘ You are describing Sarah in a very loving and respectful way — but you sound angry when you say that you expect me to pull you up for not describing her as a lover , too . |
15 | ‘ I suppose you expect me to pay for that drink , do you ? ’ |
16 | ‘ You expect me to admit it ? ’ |
17 | ‘ It is when you expect me to accept a pronouncement about men offered as fact and founded on ignorance , ’ he responded at once . |
18 | You expect me to know all the details of what is happening in a legion of divisions ? ’ |
19 | Well you expect me to warm , be warm this bloody weather , eh ? |
20 | And you expect me to keep that confidential . |
21 | You expect me to keep that a secret — from your wife , your children , relatives , superiors — the world at large , in fact . ’ |
22 | ‘ The same way you expect me to keep myself for your use now , ’ Maria snapped derisively , scalded by the shame of the knowledge that that was exactly what she was going to do , and tired of hearing about her supposed affair with Florian . |
23 | I think you expect me to spell everything out , oh , just hang on for a moment will you Barbara , fine . |
24 | ‘ And you expect me to work for you , knowing you have not one ounce of faith in my abilities as a landscape designer ? ’ |
25 | ‘ You expect me to believe that ? ’ |
26 | ‘ You expect me to believe that drivel ? ’ ranted the professor . |
27 | ‘ You expect me to believe that ? ’ |
28 | ‘ And you expect me to believe you ? ’ she asked incredulously . |
29 | You expect me to believe that the board just chose me at random ? |
30 | I 've just sat through the most incredible proposition , and now you expect me to believe — ’ |