Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though I still argued at parties , defending Sir Stafford Cripps and the Labour Government , no one I met now seemed to be interested : they listened to my opinions because I was pretty , their eyes on the cleavage of my dress . |
| 2 | I got so committed to the story down there , and I 've got so many friends among the Muslims , Serbs , Croats , peacekeepers and peacemakers that it would be very hard to let it go . |
| 3 | I learnt this lesson some years ago when the soldier to whom I referred earlier came to Christ . |
| 4 | It was wet on the ground , + I slipped , but unfortunately the same bench that I mentioned previously happened to be in my way again . |
| 5 | I 'd just wanted to be somewhere where people knew what they were doing . |
| 6 | It was 1.30 that Sunday night , I 'd just gone to bed feeling rather worn out after a busy week and sociable weekend . |
| 7 | And er very straight-faced in fact , and she was sitting at the back of the room , and I , I 'd just said to everybody , I said nobody here 's got a life purchased annuity , have they ? |
| 8 | I 'd just returned to Mistress Philippa 's when the bell began to sound . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd even gone to the trouble of finding a real piece of rattan jog — the dried bark which gives a deep red colour to the dish — in the fifth Punjabi deli I 'd tried . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's all right , ’ Carrie stammered , ‘ she 's just gone to sleep , ’ and Hepzibah nodded and touched her chin lightly and lovingly and said , ‘ I 'd best go to her then , you stay here with Albert . ’ |
| 11 | And er , I was also asked why I had offered to and I 'd already spoken to the students ' secretary about it . |
| 12 | Well I 'd already spoken to the man who was running the course , the lecturer and he told me I could go on it , but his secretary said it was booked . |
| 13 | Besides , I 'd never taken to Agnes . |
| 14 | I 've had a girlfriend for two and a half years , but before that I 'd never spoken to a girl in my life . |
| 15 | I 'd never spoken to one till we had Louise , you know , which is not fair on us normal people … |
| 16 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 17 | I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’ |
| 18 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 19 | What intrigued me was their mutual indifference to an activity I 'd always imagined to be both intimate and passionate . |
| 20 | Except that I had n't seen him since he lay on his camp-bed and watched me sleeping naked with his beloved wife , the woman I 'd always characterized to him as ‘ sister ’ . |
| 21 | Now I 'd always said to myself , ‘ I 'll never join the Masonic Lodge , ’ and therefore I would n't join the Bobby Burns Club . |
| 22 | I did n't know that they could , but I 'd always sworn to her that I would never involve her in any way and I 've never broken my word . |
| 23 | They have good days and bad days : days when things seem relatively easy , they are on the ball , and a lot gets done , and days when they just ca n't face it and phone in sick — only to feel much perkier half-an-hour after putting down the phone , and a little guilty that ‘ I could have gone in if I 'd really had to ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd kinda hoped to be alone here tonight . |
| 25 | Anyway , I suppose I 'd better go to the surgery , if I must see him . ’ |
| 26 | tablets are finished , I 'd better go to the doc |
| 27 | " I think I 'd better go to the loo , " she said , then looked at him . |
| 28 | I 'd better go to the embassy to check if anything 's actually happened today . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd better go to bed , ’ said Leonora hastily , moving further away , but he held up his hand . |
| 30 | First I 'd better speak to Tom . |