Example sentences of "[verb] i [adv] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I often wanted to be . |
| 2 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 3 | Do you know I actually listened to some of this tape and I do n't half sound different on the taped , the real me |
| 4 | Well direct sales you you know I always tried to sort of stay away from companies that you know had a reputation for that . |
| 5 | Elizabeth 's friend Maud must have said something of this sort , for I find I once wrote to her : ‘ Maud was right , I think . |
| 6 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 7 | The second category , overall impression , involves listening to all the adjectives describing the person and thereby forming an overall impression ; ‘ [ I ] assessed the overall impression left once all the words had been read out ’ or ‘ I was not conscious of using any strategy in particular at the time , but I guess I merely listened to all the traits and tried to gain an overall impression . ’ |
| 8 | I sa , I said I just went I just said to her look Hannah you do n't have to come in the car ! |
| 9 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 10 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |
| 11 | You know she said I just said to her oh how 's Jimmy sort of thing and she said he 's alright . |
| 12 | he made a joke about a blonde you see just before that , anyway and I said I just wanted to , do you know who is on so he said oh he thinks is on and that must be the from |
| 13 | Anyway , th the guy we had tonight reckoned that er he never quite got to grips with er Bernstein and he 's f and he , he apologized for being stuck in restrictive which er he could n't even remember that it was called restrictive until somebody told him but he said ah yes that 's it , but yes I never managed to he said I never managed to really get very far with that . |