Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have always counted on my fingers and still do and I had been so nervous about this that I went to classes with the ATC in Darrowby before my call-up , dredging from my schooldays horrific calculations about trains passing each other at different speeds and water running in and out of bath tubs . |
| 2 | ‘ I was told he was interested so I wrote to him asking for advice on my career . |
| 3 | You know I always let myself be advised by you , and of course I 'll bow to your judgement on this if I have to … |
| 4 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 5 | Unfortunately the op went wrong and I had to be readmitted . |
| 6 | I do n't care about my clothes — I do n't care about the money — I can steal some if I have to . |
| 7 | It very funny cos I want to , yeah , because I I had such a study on , on United States many rating systems or , it 'll into those houses like . |
| 8 | And er , and that was , er go and did this before I went to school . |
| 9 | I intend to make animal welfare one of my priorities in th United Kingdom presidency , as I made clear when I wrote to hon. Members on 27 February . |
| 10 | I missed this when I came to your house , ’ Maggie said quietly . |
| 11 | R.B. Yes , another teacher mentioned this when I talked to her and I was saying that it seemed to me that it was a blind spot . |
| 12 | I was twenty-five years old when I came to England , and I am forty-five now . |
| 13 | It began to prey on my mind so much that I went to the casualty department of Charing Cross Hospital . |
| 14 | One day , in one of these tiny streets , with shops on either side and with stalls of street vendors in front of them , the way was so crowded that I got to a place where it was impossible to move . |
| 15 | The rest was easy and I got to within a hundred yards . |
| 16 | Most slopes are outside but I went to the 30 metre slope at Calshot Activities Centre at Calshot Spit in the Solent . |
| 17 | ‘ Never been able to drink instant since I went to America the first time . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're cross because I was honest when I spoke to you that night . |
| 19 | You chose very well , I used to get really nervous when I came to Chinese restaurants , I never knew what to choose . |
| 20 | I hope you enjoy your bass playing as much as I intend to ! |
| 21 | ‘ You mean you want to be alone with me as much as I want to be alone with you ? ’ he enquired . |
| 22 | The boss sounded agitated when I spoke to him over the phone . ’ |
| 23 | The sea-mail letter arrived this afternoon , and my hands shook so much when I retired to my tent that I could hardly open it … |
| 24 | Yeah Carrie went and as she , as she left he patted her on the bum which is , you know , a bit friendly and I said to Jess well look , put it this way , cos she 's really , she flirts a lot |
| 25 | The horse was led back to its stable and I walked to the far end of the house , where there was a lawn of coarse-bladed grass , brown with the heat , some exotic-looking flowers in a stony border , and cushioned garden chairs standing bright in the dappled shade of what looked like a cherry tree . |
| 26 | And he said well I 'm pretty sure , but he said fifty , fifty and I said to him , well I said you know , you think about it but I 'd already , sort of , made up my mind that I was n't gon na , sort of , next year anyway |
| 27 | No , I make that so discreet and I said to them , on your bloody squeak on ours . |
| 28 | Everything went on as normal and I tried to be as pleasant as I could and as loving towards Anne as I had always been , but she must have noticed that a part of me was absent : simply somewhere else . |
| 29 | I said well I can do everything in the hotel trade from housemaid to housekeeper to barmaid , the only thing I have n't done is managed one but I could do that if I had to and I done , done booking of the reception and I 've done bar , I 've done diner 's room , I 've done kitchen , I 've done |
| 30 | talk like that if I want to . |