Example sentences of "[conj] [vb infin] i [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 2 | So , I 'd an appointment in town at the hairdressers and for a legwax and that you do n't want to let yourself go I do n't want him to get back and catch me with my knickers down and my nail varnish all chipped … |
| 3 | ‘ So he can stay and assist me with my enquiries . ’ |
| 4 | h he 's got a , he 's coming down from Edinburgh and he wants to call in and see me about something and I do n't know what because I 've only spoken to his secretary . |
| 5 | ‘ Invite you to come and see me on your next leave , ’ she laughed . |
| 6 | Could you come down and see me in my office , please , Dorothy ? ’ |
| 7 | But listen , you must come and see me after your journey . |
| 8 | This capacity of language to crystallize and stabilize me for my own subjectivity is retained |
| 9 | ‘ But … but why did n't she come and take me with her ? |
| 10 | I was horribly afraid then that you must know and hate me for my disloyalty to Anthony . ’ |
| 11 | I intended at first only to teach her needlework to qualify her for a genteel position , for you see she has a delicacy in her person that makes it a pity ever to put her to hard work , but she masters everything so fast that now I am desirous to have to divert and entertain me in my thoughtful hours . |
| 12 | Why do n't you go away and leave me to it ? ’ |
| 13 | Good , he thought , if I really work on her she 'll go away and leave me to it . |
| 14 | ‘ And you 'll write often and tell me about him ? ’ |
| 15 | Er I 'd just like one to call up and tell me about their pay . |
| 16 | ‘ If this lady is having trouble she should come and tell me about it . ’ |
| 17 | In another ten years they can come and visit me to their hearts ' content and I wo n't object . |
| 18 | ‘ Look , do n't try and push me into anything , Julius . |