Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can see the range , where it is , and where I want it to be . |
| 2 | Er , it 's like , it 's like the foreman on the shopfloor for some reason , there 's a er , in the systems or whatever , er , the warehouseman er , the night porter er , when he takes over , he knows what he 's doing , he knows what I want , because I 've spoken to him about it , erm , he knows what items I want to leave for stock people , erm , and Sue , the checkout manager , she 'll know if I want extra people on the shopfloor because we 're quiet , or I expect it to be quiet , erm , she knows where they 've got to be , and I 'll come back and review it with her . |
| 3 | Mr. Rifkind did not reply to my letter although I addressed it to him personally at the House of Commons … |
| 4 | It was not that I was so self-blind that I saw nothing to be learnt . |
| 5 | I 'm going to have some headed notepaper as soon as I can get the laser printer printing out things that I tell it to rather than printing out Courier Ten . |
| 6 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 7 | ‘ And I think it 's going to be very important that I sell it to the Congress and the American people , and that we have a partnership here . ’ |
| 8 | While he was out I had rewritten my will so that I left nothing to my ex . |
| 9 | Here we might admit that my belief is true and justified but refuse to grant that I know there to be a sheep in the field . |
| 10 | ‘ Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television … ‘ |
| 11 | My regard for her was reflected in the fact that I asked her to be my son , Giles 's godmother . |
| 12 | I made sure that I enjoyed it to the full , although it was wartime . |
| 13 | I seem to remember that I unburdened myself to you , a while back . ’ |
| 14 | I was so superior that I considered myself to be virtually beyond criticism . |
| 15 | Simmel 's work has been selected on the grounds that I consider it to be the most convincing analysis of modernity consistent with the concept of objectification as outlined here . |
| 16 | I have made no secret of the fact that I consider you to be a boy with potential , a boy I might introduce to some of the wonderful things of this world . |
| 17 | ‘ Maybe not , but if I were you , Miss Williams , I 'd make sure that I confined myself to facts in future , and the most pressing one of all is the fact that someone in this town is annoyed with you ! ’ |
| 18 | My conscience tells me that I owe it to God to be grateful to my father , who has spent his time unwearyingly upon my education , so that I may lighten his burden , look after myself and later on be able to support my sister … |
| 19 | Not that I expect you to be so baby-besotted as the people round here — with good cause , of course , as Ewan has to be a paragon ! |
| 20 | I felt that I needed someone to be with me all day and all night . |
| 21 | Miguelito said , ‘ You wish that I accompany you to your villa ? ’ |
| 22 | A number of myths have grown up about David 's relationship with me — one of them being that I wanted him to be another Tommy Steele or another cabaret star , but this was not true . |
| 23 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
| 24 | I gave him a draft of the first chapter and explained that I wanted it to be the sort of book that would sell in airport book stalls . |
| 25 | In the third place , you may recall that I escorted you to your room at half-past twelve ; but the college gates are locked at midnight , from which it follows that I would have had to rouse the duty porter in order both to be let out and to be let in again , something he will most certainly confirm I did not do . |
| 26 | He 's trying to make out that I gave it to him when I gave him a spoonful of that … stuff … |
| 27 | You are a young gentleman and I am sorry to say , not better than I wish you to be . |
| 28 | I 've been lucky : Scathach has returned only four years older than I expected him to be . ’ |
| 29 | was more valuable than I expected it to be ; |
| 30 | So I do n't know about anybody else but that 's cheaper than I expected it to be . |