Example sentences of "[noun sg] and i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On another occasion , she wrote : ‘ We were in the bedroom and I said to mother : ‘ What is that ? ’ , referring to an overmantel mirror . |
| 2 | John Buchan was President and I wrote to him asking for his advice . |
| 3 | We always march in the parade on Armistice Sunday and this year erm I picked my poppy wreath up from the vic from vicarage and I said to the Vicar , you do n't mind if I wind some white poppies in this one do you , because it was the Earl Hague poppy you know . |
| 4 | ‘ The world championships are in the forefront of my mind and I have to be patient . |
| 5 | Because I went up to their fabric department and I want to after Christmas I 'm going to wash all the covers on the er settees , you know er the dralon . |
| 6 | I visited a college there in , in that offshore island in the Indian Ocean and met the principal of that theological college and I said to him , I asked him how the college was going and he gave the same blandness to his answer as to my question and then he said of his theological college we are still training an aristocracy for the church and ensuring the inertia of the people of God . |
| 7 | Moely was swimming after the boat and I shouted to him : |
| 8 | Marcus patted his lap and I went to him for a stroke . |
| 9 | My original career intention was to go into farm management and I went to agricultural college . |
| 10 | It 's rather interesting that the only two management er training courses I did last year , were er stress management and time management and I seem to cocked them both up |
| 11 | The lads in the Nags 'Ead were just talking about your bit of managerial bovver and I said to Rodney , ‘ Bruv , this could be my big chance . ’ |
| 12 | As I left the room I seemed to be in a school and I saw many children in the hall and I seemed to be late for a class . |
| 13 | But I 'm not a fool and I object to being thought one . |
| 14 | I do think the discussion so far and the contribution from Mr and Mr is unfairly er at this stage erm prejudicing a proper assessment of er er er a for a new settlement all the way round Greater York including the Southwest and I return to a comment I made before the break , that dualling for example of the outer bypass of the York ring road which is programmed and is , will dramatically change may well dramatically change the perception erm erm of people to the to the west of the Greater York area in respect of the area to the north east . |
| 15 | Trouble-makers were visible by reason of their demeanour and I wished to be observed as little as possible . |
| 16 | about analysis or me giving them the dream and I have to sort of like get out for myself what |
| 17 | What surprises me is I went into the lab and I said to Sharon you know , er I said we 've still got |
| 18 | ‘ We have only one question and I apologise to you , Sir Brian , but it 's a name , that 's all . |
| 19 | I feel sorry for the little girl and I suggest to the writer that she consoles her daughter by telling her that the vile custom of killing wild animals for fun is on the way out , that almost all british people feel as she does , and are determined to end such cruelty , and that she can help to bring about its end by supporting the League Against Cruel Sports and talking about the work they do to her schoolfriends . |
| 20 | ‘ The mechanics are stripping down my engine and I need to be there . ’ |
| 21 | I go , I had the lovely calligraphy pen and I put to Mr and Mrs , cos I always speak to Kevin , I know him |
| 22 | ‘ My aim to continue to build up a specialist UK and International Tennis Consultancy and I want to be associated with marketing and promotion in the sport and leisure indoor development areas ’ , he says . |
| 23 | Erm , erm , apart from the meeting last week the last , last month , er one of our mem one of our members noticed that erm we had n't got a delegate to age concern and she volunteered , that 's a Mrs would you like to okay that cos the Chairman and I speaking to her thought well this was a good idea and I have forwarded her name to age concern who 've contact her . |
| 24 | MICHAEL WINNER and I ceased to be on speaking terms after I described him as a very average director who made very average movies . |
| 25 | They did , they say they got water hammer we went into the ladies toilets and one door , one cubicle was shut and there was this loud drumming noise and I said to Brenda perhaps it 's an alarm signal perhaps somebody on the other side of that door has been taken ill and has pressed some sort of alarm signal , anyway we went out and they said oh no it 's always making that noise ! |
| 26 | She got in the bed to watch Neighbours and we came back about five o'clock and I went up the stairs , the T V was and he was erm out for count , so I left them for another hour and I said to mum |
| 27 | Now there have been some allegations flying around that there are people in the parliamentary Labour Party who want to get rid of that link and I want to categorically say that there is no serious figure in the Labour Party who shares that opinion there 's no one in the G M B group who takes that view there 's no one in the Shadow Cabinet and what is more , I know from my own personal experience , and my dealings with him over thirty years , that there is no greater supporter of the trades union link than John Smith himself ! |
| 28 | I mean normally I do n't bother with the tokens , I mean I Anyway I paid the cheque and I said to Peter I said oh by the way what about me tokens for me for me toy I said if I get a free one of them I can give it to give it to the grandchildren . |
| 29 | In the meantime , Mum and I go to St James 's Hospital and they do lots and lots of tests on me , most of them horrible and frightening . |
| 30 | Although brief and rather clinical , it was a highly enjoyable experience and I thought to myself , ‘ I must try this again some day ’ . |