Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 2 | cry if I want to . |
| 3 | So say if I said to you , well if and I said to you , Well what could I do ? |
| 4 | What where are you I 've missed that actually the the quite interesting just to briefly ask you about th erm When we s when I saw you last time , you were telling me something about actually erm a bit about yourself how what kind of person actually saying , you know , personality , what kind of things Wh how would you actually describe yourself ? say if I said to you , Erm what kind of person are you ? |
| 5 | Yeah mm a bit like I say when I went to that dentist surgery at er Leicester |
| 6 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |
| 7 | It sounds pathetic but I 'm also still quite awestruck when I talk to famous people . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Listen , ’ I say as I creak to my feet , ‘ can I help with the washing up or something ? ’ |
| 9 | So it was with some hope that I travelled to Scotland . |
| 10 | ‘ Or wait till I get to Iquitos … ’ |
| 11 | Oh wait till I get to him ! |
| 12 | The rest er er standard two to standard six , were all male , but lo and behold before I got to standard five , that had all become women and the men had all gone to the into the services . |
| 13 | I think that 's the trouble with Christmas , I said to Rob , in a way , I said I hope when I get to mum and dad 's age I wo n't expect my children to think oh god you got to go there for you know I said that I 'd love to just once take the kids away and go somewhere |
| 14 | ‘ Listen when I speak to you … |
| 15 | Get , and I mean like I said to you today you 've still got your cough . |
| 16 | Yeah , it 's the , it 's the with the word natural is n't it that er you know people often use the word natural to mean good and right and therefore something you should do , but of course no not always I mean if I said to you death is natural , nobody here would think I was advocating suicide or that er we should n't have hospitals to try and save people 's lives I mean er when you say death is natural , what you mean is death is one of those things that we just have to put up with , we 'd rather we did n't but we 're all gon na have to face it in the end , some of us sooner than others er but erm but there we are . |
| 17 | I 've got to get that those AVCs er , I mean if I had to , if that happened , how would we pay off Brian ? |
| 18 | Bring and I chat to the r |
| 19 | My green cord trousers came next , followed by my fawn Kickers boots , lables removed as from everything I wear because I refuse to be a walking advertisement for anybody . |
| 20 | Yeah and er , I said to Jane now I said now look before I go to Preston , I want to go in the pub |
| 21 | I ca n't prove anything and I still do n't understand it all , but I know , and I know that I have to be there , have to get to Strathspeld . |
| 22 | ' It is not , therefore , presumptuous to say with quiet confidence , ‘ I know that I belong to Christ . |
| 23 | she did n't say well er my husband brought me here because it was a decision that she had parted , it was a choice she had made as well and so she , she excepts her responsibility , she excepts her blame and she goes to return so there was , there was this sense of confession and , and confession can be costly when we 've got to admit that I was wrong , I did wrong , I was mistaken , I went the wrong way that could be a costly mistake and , and , and er costly experience for us to go through , but surely the , the true sign of repent is that we do acknowledge our sin , we acknowledge our failure , that we acknowledge what it means to god , we ca n't shift that blame onto somebody else then also consider not just the cost that Naomi had to pay in going back , but also there was a cost for Auper and for Ruth as well as Moabias there would be little joy for them in Israel , they were foreigners , they were strangers , there would n't be much hope for happiness for them , there would be very little likeliness for them ever getting married in or remarrying er in , in Israel , they would n't be able to worship there own god , they 'd be taken from one culture to another , there 'd be taken from one language to another , what was it gon na be like for them , alright , perhaps whilst they were living with Naomi perhaps she could pull a few strings for them , but what happens when she goes and they are left by themselves and yet it would appear that with Naomi making her decision to return that they too these two daughters in law they decided to go to Bethlehem with her and it tells us that they set out together but perhaps they had n't thought it really through because their not totally committed to us and as they come towards the frontier and their gon na pass into in , back into Judah with their few miserable possessions that they 've gathered together , Naomi again considers the consequences facing these two young women , Auper and Ruth , they continued with her , as she pleads with them to go back home , Judah is no place for a foreigner , Judah is no place for somebody to come unless they are part of gods people , and I 'm reminded of again of what it tells me in , in the book of acts , that in the early church , that people were actually frightened , frightened to join with the disciples , they were frightened to join the church , there was no room for , for stragglers , there was no room for hangers on , there was no room for those who went just because they thought it was gon na be the next , the in thing to do , but folk were actually frightened of joining because they knew they had to put their lives right , they knew they had to live holy lives , they knew that god had to be lord and master in their lives and unless they were willing to do that and be committed to him they were actually frightened of joining and one of the great weaknesses of the church today is that it becomes and it can becoming our thinking and nothing more than just something we join , something we belong to , something we go along to er as like a club , like an association , but that 's not the picture we see it in the New Testament , it is a very exclusive body , it is a very exclusive grouping , a grouping of those who have committed themselves to Jesus Christ and that 's why not every body is a member of the local church , not every body who goes to church on a Sunday is a member of a church to Jesus Christ now they know if they are , but other people may not know , they know and the lord knows , I know if I belong to him and he knows if I belong to him other people may not , I can put on the act , I can look as though I 'm playing the part , I can go through the routine , I can , I can , I can fool every body , but he knows and I know , and he knows and you know and so Jesus said not every body who says lord , lord on that day will I acknowledge and recognize and so for Ruth and Nao er yes Ruth and Auper it was gon na be different of course for them as foreigners in Judah especially when Naomi goes and she pleads with them go back home , Judah is not place for Moabias , she knew what it had been like to be a foreigner , she knew what it had been like to be an alien land in an alien culture in a different religion with a different language she had known the bitterness of it all , she pleads with them go back home she prayers for them the lord bless you , the lord you know be gracious to you and so on , but they refused and again Naomi puts it to them , to please go back and Auper reconsiders and she takes the counsel and advice of her mother in law but no so Ruth and Naomi turns and says look your sister in law 's gone back , she 's gone home , you go as well , you ca n't do it , its a too greater price for you to pay , its a choice you must n't make , a decision you must n't make , your gon na have poverty , your gon na have loneliness , your gon na have hardship . |
| 24 | I know but I like to people are naughty |
| 25 | I know I know I know but I want to just keep going round the lot . |
| 26 | Gauge people 's reaction you know as I said to you earlier are you with that Mike because of all I had contact and I thought I saw you |
| 27 | ‘ Like as I said to the General , miss , the young gentleman 'll have to be worse afore he 's better . ’ |
| 28 | I find that I have to be honest with Mary and many others . |
| 29 | Tod and I seem to be on top of the work , and nobody has complained so far . |
| 30 | Others claim that I went to St Tropez on a tip-off , bumped into Angeli and only then struck up a deal for the Daily Mirror to have exclusive pictures . |