Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] i [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so overwhelmed that I started to cry . |
| 2 | But now Ellen the time I have long awaited has come and I write to tell you that an Italian maidservant by name of Gigia who is travelling home to Florence having been in Scotland with a family who are friends of the Brownings is to come to you to collect Oreste and take him to Liverpool where she will be joined by Mr Ogilvy and from whence they will sail for Italy . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's not yet hanged and I wish to speak with him , now ! ’ |
| 4 | You may have caught me doing this some of you may have have noticed that I try to force meself not to and it 's something to remember . |
| 5 | But I 'd already decided that I had to see you again , spend some time with you , and this was one way of doing it . ’ |
| 6 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 7 | I had decided that I had to face up to the fact that John might not come back or he might be gone for a long time and that when he did come back we might not love one another . |
| 8 | It was not for some years after we had separated that I had to face the fact that the deepest part of one 's being is always inaccessible to another , and that only when we are lost in passion , eager above all else for our own gratification — yet unconscious that this is the case — that we ignore the gulf , forget that we are strangers . |
| 9 | But having sa said that I have to share with you the a key element er , in the life of the church has been the ordained Ministry of Word and Sacrament and pastoral care . |
| 10 | It will be seen that I have to arrive at figures in respect of damages in this case under a number of heads . |
| 11 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |
| 12 | More needs to be done and I want to see more focus on this key area of economic policy . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll be ruined if I have to pay ! ’ |
| 14 | It should because that was what was written and I wanted to show people what er she did n't give me , the , the letter went to the kids . |
| 15 | You go , Joanna — you know Ian Woodall , so that wo n't be embarrassing for you , but I 'm blowed if I want to meet Robert Sheldrake socially . ’ |
| 16 | I had a little money saved and I began to use it up . |
| 17 | Naturally , my master bowed and I had to follow suit , reminding myself with a secret smile that Wolsey was only a commoner and no better than me . |
| 18 | The illness did , however , convince me to accept another of the points Mrs Hill had made and I decided to apply for social security money . |
| 19 | I said I fully realised the job had to be done but I wished to protest against the shabby trick ‘ Ark Royal ’ had played on us . |
| 20 | The second bit I 've seen but I need to see the first bit . |
| 21 | On the other hand , I am a girl who likes a bit of old-fashioned interest taken in her , and I do get cheesed when I have to take second place , especially when it 's to a dead widow of seventy-odd … ’ |
| 22 | I asked , as the rain had stopped and I wished to see more of Killala Bay . |
| 23 | ‘ My ability to concentrate is limited and I have to avoid stressful situations , which is why , for example , I have not given media interviews . |
| 24 | In early 1986 , my foot finally healed and I began to train as if I was as fit as I had been before my injury . |
| 25 | Similarly , I can not be refuted if I claim to experience a religious emotion . |
| 26 | I went back again and was told that I had to send it off myself for repairs to the address on the guarantee card and pay £4 postage and insurance . |
| 27 | This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it . |
| 28 | Er I think our position is that we provide as you know , air defence through a layered system er of air defence aircraft and missiles and the simple truth is that in the light of the changes in the strategic er setting , particularly er as it affects U K air defence , we have decided that the provision of a medium defensive layer , that is the M sound system to which you refer , is not a high priority at the moment and the programme is therefore being postponed and I have to emphasise it 's not been abandoned . |
| 29 | I can surely do what I like on my day off , not be reproached if I choose to come home early because I feel tired , and secondly , as I said before , I am not playing games . |
| 30 | It was actually obvious that a burglary had occurred but I refused to take it in . |