Example sentences of "[vb infin] to [art] [noun] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your asking me as chairman of the board and I think I can speak to the board I think that the theatre has actually managed very well . |
| 2 | ‘ Apart from the damage it would do to the ground I knew it would have to be ridden every day and then if it bolted or got stuck in the mud it would be my responsibility . ’ |
| 3 | I can swear to every pie I have swallowed , to every cup of sack I have gulped , to the few good women I have met and , thankfully , to every bad woman I have slept with . |
| 4 | There is a lot left to do so can we please er try and stick to the point I have to chair right to respond should he so chose , but not about the cars in Stretton Avenue . |
| 5 | ‘ I like a woman who can keep to the time I give her , ’ Roman said as she came into their sitting-room . |
| 6 | With regard to the flats I mean , one o erm the flats have been up since the late sixties and erm now they 're gon na be coming down . |
| 7 | ‘ Let's go to a place I know . |
| 8 | Rather than let you go to the contessa I thought it wise to let you waste an hour or two at the museum . ’ |
| 9 | they were laughing and giggling up the corner and er , I mean I did go just to let them know that although I did say I would n't come to every meeting I was quite prepared to still do |
| 10 | Nothing I can add to the statement I 've already — ’ |
| 11 | I left again , before I could get to the chow I had ordered . |
| 12 | When I did get to the bike I saw it was virtually in pieces and realised that Darren had been attempting the job himself . |
| 13 | So when I knew I had cancer and was facing death , I still could n't pray to the God I associated with the churches . |
| 14 | He did not reply to the letter I left on his desk until months later , by which time he must have overcome the initial shock my flight must surely have caused him . |
| 15 | I hope too that this beautiful countryside and this beautiful college will be conducive to good thoughts , reflections and reappraisals , and if I might say to the men I hope there are not too many of the female students floating up and down the corridors to further divert your attention . |
| 16 | Keep the Looms well oiled and follow the Chronicles , I tell them , but they do n't listen to a word I say . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't you ever listen to a word I say to you ? ’ he bit out thickly . |
| 18 | Does n't listen to a word I say . |
| 19 | Does n't listen to a word I say , like , the women 's no good cos I told some things about which would really made yet more of his hair fall of the top of his bald head , I said I said look , a working women needs a working man to help support herself and her children , I said , er no , nobody is going to be able these days , a woman not going to be able to support herself on twenty hours a week , which is what Karen does , putting out bread in the Asda . |
| 20 | Worst of all , would the option to ignore the incident make me party to an action I abhor ? |