Example sentences of "to i [conj] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My friend , a widow , was on the point of saying if he could n't attend , neither could she , when it occurred to me that I had no engagements for the weekend in question . |
| 2 | He had expressed so often the depth of his love and had made it clear to me that I had given meaning to his life . |
| 3 | But it seemed to me that I had not properly answered his question and that he was really voicing the unthinking complaint of the people who lived in the little houses all over the world . |
| 4 | It seemed to me that I had become what my parents had wanted me to be , and I was getting no thanks from either of them for my efforts . |
| 5 | ‘ It was explained to me that I had a mild form which was affecting the part of the brain that triggers migraine , which is why I was having sickness attacks and blinding headaches behind the eyes . ’ |
| 6 | It suddenly occurred to me that I had been so busy enjoying myself on the Mantela that I had never even opened either of them . |
| 7 | It seems incredible to me that I had n't thought of separation before but it dawned on me suddenly one day that there was a way out and I could leave . |
| 8 | I had two , and then Gabriel was an accident , and somehow the thought that he was an accident was so insulting to me that I had to have some more , to prove that he was n't . |
| 9 | I was very green and , to be honest , when Ricky McFarlane quit St Mirren it never occurred to me that I had a chance of getting the job . |
| 10 | ‘ At the moment I am just flowing with the tide , following whatever is on offer to me that I like . |
| 11 | In fact she was so kind to me that I became brave enough to ask a question . |
| 12 | It seems to me that I wore glasses before I wore zinc and castor oil cream . |
| 13 | It seems to me that I wore glasses before I wore zinc-and-castor-oil cream . |
| 14 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 15 | ‘ And she has made the same promise to me that I made to my mum and dad . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It seems to me that I 've got enough . |
| 17 | Mummy said to me , mummy said to me that I wash him . |
| 18 | Sir , i having listened to the discussion nearly two two days , two and a half days , it seems to me that I come very firmly with the conclusion that the A f A fifty nine , the A nineteen north and B one three six corridors are simply not practical . |
| 19 | erm it seemed so disappointing to me that I mean we go to the bother of producing what a fifty odd page telephone directory and people do n't even look at it |
| 20 | ‘ You 've been so kind to me that I do n't want to put you to any trouble . ’ |
| 21 | It just occurred to me that I do n't how many children Mr and Mrs Thomas had , but the only one who 's remembered is Dylan . |
| 22 | It appears to me that I have collected his and everyone else 's quota of the annoying little bastards , so I return to my trench , wrap myself up , and sleep fitfully until I am awakened to take my turn on guard . |
| 23 | I do not think that I am claiming any particular credit if it seems to me that I have traversed writing in all forms , as best I could . |
| 24 | By 1825 Hannah More could remark : ‘ It is a singular satisfaction to me that I have lived to see such an increase in genuine religion among the higher classes of society . |
| 25 | Something whispered to me that I have never myself been converted ! … |
| 26 | I understand now , though , and it seems to me that I have no need whatever to rush into anything . |
| 27 | It is by comparison with the published criteria and all the information available to me that I have reached a judgment . |
| 28 | ‘ Because you 've explained your husband 's ideas so well to me that I accept them ! |
| 29 | What do I what is so important to me that I want to spend all this time on it ? |
| 30 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |