Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] she [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried to telephone her this morning at the flat but there was no reply . |
| 2 | ‘ I tried to tell her that , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Hilda , he wrote , when I ventured to tell her all her troubles were her own fault : You are so cold . |
| 4 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 5 | ‘ The day when I attached less importance to ( my stepdaughter ) liking me than to her respecting me , I began to treat her more as I would my own child . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I went to see her this morning like you said . |
| 7 | The colours and smells of the market were sharp : the oranges and plantain , the T-shirts , toys and tea towels bright and startling — the smells almost drowned me ; and every week I visited her I learned to trust her more , dared to feel more of my feelings , instead of eating them away . |
| 8 | Like I had to give her some top priorities yesterday as she was n't going to be about . |
| 9 | Now , I have to visit her one more time . |
| 10 | At the same time , I was refusing for her to be brought to the prison because although I wanted to see her more than anything , I was damn sure she was n't going to come to prison and see me . |
| 11 | I wanted to tell her this was n't quite true , that I had had no choice , but her grey , tired look stopped me : it would hurt her too much , I thought , to feel I had not trusted her with the truth in the beginning . |