Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't tell what was happening so I asked them to move so I could take the coal into Granny 's house . |
| 2 | When I last met them in September , I asked them to consider urgently three specific point : first , the introduction of visible vehicle identification numbers ; secondly , the fitting of deadlocking across all their vehicle ranges ; and , most important , the development of an effective vehicle immobilising device that would make it impossible to move a car even if it had been broken into . |
| 3 | I asked him to desist not from his prayers but from his actions because I felt sure that God wanted to prepare the Anglican priest for his death . |
| 4 | However , he already knew Joy and Alan , and the kettle was boiling , so I asked him to sit down , and would he like to join us in a coffin ? |
| 5 | I asked him to explain how the Area relates to the rest of the University . |
| 6 | I asked him to go away after lunch and I asked him to go away after supper , and he went away both times . |
| 7 | I asked him to go away after lunch and I asked him to go away after supper , and he went away both times . |
| 8 | The King often visited me , and every time he came , I asked him to take off my chains . |
| 9 | Of course I asked him to look carefully at the locked room , but we did n't find anything important . ’ |
| 10 | I asked him to write down what he liked about the skinhead style and , after a few moments ' thought , he dashed off the above . |
| 11 | As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’ |
| 12 | Key was surprised when I asked him to clear up the controversy . |
| 13 | I asked her to move out at once . |
| 14 | Puzzled , I asked her to bring in both the carriage and the sinker plate to class . |
| 15 | ‘ I asked you to collaborate unofficially , ’ Bartocci went on . |
| 16 | " Now , I asked you to come over for several reasons . |
| 17 | He said , I asked you to come here when I was alone , because I 've been thinking quite hard about this . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's precisely why I asked you to come here at such a bloody ridiculous time . |
| 19 | ‘ You must be wondering , ’ said Mr Stanforth , approaching by inches , ‘ why I asked you to come here like this . |
| 20 | I asked you to stay downstairs with the guests . |
| 21 | Not for a moment do I want you to believe unthinkingly in what I say . |
| 22 | ‘ The bosses at Barnsley know what John can do and I trust them to watch over his progress . |
| 23 | When we used to sit with you in Humanities sat next to you right , and I was saying like erm erm , you were saying I got you to say so who are gon na bring down the school to beat me up ? |
| 24 | He said , and then I got you to come along , he said , and it 's all for nothing . |
| 25 | I expected them to learn how to read . |
| 26 | I saw the lie and line , and knowing what he 'd done already , I expected him to chip in . |
| 27 | the tube station cos I expected him to spring out |
| 28 | So she knew where we lived , and I expected her to turn up and claim you . ’ |
| 29 | I expected her to limp slightly . |
| 30 | ‘ I expected it to turn around , but I never could get over the hump to break his serve . |