Example sentences of "i [verb] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She laughed and continued , ‘ Piers has been keeping me entertained while I waited for you . |
| 2 | ‘ I always said that I had to put my medical career before my rugby , but the new job will not force me to retire because my colleagues are so supportive and helpful . ’ |
| 3 | Now let me think if I can think what it was . |
| 4 | Cis wants me to go if I want to . |
| 5 | Christian Aid has encouraged me to see whether it is feasible to work towards a nationally-recognized , cross-agency , accredited system of training in human resource development , concentrating on communication and campaigning skills , which would probably be organized in a modular/portfolio style . |
| 6 | Ian Mikardo approached me to see whether I would assist in raising funds to establish a scholarship at Haifa University in honour of the ( then ) late Dick Crossman , who had indeed been a man of the most friendly associations . |
| 7 | So they were there for me to see as they came in , etc . |
| 8 | He struggles to escape , alternating shouts of Stop ! at the dogs and shouts to me to see if I am still on board . |
| 9 | Shortly after volunteering my services contacted me to see if I would act as supporter for who had recently had a little girl called . |
| 10 | Late one evening in 1958 Alfred Cobban telephoned me to see if I would consider going to Cumberland Lodge , in Windsor Great Park , to work there for three years as Director of Studies . |
| 11 | A short while after the alert had been called off for the missing officer , a CID friend contacted me to see if I could help with their ‘ enquiries ’ . |
| 12 | They said , ‘ Do you want to ? ’ and I said , ‘ Not particularly , ’ but they suggested running a few things by me to see if I was interested . |
| 13 | And in the last year or so , several of the top galleries have approached me to see if I 'd consider a deal with one of their artists ; for example , Fischer Fine Art offered Gillian Ayers , and Nigel Greenway offered Jeffery Camp . |
| 14 | Yeah , you were just testing me to see if I |
| 15 | Lucille was watching me to see if I 'd produce some reaction . |
| 16 | As it was , I already knew of their resignation as both had phoned me to see if I would give them backing in a boardroom coup . |
| 17 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 18 | The three weeks that I was in the scheme for — they trained me to see if I could do the job properly , they were able to see what I 'd be like when I was doing the job . |
| 19 | You want me to see if I can find Mick do n't you ? |
| 20 | But they were , they kept on looking at me to see if I was gon na move and I thought I 'm not gon na move till you move . |
| 21 | They asked me to see if you 'd like me to bring you some . ’ |
| 22 | He needed hobdaying and was rather on the temperamental side , so she sent him to Bill and me to see if he had any ability in the dressage sphere . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Would you like me to see if there 's a doctor on the train ? ’ the conductor asked as he walked back through First Class with her . |
| 24 | Well I 've er I 'll probably go to the other Sainsburys on Saturday ah , do you want me to see if there 's one in there ? |
| 25 | I also said that erm my I expressed that the fears that I expressed at this meeting last time about er the fact that Paul and I now supervise civilian staff , er which I 've never been sat down and told what the civilians term of contract are and what I can or can not say or whatever , so erm I feel it will be quite valuable , and brought it for me to see if anybody think it 's worthwhile pursuing . |
| 26 | ‘ Luther sent me to see if it was all right , for him to come and get himself something to eat . ’ |
| 27 | They did n't allow me to sit where I chose . |
| 28 | ‘ It was rash of me to promise when I 'm constantly so strapped for cash . ’ |
| 29 | Let me perish if I know how to account for you or your humour . |
| 30 | made me laugh cos we 'd gone up to house tonight , he said he was making a real effort to be good and to and he , when he got up to house today he goes I was doing a really gentlemanly thing and saying oh thank you for a really nice evening , I started laughing well what was I supposed to ? |