Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , if I perceive you to be friendly , then I am likely to act in a friendly manner towards you . |
| 2 | When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together . |
| 3 | ‘ Good afternoon , ladies and gentlemen , it is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the magic of television … ‘ |
| 4 | I introduce you to my friend — ’ |
| 5 | I commend them to your care . |
| 6 | I commend them to the house . |
| 7 | Our amendments would er restore democratic accountability for police authorities , they would remove the proposed concentration of power in the hands of the Home Secretary and I commend them to the Committee . |
| 8 | I commend her to you without reservation — she is an outstanding professional with excellent career prospects , and will be an asset to any library authority . |
| 9 | Mr Hurd : I listened to my hon. Friend 's particularly interesting speech on that theme on Monday , and I commend it to the House . |
| 10 | Such an initiative would complement the United Nations arms register called for by my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister , and such an international responsibility is one that I believe Japan would willingly accept , which is why I commend it to my right hon. and hon. Friends . |
| 11 | I commend it to the House . |
| 12 | As such , I commend it to the House . |
| 13 | I commend it to the House . |
| 14 | I commend it to Ministers , but , bearing in mind our debates in Committee , I confess that I do not do so with any great hope that they will see sense for once and will accept this sensible recommendation . |
| 15 | The Bill is the right Bill for the job and I commend it to the House . |
| 16 | I commend it to the House . |
| 17 | The Bill matches the needs of the times , and I commend it to the House . |
| 18 | I believe that the timetable that we are proposing offers a sensible and balanced way of achieving all the different objectives , including the legitimate desire of the House to consider the Bill fully , and I commend it to the House . |
| 19 | Having visited Tullie House , I can confirm that , as my hon. Friend says , it is remarkable , and I commend it to hon. Members on both sides of the House . |
| 20 | Mr Deputy Speaker I commend it to the house . |
| 21 | I commend it to the House . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And I think it 's going to be very important that I sell it to the Congress and the American people , and that we have a partnership here . ’ |
| 23 | I repeat it to you with a sense of irony . |
| 24 | I mean nothing to either of them . |
| 25 | She 's gone , I mean nothing to her . |
| 26 | Not that I mean it to be a breathless race , but rather that I somehow do n't see life in an ordinary manner , not even this sere and monotonous existence in Africa ; granted , it browns me off sometimes , but I do pretty well on the whole ; and if I can still enjoy this incredibly austere and disciplined life , how much more shall we not enjoy life together ? |
| 27 | But I liken it to an opposition party in a parliament , or a critical press ; acting as a consclence and a brake , but not in power and unlikely to assume it . |
| 28 | And I bring it to you in the context of our conversation about junior church . |
| 29 | Dostoevsky has an impudent way of making his narrator declare ‘ As a chronicler I confine myself to presenting events exactly as they happened , and it 's not my fault if they appear incredible ’ — like the son of the house writing home about his time on the North-West Frontier of India . |
| 30 | What 's more , if I deem it to be necessary I shall call upon the Duke of Marlborough to give evidence on our behalf . ’ |