Example sentences of "i i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever they visited me I listened to him reading . |
| 2 | One family gave me a day off every month , told me I had to be back before nine in the evening and checked my bag when I left to see if I had n't robbed anything . |
| 3 | I pull the Daily Telegraph out of my coat pocket and as Dixie explained to me I point to an article on the front page . |
| 4 | Taking Harry gingerly with me I moved to the left , towards the wall , and with great relief found that there was indeed a walkway there at about the height of my waist . |
| 5 | In Romans 12:3 Paul says , ‘ For by the grace given me I say to every one of you : Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought , but rather think of yourself with sober judgment , in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you . ’ |
| 6 | I put the remains of our dinner on the window ledge to attract them , and when one of them alighted near me I called to it , ‘ Taste this couscous , steamed and mixed with oil , English pigeon , and tell me if it 's nice . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ People in football will understand — Lennie Lawrence told me I needed to be superhuman to perform in that atmosphere . |
| 8 | As a result of what one of the men ( the witness ) John Smith said to me I spoke to the accused etc . ’ |
| 9 | I I wrote to Atkins saying as Minister for the Environment er , Please support the energy conversation bill because it 's dead good . |
| 10 | I I I thought to myself , I think you are a damn fool you know ! |
| 11 | So er I I thought to myself well I du n no , I du n no all these Newton girls have been off to Sri Lanka or or , or Zaire or wherever and you 'd you know , is n't that great ? |
| 12 | I I got to that erm question you know you said could n't do any the geometry do the rest . |
| 13 | No no I I do n't do that i I I I get to within about ten feet , on the motorway , or twenty feet on the motorway and that 's about as close as I get . |
| 14 | Erm and I think just by way of introductory comment , I I refer to the the paper that that North Yorkshire put round , N Y eleven , erm in which there there 's a far fuller discussion in there of what of what the environmental constraints are and what the considerations should be . |
| 15 | I I listened to Mr speech with some incredulity I must say , but I did listen to what he said and if what he said is true then I I find some of the things disturbing and and er I 'd like to see his figures and I I w I I that there have certainly been er two messages coming to the social services committee in in in that case . |
| 16 | No but it I mean it 's just been so long , it I I said to him , can I do this trial and he said , and i explained everything about it and he said , yes try it . |
| 17 | But I I I said to Joe well I 'm gon na phone up cos remember down Westminster that time |
| 18 | I I said to her that I could n't cope . |
| 19 | Well er I I said to young er what 's his name ? |
| 20 | Yeah well I I said to Geoff I thought about it , but I did that come to me quite quickly but Geoff could n't think of it could you Geoff ? |
| 21 | I I said to the chap he said did you have a good day , this little guy sitting next to me he answered yeah , good day yes did you see us ? |
| 22 | Well there is n't and I I said to Mike what did it look like , you know ? |
| 23 | But you see , as I I said to her I said , no Angela it 's alright is that I said , but I said |
| 24 | It 's just that that just how I I had to be . |
| 25 | Oh w when I first went to place I I had to er I had to clean er clean I had to I was like a scullery maid . |
| 26 | Well he if he has a heavy suitcase I I I go to the station yeah . |
| 27 | Well I I prefer to be employed right rather than |
| 28 | Um so erm I did have some I did have some references on this which erm unfortunately I I put to one side and I 've succeeded in losing so erm I did n't get the chance to put them on the handout but erm I 'm just alerting you to that area of debate and that area of enquiry . |
| 29 | I I object to this . |
| 30 | I I went to Dolgarrog came for me with a car and Mr could n't be there . |