Example sentences of "i [vb past] my " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 2 | Back at home I asked my mother why we spoke in English . |
| 3 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |
| 4 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 5 | I asked my kind helper . |
| 6 | I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen . |
| 7 | The South African case remains interesting , and I asked my doctor friend for clarification , but so far he has not been able to get any further information . |
| 8 | In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food . |
| 9 | When I asked my wife what car she wants to replace the Peugeot , she said ‘ the safest one ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ If I asked my husband about sex with other women he would give me an honest answer . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So before I go , ’ I asked my friend , ‘ which one is your top buzz of all time ? ’ |
| 12 | I asked my own surgeon how many of these prostate operations he did in a year , and he said around four hundred . |
| 13 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |
| 14 | I asked my husband to melt holes through the plastic , just smaller than peanuts and quite close together ; then he poked a couple of tiny holes through the ‘ open ’ end to take wire hangers They look like giant ice-cream cones , hanging at the window and the red ones seem to be the most popular . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd always watched it on television and I just loved the game , so I asked my mother and father if I could play . ’ |
| 16 | I asked my husband of the punishment for the young males who had participated , but he had no answer . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose it 's time I asked my cousin to leave . |
| 18 | Feeling that anything I had to say on the subject would drive passengers to reach for the inflight discomfort receptacle , I asked my spellchecker to do it instead . |
| 19 | When I was a little lad , I asked my mother ‘ who 'll be my team ? |
| 20 | I asked my father about the people in the adjoining houses , they must have lived in perpetual fog , and I remember he told me that perhaps they got their houses at a reduced rent . |
| 21 | I asked my father about his answerphone . |
| 22 | I asked my neighbour to turn down her records as I found it impossible to concentrate and she said the only way she could cope with the stress of her reality was to blast her music . |
| 23 | Now , when I took post-natal depression I asked my health visitor , you know , where do you go ? |
| 24 | I asked my mother . |
| 25 | I asked my friends to move away , and Rupert came and sat down near me . |
| 26 | I asked my vital question : ‘ Will it run on XT ? ’ |
| 27 | I asked my mother . |
| 28 | I asked I asked my clerk t to get me file something and he says , |
| 29 | I asked my guide if they made the sort of paper that was used for books ; she said they made every sort of paper . |
| 30 | On our return from the Celtic path , I asked my guide if there was anything else I should see or know about . |