Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 2 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 3 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 4 | ‘ I got them in some shop in Covent Garden . |
| 5 | Well I got it from that travel agents |
| 6 | Mm , we went in that , we went and got me barm cakes and a bit , a few veg and that , went , oh I bought Li Joanne a little set of er instead of an Easter egg , it 's quite nice , I got it from that shop , you know erm next to Kingston and Hutch |
| 7 | I found them in those dawn hours . |
| 8 | ‘ I approached it with some trepidation but the satisfaction of passing was immense , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 10 | And I says , it 's an old lake dwelling , and er of course I mentioned it to this chap , just switch it off the now . |
| 11 | I told her of that woman novelist who made a character in Provence ladle out onion soup , followed by bouillabaisse for luncheon , and in summer too . |
| 12 | And I told them about this job I 'd done here . |
| 13 | do you remember when I told you about that baby on the maternity ward |
| 14 | When I got back ooh you know I told you about that job ? |
| 15 | Erm I told you about that chap Michael Bell who wrote to me about using my book as play , I 'll read you his letter some other week . |
| 16 | Now , if I told you about those years , you 'd have a story to write ! |
| 17 | I told you in another part of this saga of mine that I took over a Night in No 7 Squadron from a Flight Commander . |
| 18 | On another day I provoked him in some way and he slapped my cheek . |
| 19 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 20 | ‘ I played him in many positions and he 's never let us down . |
| 21 | Mm , mm and no , I dropped them off this morning , that 's it , he 's picking them up |
| 22 | I taught her for several hours every day in the library , although it was not easy to make her concentrate on anything for long , as she was clearly not used to the discipline of lessons . |
| 23 | Although the ministers were too polite to commit themselves , even when I pressed them on this point , it was clear to me that they felt they , and their church , had been used . |
| 24 | I may say that despite my reputation of being trigger-happy where libel writs are concerned , I restrained him by all sorts of expedients . |
| 25 | And I arranged it on that day at the time . |
| 26 | ‘ They asked for an appointment , so I arranged it for this afternoon . |
| 27 | Gerald Brennan , writing just two or three years after the war , says in The Face of Spain that the slow hand-clap to attract the attention of waiters had died out , but I heard it in several places in the north . |
| 28 | The hole I drew was about nine metres out and I fished it with that length of pole and a short line . |
| 29 | I had a clear view of them from a branch of a tree that overhung the water , and I watched them on several occasions . |
| 30 | I could n't get to sleep , and I noticed in the air there was a red light flashing , and several other green lights flashing , and they were coming , helicopter noises , and er I watched them for several minutes and they seemed to be landing and one was stationary in the air , without moving , and rest were going up and down . |