Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pron] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I did n't even get up for that , I come downstairs , I made myself an orange juice he Vicked me back and me front again I tried to get back to sleep . |
| 2 | I made him an illusion . |
| 3 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
| 4 | Eventually I got myself an editor who explained to me how to write a book , more or less , and what purple prose was , and all of that . |
| 5 | They were different form everyone else because , as they always reminded each other ‘ I got you an ’ you got me . |
| 6 | Oh here look , and I got you an envelope to put it in . |
| 7 | I found it an impressive programme and I hope it will not lead Mr Heseltine to conclude that chess sets are less harmful potentially than television sets . |
| 8 | How can I trust you an inch ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I promised you an overview , remember ? |
| 10 | I promised you an overview . ’ |
| 11 | I promised you an executive briefcase did n't I ? |
| 12 | ‘ I phoned her an hour ago , and Grandfather . |
| 13 | ( Copied from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society , A.D. 1808 ) : Sir , According to your request , I send you an account of the facts I have ascertained , respecting a canal I discovered in the year 1803 in the medulla spinalis of the horse , bullock , sheep , hog and dog : and should it appear to you deserving of being laid before the Royal Society , I shall feel myself particularly obliged by having so great an honour conferred upon me . |
| 14 | I told him an hour ago Quinn had secured further proof that Simon was alive and apparently well — the sixth time Quinn 's got the kidnappers to prove that . |
| 15 | Now I 'm I mean I give you an example . |
| 16 | Now if I give you an example of a bit of behaviour where erm a situation and , and er give you an idea of how introverts and extroverts would behave in that area , that may help you to work out which you think you are . |
| 17 | If I give you an example . |
| 18 | Well the , the bed , there were no spring beds in , that came into my life until many years after , were the old straw palliasses , which were really more hygienic to sleep on than your spring beds , because you get the lumbar trouble with a straw palliasses cos it was just hip firm , I give you an instance I used to , as I was growing older I used to fold my trousers and put them under the mattress to press my trousers so I 'd always got a nice crease in my trousers , they were so solid that er you got y you did n't even get any wrinkles in your trousers in those days . |
| 19 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 20 | It wo n't do any harm , but I 'd rather not give him food for thought , because I consider him an idiot and I do n't think he 's capable of interpreting it correctly . |
| 21 | However , I consider myself an expert in the art of assassination and murder and , I tell you this , violent death always comes quietly . |
| 22 | ‘ It was very hard work for that sort of money and I consider it an insult , ’ Austin said of the earlier award . |
| 23 | ‘ By the way , ’ Aranyos was continuing , so completely in his usual languid manner that Karelius could have been imagining things , ‘ I suppose I owe you an explanation about Louise Müller . |
| 24 | " I owe you an explanation ? " |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm afraid I owe you an apology , Mr. Preston . |
| 26 | Either you have not shown these plans elsewhere , in which case I owe you an apology … or you have touted them round , and the fools ca n't see what 's in front of them . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I owe you an apology , ’ Donna said , pushing her plate away and dabbing at the corners of her mouth with a napkin . |
| 28 | ‘ I owe you an apology , Alex . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ It appears I owe you an apology . ’ |
| 30 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |