Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [subord] i [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not that anyone 's going to whip me if I do n't do it — but I know there 's going to be double the quantity tomorrow , so really I 'm just beating my own brow . |
| 2 | Chip slept in a chair in the kitchen and was always at the door to greet me when I got up in the morning . |
| 3 | His leg was supported on a chair , but he made no effort to greet me when I entered . |
| 4 | certainly , and my Lord my problem is I 'd liked to see them before I cross-examine Mr the er , the next witness cos he , he was the the officer in charge of brochures , er I do n't know whether the defendants can get , the plaintiffs can get them before but er , I mention it now , the second application my Lord , er your Lordship recalls that Mr evidence is at a meeting of , he brought up his concerns about the accuracy of the inflation sentence in the brochure and a board meeting in , no board meeting to that effect has been disclosed |
| 5 | ‘ No ; the police came to see me before I had had time to make other arrangements . |
| 6 | Sister Paul would pretend not to see me as I hung about outside around the staffroom to see her pass by for the third time that day . |
| 7 | There was no one around in the hall to see me as I stepped inside . |
| 8 | Nobody was as excited to see me as I 'd expected . |
| 9 | ‘ And may I ask if she will be so delighted to see me because I happen to be a male member of the human race … ? ’ |
| 10 | I did not want the man to see me until I had looked closely at him . |
| 11 | ‘ Whatever they do will personally sadden me because I do not want to see my constituency chopped up , ’ he said . |
| 12 | , did n't even congratulate me when I walked in tonight for my wonderful singing . |
| 13 | They threatened to kill me if I did n't tell them . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , I think that this needs saying , quite calmly and objectively , in this commentary , which will not spare me when I have done badly or in the wrong spirit or left half-done , but will not either , in a spirit of false modesty , gloss over those things in my life and work which have been a success , even , mildly , a triumph . |
| 15 | Trust me when I say you should have nothing to do with such drivel — make like a tree and leave it . |
| 16 | ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ? |
| 17 | By the operation of sod 's law I would n't mind betting that this nice old man will turn out to be a lovely companion and will treat me as I like men to treat me . |
| 18 | ‘ He thinks I wo n't remember my lines , ’ thought Gabriel , ‘ or that I 'll rush them like I did last time . |
| 19 | ‘ You hate me because I have the cash , you hate me because I 'm not tied to a counter in a shop or slaving down the mines for it . |
| 20 | You hate me when I turn up in the sexy German motor , you hate me when I ca n't turn up at all . |
| 21 | A sudden misery enveloped me as I drove over to the gate leading into the field . |
| 22 | ‘ Prince Philip was interested to her that I already held the bronze and silver awards and asked me whether I had enjoyed myself going for gold , ’ said Christine . |
| 23 | He often asked me whether I had seen any strange animal or heard the cry of a hound on the moor at night . |
| 24 | He asked me whether I had thought of taking it on , and if not why not . |
| 25 | You asked me whether I thought we could trust the boy . |
| 26 | She asked me whether I 'd taken the cat to the vet , and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 27 | ‘ He asked me whether I wanted to go to Borners . |
| 28 | in fact the girl who did the mailing for them did n't do it properly so in fact it 's unlikely to happen erm they asked me because I know that since she 's now leaving the Vice-Principal through network erm and and they were thinking of getting something together like that , I did n't write this that 's not my writing but just let me tell you I do n't write a twenty- four clock , twenty-four hour clock with full stops in it |
| 29 | You asked me if I 've got , Dad , can I get that pen a minute ? |
| 30 | When all I could reply were the two forlorn words , ‘ No English , ’ he asked me if I knew French . |