Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Could I make myself a sandwich , do you think ? ’
2 ‘ Shall I make him a lead , then ? ’ said Lee .
3 Shall I make you a drink would you like a tea or coffee ?
4 ‘ Shall I make you a cup of something ? ’
5 ‘ Can I make you a cup of something , Mrs Clamp ? ’
6 When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are …
7 So I asked him a question . ’
8 I asked him a question and he could answer no .
9 I , I asked him a couple of weeks or ten days back .
10 The camera was rolling and with Devonian subtlety , I asked him a succession of innocuous questions about his regional tour .
11 I asked him a little bit more about the play .
12 ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face …
13 I asked you a question , dear heart .
14 " I asked you a question , " Lee — if it was Lee , and he was convinced it was — said softy .
15 I asked you a question , you asked me a question , but I did n't leap out of nowhere and start a fight , did I ?
16 ‘ And I asked you a question , Mr Ward . ’
17 I asked you a question .
18 I asked you a question , Mr Jordan . ’
19 I asked you a question ! ’ he said .
20 I asked you a question , Mistress .
21 I asked you a question .
22 ‘ Master Physician , I asked you a question . ’
23 I asked you a question .
24 I asked you a question and I 'm still waiting for your answer .
25 I asked you a question .
26 I asked you a question , signorina .
27 I asked you a question , señorita , and I 'd like a straight answer . ’
28 ‘ Do you remember I asked you a question on your first day that you refused to answer ? ’ he said .
29 Then I forge myself a letter .
30 There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid .
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