Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If those , all of those contract temps are regarded as full time people it looks like full time people are working overtime , which is why I asked you the question yesterday erm what 's the overtime bill for quotes alone . |
| 2 | Er , now , I asked you the table set have n't I ? |
| 3 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
| 4 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 5 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 6 | Er so I mean that c because er I mean they the steel balls and steel rollers go into the bin I mean they ca n't be used for anything . |
| 7 | I sold him the car did n't I ? |
| 8 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
| 9 | DAYFLOWER a strong finishing fifth in the Newmarket 1000 gns , may find conditions more to her liking at the Curragh tomorrow and I make her the selection for the Irish ‘ 1000 ’ . |
| 10 | at Christmas , I got him the beef |
| 11 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
| 12 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
| 13 | I sense it the moment we are inside the front door . |
| 14 | I told her the story . |
| 15 | I told her the story . |
| 16 | I told her the story . |
| 17 | I told her the story about the wine , that 's all . |
| 18 | That 's when I told her the rest . |
| 19 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
| 20 | I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit . |
| 21 | I told her the number straight off . |
| 22 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 23 | I told her the answer was the Sun . |
| 24 | That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news . |
| 25 | That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ? |
| 26 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 27 | I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here . |
| 28 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 29 | I told him the love and character evident in that sofa was worth at least £50 . |
| 30 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |