Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I sold them for the same price that I had paid myself . |
| 32 | I sold it for a reasonable price . |
| 33 | If you are looking for Monsieur Alain , I passed him on the main road . |
| 34 | That 's what I should have done but I got them in the wrong order . |
| 35 | " I could n't possibly afford the flat if I were renting it now , but I got it on a long lease just after the war , when rents were much less than they are today , " she said . |
| 36 | Oh I got it on the bloody Saturday did n't I ! |
| 37 | Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago |
| 38 | I got it with the fourth one |
| 39 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
| 40 | and I interrupted you about the casual ward , so you did n't really finish that ? |
| 41 | ‘ But when I tried it as a young kid I could n't even hit the pitch for several years . |
| 42 | I found them in an old file . |
| 43 | I found her in a large day-room where groups of elderly ladies sat in plastic-covered armchairs . |
| 44 | ‘ I found it on the barbed wire . |
| 45 | I found it in an unexpected place . |
| 46 | ‘ Oh — have I caught you at a bad time , dear ? ’ |
| 47 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 48 | So I moved it to the other side of the step . |
| 49 | He enjoys it all with equal enthusiasm , and when I visited him in a small hut on Denham airfield where he was instructing ab initio pilots in Cessna 172s I detected the same dedication , pride and affection he has for all his aviation exploits . |
| 50 | Although the dummy used to belong to me — still does , by rights — I slip it into the sucking mouth : small sacrifice . |
| 51 | Dutifully , I changed them to a complete muesli-type food which is described on the bag as ‘ Hi Protein Fitness Food ’ . |
| 52 | I caught it in the other hand . |
| 53 | One this girl traced my hand and I traced hers at the same time — I went very slowly , which triggered her ticklishness , and she laughed every time my pencil made it to the place between two of her fingers , but she was brave , she stayed put . |
| 54 | ‘ I helped her through a bad time , you see . |
| 55 | And why does n't British Rail offer a recycling facility for my old two-inch-thick timetable , when I replace it with the new edition twice each year ? |
| 56 | I phoned her on the fourth night to say goodnight to her that was all . |
| 57 | I send you into the parallel continuum with orders to collect the final statue and do nothing more . |
| 58 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 59 | It should sell like hot cakes if I knock it into the right sort of shape . |
| 60 | I provide you with a one inch to the mile map , and a box of matches each one inch long . |