Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I told her the brutal truth — how I 'd tried to buy a love-nest for us and got involved with the wrong property men . |
| 32 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 33 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
| 34 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 35 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 36 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 37 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 38 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 39 | I told you the first Michele had it specially made . |
| 40 | But I , you know , I told you the front brakes they er snapped the middle and all this . |
| 41 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 42 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 43 | Shall I show you the big needle ? |
| 44 | I welcome what the hon. Gentleman says . |
| 45 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 46 | ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 47 | I noted what the hon. Gentleman said in his biblical reference ; it occurred to me that he should be a little more careful when talking about St. Paul . |
| 48 | Shall I give him the hundred ? |
| 49 | I think that I put it the other way round last time . |
| 50 | ‘ Let it work its way through him , ’ said Ellen to Brenda , ‘ let it work its way through and out ; the harder I put it the faster it will happen . ’ |
| 51 | For me there has always been — and I count it the greatest of all blessings — a window never finally blacked out , a light never finally extinguished . |
| 52 | did I bring you the second of that stupid one down ? |
| 53 | If I show you the general norms it makes a lot more sense . |
| 54 | I mean I tried it out at work I show you the this is what they used at work . |
| 55 | Well I re , I noticed you the other er , last time we went anywhere it you look one way and walk another ! |
| 56 | I noticed it the other day when you were round then |
| 57 | Kate said quickly , ‘ Have I told you the latest about Carinish Court ? ’ |
| 58 | No she bought a second lo a second twenty lot of twenty and I give her the first lot back probably . |
| 59 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 60 | And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not . |