Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [conj] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trust me when I say you should have nothing to do with such drivel — make like a tree and leave it . |
| 2 | ‘ God , would you fancy me if I said I was ? |
| 3 | Oh I could have er er well it does n't debar me but I feel it , it would it would n't be right , for me being a Labour Party member sitting on a , a non-segregated and non-political gr er ah association , |
| 4 | You asked me whether I thought we could trust the boy . |
| 5 | On the way to the station we heard a kerbstone musician playing the concertina , and Eliot , struck by the tune , asked me if I knew what it was . |
| 6 | ‘ No , ’ she said , then she asked me if I knew anything about them . |
| 7 | He asked me if I knew anything about ley lines and I confessed my ignorance . |
| 8 | This letter is going to be devoted to my affairs in connection with Edward … the other day he asked me if I thought you would care to go for a walk into the country somewhere . |
| 9 | Well I did think about it but the Careers Officer advised me no cos he thought that you have to be really really good before y get in and he asked me if I thought I was really good and I said that well I was not too bad but and he said that he thought it would be better to concentrate on something else . |
| 10 | ‘ I did an interview with the Utah Review , this student paper , and at the end they asked me if I had anything I wanted to add . |
| 11 | He saw the radio propped on the little stool and asked me if I played it while I worked . |
| 12 | When he asked me if I played I admitted that I had done so but insisted that I really was very bad . |
| 13 | They asked me if I wanted me P forty five framed or unframed . |
| 14 | At first they asked me if I wanted my mum to go out but I said No , but when they started asking me all those sorts of questions they asked me again and I said Yes . |
| 15 | ‘ He asked me if I wanted it . |
| 16 | ‘ She hates me and I hate her . ’ |
| 17 | I washed them trainers our Johnny given me and I cleaned them for him to try and save and then them black shoes for school to save his boots for the |
| 18 | I picked up my books and stuffed them away in my old school satchel , the one my father — Tata — had given me when I won my open scholarship to St Paul 's . |
| 19 | ‘ They 'll hurt me if I tell you … ’ |
| 20 | Oh I got them but I mean I ai n't brought them with me . |
| 21 | You eat yours and I eat mine . |
| 22 | We seated ourselves and I watched her cut her muffins into quarters . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose you do n't trust me after I locked you in , ’ he said . |
| 24 | Will you trust me when I tell you anything ? ’ |
| 25 | Fenella was half way down the stairs to meet me before I had my key out of the front door . |
| 26 | Monty promised me that I had nothing to worry about . |
| 27 | ‘ Mr Christie , ’ said a voice , ‘ you do n't know me but I know you , We have met and I know that you are a good man and a religious man . |
| 28 | Whenever I have met him since , he has invariably reminded me that I taught him about the business ! |
| 29 | ‘ Then forgive me while I discharge my serpentine ! ’ he said while towelling vigorously . |
| 30 | Forgive me if I hurt you , but I want you so much that I do n't know if I can hold back . ’ |