Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | planning for you but what I can show you is some sketches which the gentleman who bought the plot at Grey Lane brought to show me asked my opinion . |
| 2 | You will let me read your book , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 3 | He said , contrite , ‘ I wish you 'd let me read your diary sometime . ’ |
| 4 | Nina did n't have any family so I suppose I became her ‘ son ’ . |
| 5 | " Your aunt advertised part of her house to rent — I became her tenant . |
| 6 | I do n't know why I became her friend , but I do know that we got on very well , + rarely ‘ fell out ’ . |
| 7 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 8 | In early July , I asked its Executive Committee to examine the Black case . |
| 9 | So I asked her advice as to what would look nice , |
| 10 | I asked her victim , ‘ Are you having a good time ? ‘ |
| 11 | When I asked her things like that , she did n't want to tell me on other occasions , she said I know that I ca n't tell you . |
| 12 | I asked yer ter let me do these books 'cos I wanted ter sort out the bills an' see where we can make savin 's . |
| 13 | Why I asked your husband if we could all three meet for a little when I got you home . ’ |
| 14 | I asked your father to come in . |
| 15 | And when I found out my Friday meeting was being moved forward and I would n't be seeing you after all I asked your Miss Philimore to cancel it . |
| 16 | ‘ And , if I asked your father for your hand , you would support me ? |
| 17 | ‘ I asked your name , ma'am , ’ Theda told her frankly . |
| 18 | Back at home I asked my mother why we spoke in English . |
| 19 | When I asked my mother what she was doing , she replied : ‘ I thought if nothing were to come of your relationships , I could cut them out of the photographs ! ’ |
| 20 | When Carter a few minutes later in the debate said , ‘ I asked my ( eight-year-old ) daughter Amy last night what she thought … ’ , what the audience heard was : ‘ I 'd better try to find a warm human illustration before it 's too late . ’ |
| 21 | I asked my kind helper . |
| 22 | I asked my friends who have had au pairs what they 'd expected of them in the kitchen . |
| 23 | The South African case remains interesting , and I asked my doctor friend for clarification , but so far he has not been able to get any further information . |
| 24 | In the meantime I asked my vet whether he would let me have some sedatives to put into her food . |
| 25 | When I asked my wife what car she wants to replace the Peugeot , she said ‘ the safest one ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ If I asked my husband about sex with other women he would give me an honest answer . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ So before I go , ’ I asked my friend , ‘ which one is your top buzz of all time ? ’ |
| 28 | I asked my own surgeon how many of these prostate operations he did in a year , and he said around four hundred . |
| 29 | I always got on with my daughter , but she 's in Canada now , so I asked my son if I could stay with him for a bit . |
| 30 | I asked my husband to melt holes through the plastic , just smaller than peanuts and quite close together ; then he poked a couple of tiny holes through the ‘ open ’ end to take wire hangers They look like giant ice-cream cones , hanging at the window and the red ones seem to be the most popular . |