Example sentences of "[vb past] i [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She asked me to give it to the lady who had been in court with her child , and to ask if you would take care of her till she could come for her . ’ |
| 2 | I had only been at home for about ten days when a friend of mine asked me to join him on a journey to the East Indies . |
| 3 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 4 | As one who was so instrumental in mapping out the future promise of early Smiths , his quote ‘ If you asked me to write something about The Smiths now it would probably be critical ’ , remained interesting . |
| 5 | Then he asked me to kiss him on the lips and we kissed . |
| 6 | Two explosions in quick succession made me throw myself to the ground . |
| 7 | I picked up a fallen branch , and as he passed I struck him on the head . |
| 8 | After a short chat he invited me to join him at a ‘ small Chinese gathering ’ in the hall usually used for Tong meetings on River Street West . |
| 9 | Isobel read it and sent me to Professor MacFee — an English Professor — with it , and they both helped me to send it to a publisher in London . |
| 10 | Others , however , felt a similar shudder at the thought of telling and discussing the political jokes about contemporary leaders of the modern Arab World and advised me to confine myself to the days of the Prophet and the early imams . |
| 11 | You told me to put it in the safe place . |
| 12 | The assistant changed the battery and told me to monitor it for a week for any problems . |
| 13 | ‘ It told me to meet him by the Princess Alice in Forest Gate , ’ he recalls . |
| 14 | When she returned from the shops , Mum told me to accompany her to the Captain 's to ask if we could have the Mission Hall for the wedding . |
| 15 | ‘ My brother paid me to help him in an unofficial capacity . ’ |
| 16 | Once the fry hatched I moved them into a tank of their own . |
| 17 | As they strutted along to Marvin Gaye 's Motown smash hit I Heard it Through the Grapevine , these wrinkled little fellows captured the hearts of American youngsters . |
| 18 | As I do not , as a rule , take alcohol , the one glass of sherry I had with lunch enabled me to enjoy myself with the other guests . |
| 19 | I told her I had a job for Duncan and there was money in it and that was enough for her to yell ‘ Duncan ! ’ so loud I felt I heard it without the need of the phone . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I saw you in the crowd . |
| 21 | Er I thought I had one in the house yesterday I went , as Sheila was going erm Jackie was in her garden |
| 22 | ‘ I thought I had him in the second round be he wriggled off the hook . ’ |
| 23 | I cried out in relief and happiness : I thought I recognised him as a former schoolmate , a boy with whom I used to exchange groans about the maths problems whose solutions so frequently eluded us . |
| 24 | I thought I want it on the C Ds . |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I recognized you from the television . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Hey lads , ’ he would shout as he pushed his head through the door , ‘ Did I tell you about the cover from ‘ What Difference … ’ ? |
| 27 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 28 | Why was n't you in registration or did I tell you about the blooming black board ? |
| 29 | Did I tell you about the cocktail that Sal told me called erm |
| 30 | ‘ I knew , the moment I put the phone down from making that call to England , that not only did I love you with every breath of my being , but there was no way that I could take your being married to anyone but me . ’ |