Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked him to get it for me . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know , I asked him to meet me at |
| 3 | ‘ Mother , I asked you to take him to a cricket match , not to start hacking the poor chap 's rosebushes to pieces . ’ |
| 4 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
| 5 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
| 6 | I made him take me by giving myself to him like a slave . |
| 7 | I mean they put something round the mother 's tummy and they can see the heart beat beating , whereas we , if we wanted to know if the baby was alright and er it was n't getting distressed you 'd just put a , a cloth on the mummy 's tum and put your ear down to it and hear it that way . |
| 8 | it look just like a ski resort all the bright jackets and the woolly hats and it was lovely , I mean they made it into , into an absolute skating ring for driving on |
| 9 | Yes , I mean they had it on all the channels virtually yesterday |
| 10 | I think I 've made the right decision because Foyly scored two goals , and I do n't think you stop a player of his quality , I mean they tried it with George Best , they 've tried it with , you know Manfred Mann and they always do something special do n't they ? |
| 11 | See , my idea originally was that cos it comes back from when I used to go in the in the Blue Anchor in Lancaster after work I mean we had everybody in there ! |
| 12 | I mean we have her for |
| 13 | Yeah , because I mean it had them in our exam , |
| 14 | Yes , I mean it does it for you does n't it ? |
| 15 | Er I mean it brings it about the same price as we 're paying anyway does n't it ? |
| 16 | Okay so do you want to run us through some of the things that we have n't really discussed in detail of what we 're gon na talk about in here today , specifically have we , I mean I thought something along the lines of er the nature and extent of sexual variations in English , or any other language you want . |
| 17 | I mean I saw her at eleven o'clock at night going jogging with a plastic bag wrapped around her arms . |
| 18 | I think it 's a very wonderful thing I mean I regard him as a warmonger World War Two by his eighteen month should have been |
| 19 | She was in first thing , I mean I sent it off that evening she was in first thing the next morning yes that 's fine . |
| 20 | In Austria , they do n't absolute in the , I mean I know nothing about their industrial places at all . |
| 21 | But I , I mean I use it as a , that may be the psychology behind it , but I use it as a bad example of , for obvious reasons , and there 's a real bad example , and there may be some politics behind it , there 's What I think is a good example : ‘ Southeast Arts ’ sorry , ‘ Southeast Tourist Board , South of England Board . ’ |
| 22 | I mean I had them in my erm handbag and I think I must have just chucked them out this morning |
| 23 | I mean I had nothing at all to do with t' business except I went in partnership with me wife and that . |
| 24 | She ask , I mean I had it for her all ready . |
| 25 | I mean I found it in the past , you know any infection what so ever just knocks you for six . |
| 26 | No , I mean I gave them to her and she did n't |
| 27 | It 'll slide on ca I mean I moved it into the corner so that erm |
| 28 | I mean I mentioned it to him afterwards but it was the sudden notice of the deadline … and I had to get it down on paper very quickly . |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | I mean you asked me about formal education , and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |