Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ran into Trish in the Covered Market one day , and I felt so lonely I asked her to have a coffee . |
| 2 | I asked her to sign a copy of All God 's Children Need Travelling Shoes for me . |
| 3 | If I asked if I asked you to compile a list of advertisers of companies and businesses who you think will advertise in a medical practice booklet you may you may list out twenty five . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've bin rubbin' 'im wiv that liniment ole Doctor Kelly give me , an' I made 'im wear a sheet o' brown paper under 'is vest . |
| 5 | What do you mean I made it like a brick ? |
| 6 | Not that I 'm complaining because I realized they had a job to do , but they were all firing their questions at once , and I do like to give a civil , considered reply . |
| 7 | We brought a rescue team and an appliance — ’ I realized he meant a fire engine — ‘ but we were able to get the girl out through the windscreen . |
| 8 | So I found myself writing a novel for people like me , primarily for a black audience . |
| 9 | It was in the pleasure area , as usual , that I found I had a problem . |
| 10 | Yeah and that 's another thing I found I had a letter from the Social Security saying would you please send your order book back you 're not entitled to any more money , your sickness benefit 's run out , I thought it ca n't have , I do n't go back until the twenty fifth of March , phones up for the appointment I got it on the fifth of March , nine days ago |
| 11 | I found I had a code . ’ |
| 12 | And I found I had a room all to myself . |
| 13 | When I resumed my studies I found I had a lot of catching up to do . ’ |
| 14 | I found I read a lot of books and so on , I rested a lot . |
| 15 | ‘ I contacted a Chinese professor at Birmingham University who recommended Dr Hao Ri-Fang and I invited her to open a clinic here . ’ |
| 16 | I remember before he became Prime Minister he was in charge of the Conservative re-think where I helped him do a lot of that work and I think he enjoyed that very much . |
| 17 | I helped her to choose a dress . |
| 18 | I mentioned I had a daughter , Julia . |
| 19 | ‘ I told her to write a message and I would see it was sent . ’ |
| 20 | Mary I told her to buy a car you see and she said , she said no , I 'll buy a chair then we can drive on the seat |
| 21 | I told them to put a tourniquet on my arm and give me some morphia , whereupon one of them started to bandage my wrist and the other went off to ask what morphia was . |
| 22 | I told him stealing a car would n't solve anything and he agreed to park the car . |
| 23 | I told him to take a miss on the instruction part . |
| 24 | ‘ I told him to take a break and have a rethink about the rest of the meeting . ’ |
| 25 | so I told him to buy a couple of pies and some biscuits while I went to phone someone . |
| 26 | Anyway , I imagined him waving a wand , and the world came into existence . |
| 27 | ‘ I imagined I heard a hint of dismissal in your words — so I 've decided to go to bed . ’ |
| 28 | Sometimes , when I was downstairs cooking or reading , I imagined I heard a piano playing , so keenly did I feel Montaine 's presence . |
| 29 | The walk was scheduled to depart from Green Park Tube , and when I arrived I found a group of thirty or so walkers already tapping their feet . |
| 30 | I was n't inclined to linger anyway ; the day I arrived I caught a bus in the square which just happened to have Collioure on the front . |