Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of them asked him a question . |
| 2 | I think talking to them helped me a lot to get over those first few months . |
| 3 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
| 4 | The camera was rolling and with Devonian subtlety , I asked him a succession of innocuous questions about his regional tour . |
| 5 | So I asked him a question . ’ |
| 6 | I asked him a question and he could answer no . |
| 7 | I , I asked him a couple of weeks or ten days back . |
| 8 | I asked him a little bit more about the play . |
| 9 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 10 | ‘ I asked you a question , dear heart . |
| 11 | " I asked you a question , " Lee — if it was Lee , and he was convinced it was — said softy . |
| 12 | ‘ I asked you a question , you asked me a question , but I did n't leap out of nowhere and start a fight , did I ? |
| 13 | ‘ And I asked you a question , Mr Ward . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
| 15 | ‘ I asked you a question , Mr Jordan . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I asked you a question ! ’ he said . |
| 17 | ‘ I asked you a question , Mistress . |
| 18 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
| 19 | ‘ Master Physician , I asked you a question . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
| 21 | ‘ I asked you a question and I 'm still waiting for your answer . |
| 22 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
| 23 | ‘ I asked you a question , signorina . |
| 24 | I asked you a question , señorita , and I 'd like a straight answer . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Do you remember I asked you a question on your first day that you refused to answer ? ’ he said . |
| 26 | Someone lent us a carrycot and Tanith slept in that to start with , until she was big enough to go into her cot . |
| 27 | Someone passed her a fresh joint and she took a deep drag , feeling the smoke burn her throat . |
| 28 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
| 29 | I made myself a cape from an old camel hair coat , I could not wear that of Queen Alexandra 's Service . |
| 30 | I made myself a pot of mint tea and sat silently at the living-room table . |