Example sentences of "[vb base] i [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and she said I 'll ring you ag I said oh dear someone now coming to the door , she said , never mind I 'll ring you on Saturday , so I said alright and er and she lives at Wyndham , Norfolk , my husband 's niece and erm , you see , and then there 's the other one and she said , auntie you 're always so cheerful , I said , well I try to be cheerful because like everybody else I get a little depressed sometimes because , you see , I have no sisters and brothers , I have three elderly cousins who live away and who I , who I see , one was here a fortnight ago er er er my cousin and his wife er , you see , it will be on a Wednesday , a fortnight today , no Thursday , yes , you see , a fortnight ago and they said , we 'll come again an we 've always bought you a bunch of daffodils so we shall come again when the daffodils are and er and they bring me over bits and pieces because er she was a cook and they bring me something nice to eat |
| 2 | Please send me your full colour leaflet which explains the benefits enjoyed by Friends of Historic Scotland and a membership application form . |
| 3 | The minarets would start to revolve , and organ music would strike up ( ‘ Oh , kiss me my sweet , it 's the loveliest night of the year ’ ) . |
| 4 | Say such things as ‘ Point to a line ’ 'tell me your favourite suit' . |
| 5 | In the next house you see I shall have to have different seating , they , they , I 'm going to , I 'm going to get somewhere smaller , so that three piece suite , it owes me nothing it only cost me what seven hundred pounds |
| 6 | ‘ Cost me my last five bob . |
| 7 | Pinch me something shocking . ’ |
| 8 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |
| 9 | Alice were having I said just lend me that twenty pound note cos you , and God knows what she thought the bill was I says I 've got seven pound , I says just lend me your twenty pound note , I says you 'll still have enough to pay I says and I 'll give you it back when I get home , you know ? |
| 10 | Give me one last chance , oh Lord , and I will forever approach the world with friendship . |
| 11 | Storming up and down the place saying just give me one last script , you ca n't cut me dead and ca n't you give me something and I 'll cut down on this last one and all this . |
| 12 | ‘ So long as you give me something better than bottom pudding I 'm willing to sit here till nightfall if need be . ’ |
| 13 | she says so I thought if I buy you one she says you give me them two , I says whoa hang on a minute , I says I 've got two windows |
| 14 | ‘ Give me them both , ’ he demanded urgently , halting at a junction . |
| 15 | ‘ Give me your private address and telephone number , ’ Eloise said . |
| 16 | ‘ Give me your other hand . ’ |
| 17 | Cross the road now you stand there stand still , give me your other hand good girl right now is it all clear |
| 18 | Give me your five p and I 'll use five of these and we 'll play for penny a time probably win it ! |
| 19 | So give me your twenty pound eleven now . |
| 20 | That old boy that I spoke to , when his he was with his daughter , I said you give me my bloody keys and you money ! |
| 21 | When you give me my two quid back . |
| 22 | Go and get me your little one . |
| 23 | Come on , tell me something nice for a change . " |
| 24 | And I 'm going to do it , so that he might , just might , tell me something useful . |
| 25 | ‘ Tell me something interesting , Uncle . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Tell me something different , then . |
| 27 | Just tell me one last thing : as everyone is so busy wiping out the memory of the last 40 odd years , do you still want to keep your military headstone with its red star ? |
| 28 | ‘ Tell me one more . ’ |
| 29 | Well , now go on and tell me me good side . ’ |
| 30 | Just tell me what that word is |