Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he knew of the insult offered me he would want revenge — and against the Husseys he can not possibly speed . |
| 2 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 3 | Two of the survivors assured me they were among the last girls to be admitted to the trade . |
| 4 | " That nice friend of yours who spent the week-end told me you had a lot of Oriental stuff , " Mrs. Hargreaves went on . |
| 5 | ‘ The dairyman told me you hated old families . ’ |
| 6 | The counter-girl told me I 'd have to wait for the manager . |
| 7 | The line tightening in the water told me they had done so , and I struck before all the bow had been taken out of the line . |
| 8 | The magistrate told me I would have to sort it out with the council , Rotherham M.B.C. , and they finally told me I would have to pay them £45 . |
| 9 | The Keeper told me she 's come all the way from the Western Isles of Scotland . |
| 10 | However the event showed me I was a fool for entertaining a sense even of surprise . |
| 11 | And the manager the un the the deputy met me he says , And I were just going down main road at nighttime as me dad were coming up . |
| 12 | Or , The Captain told me it was all right . |
| 13 | On the morning of the operation day , the surgeon told me he thought Michael had only a few months to live . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ when I got my teacher 's job , the aunt told me I owed her a lot of money . |
| 15 | ‘ The teachers told me he 'd let the clots in with the cream . ’ |
| 16 | A lot of the members told me I was very good — I could pull clubs well and read greens — and I should try going to the Bing Crosby to work for a pro in the tournament . |
| 17 | Quite apart from the violence , the girls told me it was difficult to be friendly with white girls . |
| 18 | Later on , pleading a shortage of space , the reporter told me I would have no chance to answer . |
| 19 | The voice told me it was Cawthorne as much as if he 'd said ‘ spade bitch ’ . |
| 20 | The feller that did the wiring told me it was dangerous , especially with all the wood about . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I have n't heard of anybody , ’ he said casually , ‘ but if the lawyers asked me they might have asked somebody else before … |
| 22 | The doctors told me they had high hopes that in a year you 'd have made a full recovery . |
| 23 | Distraught Christine , of Bell Farm , York , said : ‘ The doctors told me he could die any minute . ’ |
| 24 | The doctors told me he was unimproved by his stay with them . |
| 25 | The 21-year-old star — plucked from children 's TV last year to host TOTP — says : ‘ The doctors told me I had a very bad case of food poisoning . ‘ |
| 26 | The doctors told me I should n't talk so much . |
| 27 | The doctors told me I would never have a child of my own . |
| 28 | Similarly with public transport , as I said yesterday , the evidence is quite clearly that er the public transport system is York i in Greater York is not good , and it erm is unlikely to be er improved by er the on the scale suggested I I would contend . |
| 29 | The uniformed copper on the door told me he was only hanging about until he got the word on his ‘ talking brooch ’ radio that the forensic boys had n't forgotten anything and would n't need to come back . |
| 30 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |