Example sentences of "[verb] i [pron] [vb -s] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Colonel Hawthorn told me he puts a lot of stock in men 's brasses . ’ |
| 2 | Another canteen worker in the same village told me she does a shift from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. , returns home to work for her family , then she 's back at the pit from 7.30 p.m. until 10.45 p.m . |
| 3 | She told me she takes an interest in everything that goes on in the house , and that the party line was a great help to her . |
| 4 | Rosie never tell me she has no sister-in-law . ’ |
| 5 | If you ask me she 'as a kind of influence over Else . ’ |
| 6 | In fact , ’ he hesitated here , ‘ if you ask me it proves the very opposite . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If you ask me it proves the very opposite . ’ |
| 8 | I love him dearly and he tells me he feels the same , and we have talked of marriage . |
| 9 | He wants to come in , but a glance up to the bridge tells me he expects a vast crowd to appear out of nowhere , the minute he strips naked . |
| 10 | ( Our big fish man Andy Parkes tells me he prefers the name Oddballs for the fish he keeps — he feels a tank buster is a fish that ‘ has to be turned round several times a day ’ — which sums up how I feel ) . |
| 11 | Please can you tell me what has a lip but no mouth ? |
| 12 | Please can you tell me what has a mouth but no lip ? |
| 13 | ‘ Everyone keeps telling me she needs a father . |
| 14 | If I have to listen to one more candidate telling me he sees the job as a challenge I 'll throw up over the boardroom table . |