Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either you have not shown these plans elsewhere , in which case I owe you an apology … or you have touted them round , and the fools ca n't see what 's in front of them . ’ |
| 2 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 3 | In this hope I name it the Mar Pacifico . ’ |
| 4 | When I first heard the first noise I thought what the bloody hell 's that and I turned the sound down . |
| 5 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 6 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 7 | Upstairs in my apartment I bought myself a drink . |
| 8 | In reply I sent him a cutting from the catalogue of a well known UK mail order equipment company . |
| 9 | I vill give you a game of dominoes , and if you vin … vell , den I buy you a drink . |
| 10 | At the first meeting in the department I did what every other Transport Minister appears to have done over the previous ten years : I hired Professor Sir Alec Cairncross to advise me . |
| 11 | I mean I tried it out at work I show you the this is what they used at work . |
| 12 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 13 | So as an aircraft came out of the engineering wing I gave it a test . |
| 14 | I cash in on my sex appeal I take all the credit I give you the |
| 15 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 16 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 17 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 18 | He asked me whether I was a country person I asked what the qualifications were he said country born and bred , well I was born in Liverpool spent my childhood and early adolescence in rural Nottinghamshire , moved to Highfields , emigrated to the West Indies and now live in sub rural Blavey so I do n't know whether I qualify as a country person or not , but I 'd like to bet that I 've milked more cows by hand than he has if that 's any qualification . |
| 19 | Late that night I ask myself the age-old question . |
| 20 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 21 | One night I promised myself a hot water bottle , a basket of marzipan fruits and a video . |
| 22 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 23 | In any event I wish you every success and happiness in your chosen course and your future career . |
| 24 | the minute I saw what a mess she 'd made |
| 25 | Which helmet , oh the helmet I see him every morning driving to school . |
| 26 | You , you know that paper I showed you the , the reason that we 're making these recordings , it says so er words , so the normal words go on the state about and so they 'll know , they 'll know what the language was , why , in the nineteen nineties |
| 27 | This morning I boiled her a nice fresh egg , and she ate the lot . |
| 28 | about it and I did n't see her for weekend she gave me her phone number , Saturday morning I gave her a bell , said I would be walking the dog if you want to join me |
| 29 | Soon after taking up my job as cub reporter I bought myself a big radio and a gramophone and continued collecting recordings of Gilbert & Sullivan and classical music . |
| 30 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |