Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you 've let me down they 'll just say , we told you so , Sam and Foggerty and all . |
| 2 | ‘ What I say , constable , is ’ — and now it was Arthur speaking — ‘ there 's such a thing as 'arassment , that 's what they 've told me when I 've been up afore the old bloke . |
| 3 | ‘ Master Corbett , you 've told me how I am supposed to have killed this woman , but not the reason why . ’ |
| 4 | Alright , in fact , my handset is just on ringing external , I do n't want Hilary to be bothered with any internal calls of mine , I 've got a call log if anyone calls me , I know they 've called me so I can call them back anyway . |
| 5 | ‘ You 've slowed me down plenty since you 've been here . |
| 6 | But you 've abandoned me now I 'm well , is n't it ? ’ |
| 7 | I 'm sorry chairman , you 've lost me there I |
| 8 | You have been a good friend to me when there was no one else ; and you have given me back my health . |
| 9 | SIR — Although like most MPs I accept the principle that a majority of one is enough , I find it difficult to explain to my Southend Conservative supporters who have phoned me why your paper takes the view that there was a 4.43 per cent swing from Conservative to Labour in our constituency . |
| 10 | ‘ For six years you have dogged me wherever I went and now you have turned up here , where I thought I had found a safe haven . ’ |
| 11 | But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now . |
| 12 | When my letters are done and you have told me how your parents are and whether your gown was admired . |
| 13 | ‘ Not until you have told me how you met him . ’ |
| 14 | ( You might also try last year 's ‘ She who weeps ’ [ JMT ] ; the beautiful song New African Blues certainly received a deal of wholly warranted airplay from London jazz station Jazz FM and many people have asked me where it came from . |
| 15 | I am aware that it is a bit confusing — several people have asked me how it fits in with Stoddard Templeton and whether we are not in fact competing with ourselves . |