Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you would like me to forgive you the other half of your great debt , then fire the kiln tomorrow morning , well before dawn . |
| 2 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |
| 3 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 4 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 5 | This what I asked you the other week . |
| 6 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
| 7 | Yeah , I mean I The important thing is I think the children do recognize the differences , not that they do n't notice the differences , because they 're Like you say they 're capable of using the other if it if it suits them . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 10 | Yes , I make it the other |
| 11 | I make it the same size okay ? |
| 12 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
| 13 | I found it the greatest fun . |
| 14 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
| 15 | ‘ I promised you the best assassin in England , Mr Estabrook , and he 's here . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I told her the brutal truth — how I 'd tried to buy a love-nest for us and got involved with the wrong property men . |
| 18 | And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed family , and of my terrible experience in the red room . |
| 19 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
| 20 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
| 21 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 22 | But I told him the best publishers to try — the pink-ohs , you know . |
| 23 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 24 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 25 | I told you the first Michele had it specially made . |
| 26 | But I , you know , I told you the front brakes they er snapped the middle and all this . |
| 27 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 28 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 29 | Shall I show you the big needle ? |
| 30 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |