Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 2 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 3 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 4 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 5 | Erm now councillor and I asked for this matter to be brought to this chamber because erm we felt that the matter w was important enough that all members of this council should have an opportunity to debate it . |
| 6 | I asked on that occasion for considerably more information . |
| 7 | I asked in some surprise . |
| 8 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 9 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 10 | I gazed at this scene thinking that of all of the things I wanted when I was grown up , the one I wanted most was to play a harmonium . |
| 11 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 12 | In the very next group I chanced upon that guy , you know the one , he used to read the weather on TVS a few years back , grey hair , quite tall , you know , John something . |
| 13 | ‘ I realised in this day and age that people are looking for something that wee bit different , and we found with the long spell of bad weather we 've had over the summer months that people want to stay inside , ’ explained Mr Nelson . |
| 14 | It would n't be an exaggeration to say I lived for that owl during that very intense period of training . |
| 15 | On the , on the , on the corner of the street under the lamppost , we 'd , a family named used to live on the corner of Street and Street I lived in that house , but they used to just congregate on the , on the street corners . |
| 16 | I fought for them two , to get that home for her , so I said no , the only way you 'll do it , and I , when she were on her own , I said , not that I do n't trust Nigel , I do , but you do n't know what 's gon na happen in ten , in ten years time , I said I fought for that house for you , if you exchange it , you exchange it in your name |
| 17 | I met with little success . ’ |
| 18 | I met at this time a number of adopted children , and realised that the problems we all faced were similar , whatever the child 's colour happened to be . |
| 19 | Later , when I consulted on another matter a British doctor who has been in Kampala some thirty years , he stated that he ‘ never advises patients to take mefloquine . |
| 20 | I agreed with that definition when the Prime Minister offered it in the House in July . |
| 21 | I agreed to this trip because of that . |
| 22 | When I passed at this point MacArthur said perhaps I would like to hear his summary as a soldier and as no businessman or textile expert . |
| 23 | I cared for that child myself . ’ |
| 24 | She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it . |
| 25 | T. D. I was on the beat round Stanley Hospital and I got to this point at four o'clock on the Saturday morning . |
| 26 | Now when I was preparing this evidence , I got to this point and I thought to myself , why on earth has this not happened in Richmondshire ? |
| 27 | I did n't put any lights on , and when I got into this room I was thankful I had n't . |
| 28 | But once I got into this set of gay men , it took over my social life almost completely . |
| 29 | ‘ Last night I finally realised what was missing from my design so I went to get it but I got into some problem . ’ |
| 30 | Now the mix-up we had yesterday , er on a lot of aggro when I got about this dust extract system one line three . |