Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , why do you think I asked him to attend the opening of the store ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I asked him to get the UFO files opened . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I asked him to hand the letter to you . |
| 5 | Well I asked him to bring the dust bins in . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked him to play the most tortured , painful lead possible — the most horrible thing he could come up with ! ’ laughs Matthew . |
| 7 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 8 | I asked her to clean the place and make our supper , ’ said Mother . |
| 9 | At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived . |
| 10 | I asked her to meet the press off the back of the BAC One-Eleven as it came to a stop in front of us . |
| 11 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |
| 12 | Rachel I asked you to take the glasses through . |
| 13 | What we did was he draws them out every morning cos I collared him stuck the towels over his shoulders and said just put us them over there . |
| 14 | ‘ I had the chance to go out when there were only four cars on the track , but I made them change the car which meant I went out in the busy section . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I made her face the truth , ’ he grated , laying Isabel down on a bench by the door . |
| 16 | A forward has a sixth sense and from an early stage I realised I had the corner back in my pocket . |
| 17 | ‘ I realised it lacked the ring of truth , ’ Silas said while regarding her intently . |
| 18 | Does the Prime Minister recall that , on 26 February 1991 , I met him to discuss the case of my constituent , John Hall , who is seriously ill with leukaemia , an illness contracted while he was serving on Christmas island ? |
| 19 | I expected you to produce the infant out of the basket . |
| 20 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 21 | I found him trying the window . ’ |
| 22 | I found I had the best of both worlds . |
| 23 | It was not long before I found I liked the Semmens family very much . |
| 24 | I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace . |
| 25 | ( 38 ) I helped him address the letters . |
| 26 | I helped him put the frame back . |
| 27 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 28 | And Gee ( 1975 : 311 ) argues that whereas in I helped them carry the load " I take part in the carrying " , this is not necessarily implied by the sentence with to , where " I need not actually have done any carrying " , as shown by : ( 16a ) I helped them to carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 29 | ( 16b ) * I helped them carry the load by having my secretary get them a cart . |
| 30 | ‘ I was only down here the once , you know , early on when I helped you clean the kiosk up . |