Example sentences of "a [noun] [verb] i [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided , for example , that if a parent told me they had dreamt about having a ‘ Down 's baby ’ before the birth — in the medical literature , this is a classic after-the-event self-deception — they had in fact had such a dream . |
| 2 | Fiction : With a sunscreen to protect me I can sunbathe for much longer . |
| 3 | ‘ A friend lent me hers for a few weeks . |
| 4 | A policeman told me I should pay a policeman to escort me to a taxi . ’ |
| 5 | A prisoner told me he thought Napoleon was with them , but he was n't certain . ’ |
| 6 | A transvestite told me it helped people like him to accept themselves — and the women in their lives to accept them . |