Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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1 | Soon it was just clumps and permanently itchy so I asked them to shave it off . |
2 | I asked them to return it as soon as they had done . ’ |
3 | Patting his cheeks with his handkerchief all the time ( till I asked him to stop it ) . |
4 | ‘ I asked him to get it for me . ’ |
5 | Did n't she realise what a sacrifice when I asked him to make it . |
6 | When I buy I pay it however when I sell I lose it . |
7 | He 's talking about the time I approached them at Leeds Poly and asked them why their logo featured women 's breasts rather than the species-ist cow 's udders I made them change it to . |
8 | The orchestra was not playing it in time , so I made them rehearse it at a slower tempo . |
9 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
10 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
11 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
12 | I mean nobody pinched it , it er actually just went into the general melting pot . |
13 | now it 's thirty five or thirty six I mean they put it up for the er crisis |
14 | it look just like a ski resort all the bright jackets and the woolly hats and it was lovely , I mean they made it into , into an absolute skating ring for driving on |
15 | Yes , I mean they had it on all the channels virtually yesterday |
16 | I mean they reckon it 's gon na go back up now do n't they ? |
17 | Yeah well they , they sold it at the wrong ti I mean they built it the wrong time did n't they ? |
18 | I think I 've made the right decision because Foyly scored two goals , and I do n't think you stop a player of his quality , I mean they tried it with George Best , they 've tried it with , you know Manfred Mann and they always do something special do n't they ? |
19 | I mean they do it just do n't make an effort they just come round demanding money . |
20 | No , but I mean they do it the easy way the |
21 | I mean they do it and thoroughly enjoy it . |
22 | And erm I mean we towed it over a thousand miles so the |
23 | Cos I mean we know it 's going up whoever gets in they 're gon na put it up |
24 | I mean we get it as well , it 's not , you so sort of say oh my jobs a cosy little job , but it 's not that cosy believe me , you get put in some very awkward situations . |
25 | Though it would be a case of finding someone else to go off with and not just sort of like , I mean we mentioned it years ago . |
26 | Well we did take some er legal advice on it and we were told that it was not illegal , erm I mean we think it 's highly immoral erm , but we were told it was not illegal , because they did not actually use the er the redundancy money did not come out of the fund , only this enhanced pension etcetera which was using up the , the surplus and we were told |
27 | I mean , like our cricket club dinner , I mean we have it 's usually between sort of eighty , and a hundred and twenty people , but |
28 | I mean what does it mean for the actual people living here ? |
29 | Indeed , indeed so that 's what you might use , yep What 's the value , I mean what does it do what does it do for the company first of all ? |
30 | I mean what does it cost , no , no end of times I 've just |