Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] to [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I merely agreed to it . |
| 2 | " I did n't know him — I only spoke to him for a few minutes , but David Fairfax recognised him . " |
| 3 | Yes , he took a deflection off erm Andy Melville , I think he was going for his second , and erm I just managed to you know , just get down to my left and just keep it there , and it just sort of stuck so I was pleased with that . |
| 4 | ‘ I just said to her , ‘ You throw away what you do n't like , I do n't care ’ . |
| 5 | And I just said to her , ‘ Fine — because do n't forget who paid for the reception ’ . ’ |
| 6 | I just said to her , you know , just tell them |
| 7 | I sa , I said I just went I just said to her look Hannah you do n't have to come in the car ! |
| 8 | Right , and I just said to her , we will know the outcome of it wo n't we ? |
| 9 | You know she said I just said to her oh how 's Jimmy sort of thing and she said he 's alright . |
| 10 | No , I do n't want to do that I just said to her , I said you know , you can sort of erm ask Brenda she said I 'm doing that I 'm not on christmas day , would you ? |
| 11 | She said , about next door , cos I just said to her it 's private it 's been bought . |
| 12 | His eyes were open and seemed to be focusing pretty well , I just said to him , ‘ Hang on in there , Lester ’ — and he seemed to take it in . ’ |
| 13 | cos what I , I just said to him I said look , I says a er sometimes I says it 's an awkward time drop for us . |
| 14 | I erm I just said to him |
| 15 | I , I just said to him , when he said we 've got these census point ahead I said well we 've got certain restrictions , you know , we 've certain rules and regulations we 've got ta comply with I mean I did n't reel off any of this blah . |
| 16 | toilet , in Bon 's , in Dan 's loo at Bon 's party cos I 'm going round going oh no no no no I 'll give you a fiver for it I went I really do n't want to sell and in the end like I just said to him look just fuck off , you know cos like he was just persistent |
| 17 | Well I , we 'd finished lunch and erm he , he , er I just said to him , what would you like ? |
| 18 | It does please me but the thing sometimes is , you do n't get results , I mean I just said to him at half time ‘ come on we 've got to be a bit stronger , ’ you know I thought we were playing quite well , but I thought we were letting them dominate us a little bit . |
| 19 | ‘ No , I just listened to it . |
| 20 | ‘ I just wanted to you know I 've been thinking of you . ’ |
| 21 | He said ‘ I just turned to him and what I said . |
| 22 | They have no , they have no personal , erm , relationship with me er , I 'll give you the example of one of our , erm er , er er erm , er most recent directors who 's , who 's just joined the board , Mr Ruben , who 's the head of Colgate Palmo Palmolive , and I just described to him to you how we , erm how we , er er er er er selected him . |
| 23 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I finally agreed to it coming out in a limited edition . |
| 25 | Elizabeth 's friend Maud must have said something of this sort , for I find I once wrote to her : ‘ Maud was right , I think . |
| 26 | I once said to him ‘ if you ca n't pay compliments , do n't insult ’ I think they should do both . |
| 27 | I once said to him , Mother 's in the lavatory but she never locks the door . ’ |
| 28 | The closest I ever got to you was when we went for a spin on your motor bike , with me like a ravished flapper on the pillion , legitimately clinging to your lissom waist , to those two wonderful hip-bones I loved to hold , as if they were the very hinges of heaven , whose wind blew your hair back into my ecstatic face : |
| 29 | He intimidates me the first time I ever talked to him was in the pub |
| 30 | I always said to them I would much prefer to supply fifty per cent of the monthly usage , spread it out throughout the year . |