Example sentences of "they [vb past] i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What did you do in the war , then , daddy ? ’ they asked me when I returned . |
| 2 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 3 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 4 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 5 | They asked me how I wanted the neck and slits . |
| 6 | I went to the hospital and they asked me how I done it . |
| 7 | To the melody of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes , the winner wrote an anti-opinion poll ditty that began : They asked me how I crossed I just said ‘ Get lost ’ |
| 8 | When they phoned me back I told them I was ill , made profuse apologies and asked if one of the other celebrities could open the helpline . |
| 9 | Finally they told me where they had been and how they had been ushered into a sort of waiting room by the proprietress , who had endeavoured to make them feel at ease by offering them marrons glacés . |
| 10 | When they fished me out I made a few phone calls , |
| 11 | and in the middle of the night they took me out my bed and left me |
| 12 | And er they treated me there I mean I was about two weeks in a room on me own , and taken out then into the main ward for another four weeks . |
| 13 | The day they gave me back my hand |