Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanking you for the great benefits of your goodness to me tokened in these natural provisions here . |
| 2 | Cos I asked about that before I travelled down because I was worried in , you know , in case of breaking down . |
| 3 | I said , Why do n't you just say , ‘ I asked about those records you ordered ? ’ |
| 4 | Sometimes I asked about these stories . |
| 5 | I asked for that did n't I ? |
| 6 | I asked for that to be done at the earliest opportunity , the following morning at 9 o'clock . |
| 7 | yes that was at quarter past eight Saturday morning and at ten to eight my aunty came at night and went fucking mad she said I want a dressing and I want it now , twelve hours ago I asked for that dressing and were n't done then came |
| 8 | Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank . |
| 9 | Well I asked for those |
| 10 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 11 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 12 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 13 | I asked for some children to work with me . |
| 14 | I asked for some once . |
| 15 | I asked for this to be brought ‘ to the attention of the appropriate committee ’ . |
| 16 | Erm now councillor and I asked for this matter to be brought to this chamber because erm we felt that the matter w was important enough that all members of this council should have an opportunity to debate it . |
| 17 | I asked for this to be arranged twelve months ago , but it is still in the hands of the solicitor , who does not answer letters . |
| 18 | Well it should be in the file and I asked for this and keep it before me when a scheme is set up , A we have a map which I must have sent out letters , |
| 19 | I asked on that occasion for considerably more information . |
| 20 | I asked in some surprise . |
| 21 | And I applied for that job , and I got it . |
| 22 | I applied for several and this one came up , that 's all , I did n't choose it particularly . ’ |
| 23 | I lost it in 1963 on the A30 west of Salisbury when I skidded on some diesel oil and rolled over and over . |
| 24 | I gazed at this scene thinking that of all of the things I wanted when I was grown up , the one I wanted most was to play a harmonium . |
| 25 | I shied at such a thinly veiled challenge , but succumbed to her persuasion , which had become more vociferous as the water diminished . |
| 26 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 27 | In the very next group I chanced upon that guy , you know the one , he used to read the weather on TVS a few years back , grey hair , quite tall , you know , John something . |
| 28 | This I endured for several months , having no spirit even to complain . |
| 29 | Oh no I read about that I 've |
| 30 | Well I 'm concerned Geoff as a Ward Councillor I read about this in the paper that the Environment Committee which David is on er agreed to this scheme which is I 'm all for having squares in the city centre and places for people to sit and enjoy and I 'm ambivalent about the leaf stem . |