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Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Thanking you for the great benefits of your goodness to me tokened in these natural provisions here .
2	Her assessment of me changed from one of total hostility to a slightly puzzled statement that my experience with these doctors , in her own words ‘ may prove , after all , not to have been a bad thing for this peculiar chap — half high principle and half unashamed pragmatism — to have been brought into personal dealings with this autocratic profession and to experience at first hand the kind of behaviour that has been driving Ministers of Health to despair for years ’ .
3	‘ Arise ’ is a registered newspaper ; the publisher 's name is under the masthead ; you 'll find me listed as assistant editor .
4	Cos I asked about that before I travelled down because I was worried in , you know , in case of breaking down .
5	When I asked about local amnesties , I was told : ’ It is for chief officers of police to consider whether offering opportunities for disposing of offensive weapons would be a worthwhile crime prevention initiative in their own force area . ’
6	I asked about 20 people emerging from the polling station .
7	I said , Why do n't you just say , ‘ I asked about those records you ordered ? ’
8	Sometimes I asked about these stories .
9	In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already .
10	I asked for that did n't I ?
11	I asked for that to be done at the earliest opportunity , the following morning at 9 o'clock .
12	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
13	I asked for certain research facilities and I got them .
14	I asked for seventy-five .
15	My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib .
16	I asked for professional counselling which I did n't get . ’
17	I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note .
18	I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK .
19	Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank .
20	Well I asked for those
21	I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied .
22	I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain .
23	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 .
24	As soon as I had complaints , I asked for detailed statistical material to be provided .
25	I asked for 15 rehearsals for the Benvenuto Cellini in Geneva ( in February ) and both the orchestra manager and the intendant at the house thought I was crazy .
26	I then asked rather than erm wait for er Dr to come back , er we changed onto a different product which did n't involve conductivity but before doing that , I asked for ten pallets of to be run off with the nutrient mix reduced from two K Gs per metre to one point five K Gs per metre .
27	I asked for some children to work with me .
28	I asked for some once .
29	I asked for this to be brought ‘ to the attention of the appropriate committee ’ .
30	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 .