Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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1 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
2 | I asked him the differences between the Quechua and the Spanish view of the world . |
3 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
4 | This what I asked you the other week . |
5 | Er , now , I asked you the table set have n't I ? |
6 | If those , all of those contract temps are regarded as full time people it looks like full time people are working overtime , which is why I asked you the question yesterday erm what 's the overtime bill for quotes alone . |
7 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
8 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
9 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
10 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
11 | I sold him the car did n't I ? |
12 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
13 | So I mean in the shop I , I did sell for the National Trust once but I s I sold them the . |
14 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
15 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
16 | ‘ I got him the Sydney job , ’ she vouchsafed with delicate emphasis . |
17 | at Christmas , I got him the beef |
18 | And I got you the roses . ’ |
19 | When I found her the other side of my desk I told her in no uncertain terms I was n't having anything to do with it . |
20 | I found it the greatest fun . |
21 | ‘ I promised her the best view of Florence from here , Mama , ’ he said over his shoulder as he wrestled with the catch . |
22 | ‘ I promised you the best assassin in England , Mr Estabrook , and he 's here . |
23 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
24 | I told her the story . |
25 | I told her the story . |
26 | The conversation was wide-ranging , but gradually I told her the full story of what had happened to me over the previous year or so . |
27 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
28 | I told her the number straight off . |
29 | I told her the old lady was rich and that she had done the cottage up beautifully . |
30 | I told her the story . |