Example sentences of "i [verb] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked where I should send the woman I was told to contact the neurosurgical bed manager , who would tell me which ward to send her to . |
| 2 | I met the company commander ; I told him I had brought up some grenades and barbed-wire ; I asked where I was to put them . |
| 3 | ‘ No , no , we are not brave , we are very frightened ’ , was the inevitable response when I asked why they always fled . |
| 4 | When I asked why they chose me , George said , because you are the President of the Oxford Drama Club/my bank manager/my oldest friend/the boss/have known us for twenty-five years/you are the tallest/you have the loudest voice/ , and Martha said , because you have known Annabelle since she was fourteen/a baby/a child/all her life/at school/at college/you tell the best jokes . |
| 5 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked why you want to know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 8 | I asked how we were going to wake up because I for one did n't have an alarm clock on me , and he said , ‘ Always wake up when I want . |
| 9 | ‘ All right , thank you , ’ Dorothy would say when I asked how they were keeping . |
| 10 | I asked how it happened . |
| 11 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 12 | When I asked how he communicated with Bengali patients who spoke no English he said ‘ I have no trouble in communicating with them because I learned pidgin English in the army . ’ |
| 13 | I asked how he viewed the invasion by other southern factions . |
| 14 | Much taken aback , not least because Amy and I had had a number of conversations about her low opinion of the Church and what it stood for , I asked how she knew it was Jesus . |
| 15 | And , if you recall , I asked how she could be so sure . |
| 16 | When I back there I am sure I will have changed to a certain extent and I hope it will have helped to develop my managerial skills . ’ |
| 17 | As I tottered away I paused and addressed the big man 's back as he prepared for his next victim . |
| 18 | Yes , I could tell from Aunt Nessy 's breathing that she would not recover consciousness ; nevertheless , before I crept out I did kiss her , just in case some little part of her , still aware , should feel it . |
| 19 | When I straightened up I heard a slight sound behind me . |
| 20 | Erm you 've put me on the spot I do n't I do n't I 've really I 've really got no preference on them . |
| 21 | Let , let us leave it till then because I mean otherwise we 're gon na get bogged down in this and whe when we really are briefing procedures . |
| 22 | I mean otherwise he should n't be the Managing Director , he should n't be the Chairman of the Board . |
| 23 | But if he 's wrong I mean you ca n't just come back and be contentious if you 're wrong cos I mean otherwise you know it 's , it 's of no pr of no work . |
| 24 | But I mean otherwise it 's got all the , all the good points in there , it 's a pity that councils do n't have these meaningful names |
| 25 | Yes , yes I mean unconsciously they will happen |
| 26 | Well er I mean eventually we 'd have to think of something . |
| 27 | I mean either they opt for a family , or they opt for a job . |
| 28 | I mean either we 're not there or there 's too many of us there . |
| 29 | but surely , but surely I mean surely they 'll be able to restore the housing benefit |
| 30 | I mean surely you could have a point eight for crystal and still solder ? |