Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | My contact with the family had lapsed for a while when the head asked to see me to request help in explaining the Statementing procedures to Mrs Singh . |
| 2 | He had heard of me from some of his colleagues and asked to see me to discuss the Labour Party 's decision in relation to the litigation it had brought , with my guidance , against the Manchester Guardian as a result of the leaks from the National Executive . |
| 3 | Before I left Ruritania , Princess Flavia asked to see me again , and Fritz took me to her . |
| 4 | All of these meetings required careful preparation and I was relieved when my election team agreed with my general tactics , although they added that I must make myself available for private talks with any colleague who asked to see me . |
| 5 | Herr Schikenader , the former proprietor , chanced to see me perform one evening . |
| 6 | If I got stopped I 'm grabbing Albert and he 's coming down to get changed too ! |
| 7 | Smith agreed to see me and so I flew to Salisbury , arriving on a Wednesday . |
| 8 | I 'd telephoned beforehand , and she agreed to see me , but she was obviously puzzled by my visit . |
| 9 | When she realized I was a good thief and knew how to use a knife , she got to like me . |
| 10 | He failed to provide me with information which I had requested . ’ |
| 11 | Duncan took some persuading — £250 and the scrap option on the VW to be exact — but agreed to meet me at Blackberry Hill with his wrecker truck ( there is n't a vehicle known to man he ca n't get hold of ) in two hours . |
| 12 | You got to meet me up the railway . |
| 13 | Some of them tried to make amends for their own earlier contribution to this state of affairs and moved to include me more fully in the life of the school — a few even started to invite me back home for meals and things . |
| 14 | The dogs were surprised when I disturbed them in the middle of the night and they chased in their runs when I left again , strained to see me departing through the rain , and hear the car door opening , their bowls clanking as I threw them inside . |
| 15 | She knows people and tried to dazzle me with names . |
| 16 | ‘ Sometimes I was in the depths of despair , but the other inmates helped to carry me through prison . ‘ |
| 17 | ‘ The guy tried to trip me up , so I told him what I thought . |
| 18 | I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one . |
| 19 | ‘ I tried to pretend I was thoroughly involved with my career — as I am , of course , but you know what I mean . |
| 20 | He tried to kill me . |
| 21 | ‘ He once tried to kill me . |
| 22 | ‘ And what you do n't understand , have never understood , is that Sylvie tried to kill me . ’ |
| 23 | You tried to kill me . |
| 24 | It was down there that someone tried to kill me . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The little runt tried to kill me ! ’ she shouted accusingly at him . |
| 26 | I 'll tell them you pushed that other bastard out of the train and tried to kill me . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ They tried to kill me . ’ |
| 28 | Perry tried to kill me off — as if one could kill an abstraction , a measurement . |
| 29 | And I owe him that , at least , after he and his Gharrgoyles tried to kill me . ’ |
| 30 | ’ That he tried to kill me ? ’ |