Example sentences of "[vb past] i [num ord] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | He attacked me first . |
| 2 | They asked me first of all why I paint on paper and I 'm using older to paint on . |
| 3 | ‘ May I ask you what you asked me last week ? |
| 4 | A sentence such as ( 8 ) below could refer to the past ( How could you have expected me to know the answers to those questions which you asked me last week ? ) , the present ( Why are you asking me ? |
| 5 | Well I said to her er your mum asked me last night . |
| 6 | So he got me last nights , we 're gon na have to go tomorrow so we 'll have to go tonight now , got ta tell ! |
| 7 | ‘ I made me second team debut when I was eight year old , ’ he claims . |
| 8 | So I phoned her last Nancy phoned me last Friday afternoon before she went on holiday to tell me , and I phoned I was n't sure whether just to sort of play it low key or then I thought , Well I know I really should just give here a wee ring . |
| 9 | ‘ Exactly as he phoned me last night , and told me to come to the wedding . ’ |
| 10 | No Ha Hardy phoned me last week asking for the details of jobs we get fr , er of who to erm who to contact for it , that 's all for that needs . |
| 11 | Well he phoned me last night and he 's going to phone me again on Sunday afternoon , we get on so well , Brenda I can just the imagine the pair of us tucked up into a four foot bed ! |
| 12 | He phoned me last night at home and I said you got your message then ? |
| 13 | Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ? |
| 14 | He caught me last time though . |
| 15 | He stopped me last Friday in the High Street and wanted me to sign his protest . |
| 16 | United chief executive Martin Edwards assured me last week — after the first enquiry for Hirst — that he would not talk to Wednesday again . |
| 17 | I was prepared to drop him , but Robert dropped me first . ’ |
| 18 | A competent woman officer told me first , then I went down alone to see Barbara . |
| 19 | ‘ The senator obviously just wants us to drown his children so they ca n't embarrass him when the time comes to run for President , ’ she told me next morning . |
| 20 | Lerissa had weighed anchor ( breaking a 56lb Danforth in the process , her owner told me next day ) and was wandering around the anchorage looking for a new parking place . |
| 21 | You told me next Wednesday next Tuesday . |
| 22 | ‘ In 1985 , ’ a Boulevard fan told me last year , ‘ Wigan had superman on the wing . ’ |
| 23 | My Nan told me last night . ’ |
| 24 | Do you know what he told me last night ? |
| 25 | ‘ It 's an adventure , ’ he told me last week . |
| 26 | Wright , an affable New Zealander , told me last night : ‘ There are loads of reasons for my going , but the main one is the state of the modern game . |
| 27 | Senior South African official Ali Bacher told me last night : ‘ We are concerned about Allan , but he is entitled to earn a living wherever he can . |
| 28 | An informed insider told me last night : ‘ It is absolutely certain that Nigel has done the deal . |
| 29 | Er you told me last week |
| 30 | ‘ My dearest David — although I do n't have the faintest idea why I should still call you this after what you told me last night — I 've had a long think . |