Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 2 | ‘ I asked what do you want ? |
| 3 | I asked him to let me have his agreement to this and give me the destination . " |
| 4 | I asked him did you have a sweet ? |
| 5 | well she put , cos she usually she buy phone card or what does she call , cos I asked her do you remember ? |
| 6 | I made him let me walk in the cellar this morning . |
| 7 | As soon as he came in I made him let me look at his head , and I dabbed some Dettol on it . |
| 8 | So I got him to let me write another letter . |
| 9 | The trainer explained : ‘ Three of them , Jeff Newton , Mick Dews and Barry Dixon , had a horse with me called The White Lion , who won a seller and I told them to let it go . |
| 10 | I imagined you let her go away with Steve because you … you thought she would finally get him out of her system , and you did say that you were certain she would return as you had something precious that Steve had n't got . |
| 11 | Now you know why I advised you to let it climb . |
| 12 | I forgot I made one like that . |
| 13 | Well I 'm just thinking it could be three years cos I 'm thinking what I borrowed what did I borrow , fifteen hundred ? |
| 14 | As her cry rent the air , Mr Lee gazed at his daughter 's eyes and murmured , ‘ I fancied I saw them tremble ’ . |
| 15 | And th there there was a cartoon in the paper in the week I thought it made me smile really . |
| 16 | I thought I saw somebody pass the window , ’ said Sophia . |
| 17 | There was silence then and I thought I saw him shake his head . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I saw something pass across his eyes — a kind of flicker of intelligence . |
| 19 | Except that when Mrs Tremayne were dying , I thought I heard her say something about someone called Ash , or maybe it was Nash . |
| 20 | I thought I heard her say that she 'd packed the gallery , but she was lighting a cigarette and no one took any notice of this remark . |
| 21 | I thought I heard her say , ‘ Go on , you can do it ! ’ |
| 22 | I thought I heard him bring the cows in earlier but he 's grown so deaf he did n't hear when I called him . |
| 23 | I thought I heard him say that there was some discretion in this matter , if the French do n't go ahead there is some discretion on the part of the British government , I thought it was automatic that if the French do n't ratify then we wo n't be able to ratify . |
| 24 | ‘ I thought I heard you use words like find and explain . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I thought I heard you say the Guild of Merchants ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I thought I made myself clear this morning , Rincewind . |
| 27 | ‘ — anyway they never saw me , but before I went I heard her say , in a slinky sort of voice . |
| 28 | They watching , they watch like a hawk , cos remember I did it last , I did I did it last time , this is yonks ago . |
| 29 | you know , this woman that I , goes down the school that talks , who I talked to , she knew from Peterborough and I think she 's German , she 's got an accent , I 'm sure for certain she 's German , anyway she 's got twins in Robert 's class and she was talking to me today and she was telling me her husband moved out to move from Peterborough with his job so I said what does he do ? and she said he 's a scientist , so I said oh is he ? , |
| 30 | I said what d' you think of her ? " |