Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One hundred ladies kindly volunteered and eight weeks later I asked them to complete a lengthy questionnaire . |
| 2 | ‘ I asked him to take a fresh look at the situation , because my gut feeling is that the decision that 's been taken is not the right one . ’ |
| 3 | I asked her to take an intermediate photograph . |
| 4 | She had asked if there were anything I wanted from England , and I asked her to bring a large , old-fashioned teddy bear for my small Greek godson , George . |
| 5 | I 'm also thrilled by the terrific response to my December letter , when I asked you to pinpoint the key issues that you believe should be tackled by the Government in order to put Britain back on the right tracks for 1992 : not surprisingly , childcare comes high on your list , as it does in the questionnaire . |
| 6 | Okay having done that we discussed what the content of the course was going to be and then I asked you to make a first presentation . |
| 7 | ‘ There was really no need — I realised I had a sweet and cheeses , you must have been starving . ’ |
| 8 | Even as I shouted I sensed the utter absurdity of my words and the ludicrous figure I presented , a slovenly , plump young man , so obviously clumsy and ineffectual , rabbit 's ears of shirt-tail escaping from my waistband . |
| 9 | My hair had more shine than before and I found it left a stronger smell than other conditioners which I really liked . |
| 10 | I found I had the best of both worlds . |
| 11 | I helped him pull the two long wicker chairs from the far end of the terrace . |
| 12 | Recently I used it to stick a plastic-coated wire rack to the inside of a kitchen cupboard door while I checked the position of the rack with the door closed . |
| 13 | And I told her to keep the twenty for that stuff in there . |
| 14 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
| 15 | I told him put the bleeding crumpets in the bloody toaster again . |
| 16 | I told you to keep the new ones separate . |
| 17 | I noticed he had a slight limp ; I recalled the attack on me the previous day and the wounds I had unwittingly inflicted , but decided to keep the matter to myself . |
| 18 | ‘ I noticed he had a few extra bits and pieces on . |
| 19 | I kept my hand pressed to the bottom of the boat , my fingers freezing in the icy water swilling round us , but I noticed it grew no deeper . |
| 20 | Got a bloody assignment to give in and I forgot I lost the bloody address ! |
| 21 | If it was , I reckoned I had a few minutes while he walked back there . |
| 22 | When I turned I saw a long patch of the fluorescent dye that the Germans carried staining the sea a light yellow-green but could not pick out the pilot . |
| 23 | As I developed I became a big bloke and that stood me in good stead . |
| 24 | There was a pause , and I heard him take a deep breath . |
| 25 | I heard him question the Indian and I reached into the cat for the map which he had left on his seat . |
| 26 | I heard he saved a whole family during the Blitz . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ From what I heard you say a few minutes ago , you 're not feeling quite so grateful for the job now . ’ |
| 28 | Yes , I heard you , yes , I heard you say the other day , and also did read in the press , where you 've been quoted , Councillor Warby , that you would build various by-passes and no doubt you will be putting , I have n't yet heard any amendments to the capital goal . |
| 29 | Right , I er , I heard you say the right answer , so I was obviously incorrect . |
| 30 | I urged him to have a few of the young daughters of the gentlefolk before he established the provisional government at the Smolny Institute . |