Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even Terry Lewis hinted at it when I spoke to him the other evening . |
| 2 | ‘ I spoke to her the other day at a charity meeting and she was telling me that her poor brother died recently . |
| 3 | I said to him the other day , well four weeks ago . |
| 4 | I said to him the other morning I said do that again I said look , I 'll get you out of bed . |
| 5 | he 's , he 's like this , he 's got to get on , get everything done , that 's what I said to you the other day , leave |
| 6 | Apart from this minor eccentricity — and I knew old people often became eccentric — she seemed to me the same as she had always been : vague in practical matters but sharp-witted enough in other ways , and eager to talk about what was happening in the world . |
| 7 | Cos she said to me the other day , she said have you been in my room and touched ? |
| 8 | she said to me the other day , has my mummy been in ? |
| 9 | you said to him the other night . |
| 10 | Cos we said to him the other day how much is so and so Jonathan ? |
| 11 | And then he described to me the first time he and Montaine had happened upon it . |
| 12 | ‘ To be sure , the lad 's name is Gabriel , and he came to me the very day I was needing an angel . |
| 13 | The Austrians joined in because it seemed to them the best way to avoid a resuscitation of ‘ big Bulgaria ’ . |
| 14 | Conversely slave-owners and self-lords on the whole stood by the system because it seemed to them the very foundation of their society and their class . |
| 15 | Of course , he does not care a rap whether it is true or not — but he is dreadfully afraid that by prematurely espousing it he might lose some subscribers , though he acknowledged to me the other day he thought it would be generally accepted before long . ’ |
| 16 | I dare not ask directly what is the precise matter but I see in Mr Browning 's eyes an anxiety deeper than usual and he confessed to me the other day that he fears there may be water on the lung . |
| 17 | It did to me the first time we stayed . |
| 18 | He offered an as yo as you read it there in the opening of chapter two , he offered her drink , at meal times she was to eat the food provided for Boaz servants he gave to her the extra portion of parched corn and also he provided extra gleaning for her . |
| 19 | He said to us the other day , ‘ This little country is the key . |