Example sentences of "i [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 2 | I got to give you the cello . |
| 3 | I tend to do it the weekend before the month starts . |
| 4 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 5 | Whatever our conscious reasons ( ’ No , I want to remember him/her the way he/she was ' or ‘ Not in front of the children ’ ) , a dead body is not considered to be spectacle for display in Britain , and the rationale which dictates it can sometimes disguise feelings of embarrassment that such a thing could occur in our death-defying , well-regulated households . |
| 6 | I want to touch you the way no man has ever touched you . |
| 7 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 8 | ‘ I want to tell you the truth . |
| 9 | I want to show you the valley . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I want to show you the city that 's made for lovers . ’ |
| 11 | I want to know you the way no man has ever known a woman before . ’ |
| 12 | When people seem to be falling down , I like to give them the opportunity to right themselves . |
| 13 | ‘ That means I get to do it the way I think best . ’ |
| 14 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 15 | So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away . |
| 16 | , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home . |
| 17 | I do n't see how she can do the hours , with the hours that she 's doing , I mean she 's still in the Penny Farthing when I came here cos I went to pay her the money . |
| 18 | I had to ask him the way to the police station . |
| 19 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 20 | I wish to show you the work of … my friend . ’ |
| 21 | I have n't got er I have to give you the figure afterwards erm no I have got it , I have got it . |
| 22 | When the studios were built , I wanted to record some of the songs I knew when I was young and I wanted to record them the way I wanted to hear them . |
| 23 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |
| 24 | I brought you up here because I wanted to show you the house I 've bought in Oxfordshire . |