Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [to-vb] [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 | 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 . |
| 8 | And I told her to keep the twenty for that stuff in there . |
| 9 | Finally , in growing anger , I told them to perform an unlikely act upon themselves — they stared — and turned away . |
| 10 | I told you to keep the new ones separate . |
| 11 | I urged him to have a few of the young daughters of the gentlefolk before he established the provisional government at the Smolny Institute . |
| 12 | It was n't easy , but I persuaded him to do the right thing . |
| 13 | Our new kitchen is not ultra-modern because I wanted it to have an old look and homely feel . |
| 14 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |
| 15 | I wanted us to spend a few hours together , just talking and relaxing . ’ |