Example sentences of "i [vb past] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to give him a lead . |
| 2 | Er that 's true , as I said I , I lied a little bit , I , I failed to tell you the cost of the fee . |
| 3 | I got to give you the cello . |
| 4 | I tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 5 | Last week in my talk I tried to give you an introduction to the subject we call art . |
| 6 | ‘ At first I tried to keep it a secret from my wife and three children , ’ says Chris . |
| 7 | I stopped to find her a name . |
| 8 | I forgot to get him a card to go out again for a card . |
| 9 | It happened during the final couple of years of my marriage when , tired of the humiliation my husband 's affairs imposed on me , I decided to give him a taste of his own medicine . |
| 10 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 11 | So I decided to give it a miss that day . |
| 12 | ‘ It was then that I decided to give it a try . |
| 13 | So much , that I decided to draw you a piccy of your swish logo on our school 's Nimbus printer . |
| 14 | I kept just killing time until it had gone eleven o'clock and all the cinema-goers had gone in for the late shows , at which point I decided to call it a day . |
| 15 | I decided to pay them a visit . |
| 16 | So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away . |
| 17 | I decided to hand him a quarter |
| 18 | I offered to give him a game or two if he needed the practice but , as he soon told me , snooker training is a lot more complicated than that nowadays . |
| 19 | I went to see her a couple of times , but there was no progress . |
| 20 | , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I had to explain him a bit first , because from meeting me you would n't necessarily be able to tell what my best friend was like , and Oliver can get up people 's nostrils . |
| 23 | I had to promise them a press conference , and I thought you 'd rather do it now , old son . |
| 24 | I had to repeat it a number of times so that there could be no misunderstanding . |
| 25 | I had to ask him the way to the police station . |
| 26 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 27 | Can you imagine , you know a teacher , I thought I had to tell them every minute detail of these plans . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to offer her a round of toasted cheese and a cup of tea . |
| 29 | I had to find her a flat , move her in , go to the Electricity Board , and then her husband Monica 's one of those who need a mother , someone who takes her on An idea came into Alice 's head of such beautiful and apt simplicity that she began laughing quietly to herself . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know if you know about the school , but — ’ I paused to give her a chance to answer . |