Example sentences of "i [vb past] [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 tried to give her the kiss of life . |
| 4 | I decided to give him the name of ‘ Man Friday ’ , because I first saw him on a Friday . |
| 5 | So when Lewis turned up I decided to show him the money straight away . |
| 6 | , I remember right from when he was a baby as I went to see him the day his mum brought him home . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I had to ask him the way to the police station . |
| 9 | I had to tell him the news myself |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I wanted to tell you the morning you left , but you were in such a hurry to be gone and — ’ |
| 12 | I brought you up here because I wanted to show you the house I 've bought in Oxfordshire . |