Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Later , when Frankie and Liza , my brother and sister , came in from playing I told them the sad news , but they did n't seem very upset . |
| 32 | ‘ I told him a few home truths , but it was a waste of breath , there was nothing I could do . ’ |
| 33 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 34 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 35 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 36 | ‘ You still believe I rejected you the first time , do n't you ? ’ |
| 37 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 38 | I noticed it the other day when you were round then |
| 39 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 40 | I showed him the relevant page of my guide-book . |
| 41 | I hated it the first time . |
| 42 | I admired him a great deal … ’ |
| 43 | My eyes were shut most of the time now as I blundered round the park and when I opened them a red mist swirled . |
| 44 | I taught her a new move and she practised it on me but she missed and got me in the and I fell on the ground . |
| 45 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
| 46 | I bought him one Christmas years and oh hey , we were just married and I ordered him an extending ladder from the Co-op |
| 47 | ‘ I heard you the first time , boy . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ I heard you the first time , ’ her mother said . |
| 49 | ‘ Yes , I heard you the first time . |
| 50 | I warned you the other night , me and you gon na fall out if you keep being cheeky . |
| 51 | Erm I recorded it the other day and I did n't even know . |
| 52 | I was once a Member of Parliament and one day in the chamber at Westminster , a Puritan , a lozenge of sanctified humility , got up from his arse and roared at me because I called him a blackened turd . |
| 53 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
| 54 | I called you the Bony Lady . |
| 55 | He paused a moment and then added , " You know , Sara , I meant it the other evening when I said you could ride whenever you want . |
| 56 | But once , to test this , when I offered him a smoky bacon crisp and said , as he crunched greedily into it , ‘ I did n't know you liked smoky bacon , ’ he sprinted into the bathroom and washed out his mouth with soap , screaming from his frothing lips that he would burn in hell . ) |
| 57 | Celtic manager Liam Brady said : ‘ I offered him an improved contract , but the player wants to move south . |
| 58 | I offered her a good price but she was n't selling . |
| 59 | And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart . |
| 60 | ‘ Yeah , I know where Flaxperson is , I saw her the other day . |