Example sentences of "i sir " in BNC.
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| 1 | I I I sir that we we may be able to erm argue that here today it may be very difficult once it 's established , especially in the public mind that that that there is that there E two land I fear would be not only interpreted unless there 's some justification for me saying this because that 's what it says in the in the in the Harrogate Rural Areas Plan . |
| 2 | I 'm getting nods are n't I sir , and I 'm very grateful for that . |
| 3 | I don I sir I do n't think it 's really in bad taste and I know it 's terrible but it 's it 's got ta it 's out there to prove the point and it is the only way to prove it the revealing that is erm |
| 4 | But I shall expect film directors to call me Sir Anthony . |
| 5 | ‘ So why do you call me Sir John , when I am only John Durbeyfield ? ’ |
| 6 | He called me sir ! |
| 7 | An English policeman actually called me sir . |
| 8 | ‘ Don ‘ t call me sir , ’ he said sharply . |
| 9 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |
| 10 | Let him take his chauffeur 's cap off very slowly and say softly to me , ‘ oh sir , I do n't never want to work for anyone else , never ’ ; let him kneel by the side of the great bed , in the moonlight , and let him lean over to kiss me gently on the lips and to run his leather-gloved hand tenderly across my cheek , across my lips , through my hair , saying all the time , ‘ oh sir , I 'm here sir , I 'm right here , I 'm right here by the bed ; was you calling me sir , did you call me ? ’ |
| 11 | If they ask me Sir , they 're just trying to make a monkey out of you . |
| 12 | We were following a long , straight road in visibility of about twenty yards , all of us hanging out of the windows in a vain attempt to spot landmarks , when a ghostly figure loomed up , saluted , and announced in long-suffering tones , ‘ Excuse me sir , Mr Mills , you 're on the main runway ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Who me sir ? |
| 14 | Unhand me sir … after one last kiss |
| 15 | ‘ Excuse me sir , but are you Mr. Preston ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you would come with me sir , someone would like to see you . |
| 17 | Excuse me sir thanks sir . |
| 18 | ‘ Joe , ’ I said crossly , ‘ how can you call me sir ? ’ |
| 19 | Dear old Joe seemed just the same , but as I got better , he began to remember I was a gentleman , and call me sir again , and when I got up one morning , I discovered he had gone . |
| 20 | After the coup I heard from my ambassador there that Shelhi had been woken by his batman on the morning of the coup with the words , ‘ Excuse me sir , the coup has begun . ’ |
| 21 | I ventured : ‘ Excuse me Sir , why do you want this note ? ’ |
| 22 | " Tell me sir , are we far from Alconbury ? " |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't call me Sir . |
| 24 | I 've rung several of them , and I said ‘ well , excuse me sir , but I 'd like to talk about sexual harassment in Oxford ’ and he said ‘ that 's not my subject ’ . |