Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 2 | Of course I gave her an ‘ A ’ . |
| 3 | In reply I sent him a cutting from the catalogue of a well known UK mail order equipment company . |
| 4 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 5 | So as an aircraft came out of the engineering wing I gave it a test . |
| 6 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 7 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 8 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 9 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 10 | You , you know that paper I showed you the , the reason that we 're making these recordings , it says so er words , so the normal words go on the state about and so they 'll know , they 'll know what the language was , why , in the nineteen nineties |
| 11 | This morning I boiled her a nice fresh egg , and she ate the lot . |
| 12 | about it and I did n't see her for weekend she gave me her phone number , Saturday morning I gave her a bell , said I would be walking the dog if you want to join me |
| 13 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 14 | In turn I told her a little about my own background , as though we were out on a first date . |
| 15 | How I wished I could buy him a record-player for all those useless records , but there was no point in thinking along those lines , so in the end I got him a belt , made of different coloured woven leathers , very gay and rather spivvy , only of course it would n't look spivvy on him . |
| 16 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 17 | While he was in school I gave him every chance I could to play before an audience , both in the school and in the local YMCA . |
| 18 | Either way I thought it a nice gesture , and when I next caught his eye I smiled . |
| 19 | Big overlap on , especially on stuff like this about the dynamics erm do n't forget that sort of first sheet I gave you a long time ago about |
| 20 | As a mark of gratitude I sent her a food parcel which , she was good enough to say , miraculously filled the worst gaps in her store-cupboard . |
| 21 | ‘ The map I gave you the last time . ’ |
| 22 | She loves those lacy things you know by and do you remember I I bought for them for Christmas I bought her a tissue box with that beautiful lace cover ? |
| 23 | finished that medicine I finished it the my chest , I still feel sick . |
| 24 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 25 | It 's time I called it a day . |
| 26 | Just as he reached the top step I gave him a push — not a hard push , just defensive . |
| 27 | From my pack I offered her an apple , the only food I had . |