Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I asked him the differences between the Quechua and the Spanish view of the world .
2 If those , all of those contract temps are regarded as full time people it looks like full time people are working overtime , which is why I asked you the question yesterday erm what 's the overtime bill for quotes alone .
3 Er , now , I asked you the table set have n't I ?
4 In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust …
5 After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece .
6 I sold him the car did n't I ?
7 I passed her the tissues as I always do .
8 After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod .
9 at Christmas , I got him the beef
10 I got him the Sydney job , ’ she vouchsafed with delicate emphasis .
11 And I got you the roses . ’
12 ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree .
13 I told her the story .
14 I told her the story .
15 I told her the story .
16 I told her the story about the wine , that 's all .
17 That 's when I told her the rest .
18 But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them .
19 I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit .
20 I told her the number straight off .
21 And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said .
22 I told her the answer was the Sun .
23 That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news .
24 That 's why I sa that 's why I told them the weekend I thought at least I 'll have something sha n't I ?
25 I told them the arguments put forward by Visual Effects , only to be told in return manufacturing a conical base would have been much easier as it could all have been done from one two-part mould in half the time . ’
26 They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders .
27 I told them the truth — he visits me , but he does n't live here .
28 ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow .
29 I told him the maps we should need , and he promised to have all the necessary Ordnance map sheets ready .
30 and I told him the ones to see .
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