Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 2 | In the later stages of Metaltronix I had a guy work for me who had a tube engineering degree , but that kind of knowledge still does n't teach you about designing — the times I asked him to design certain circuits and he 'd just stare at me ! |
| 3 | I asked him to take that out , but I 'm sure that was the only edit I ever insisted on from his work , which otherwise was super . |
| 4 | In cross-examination Mr. Williams , according to the judge 's note , said : ‘ I asked him to make certain she would be agreeable in principle . ’ |
| 5 | I asked him to bring those girls here . |
| 6 | ‘ Are you suggesting I asked him to play slow music ? ’ she shot back , outraged . |
| 7 | I asked her to get some for erm the children . |
| 8 | ‘ For instance , ’ Miss Honey said , ‘ if I asked you to multiply fourteen by nineteen … |
| 9 | I asked you to move this lot , and you did n't ! |
| 10 | Now did you draw I asked you to draw some graphs did n't I . |
| 11 | I asked you to take all that in . |
| 12 | She said , well , she said , I asked you to take four people home and you said , No I 'm sorry . |
| 13 | " You would n't get the wrong idea if I asked you to put that light out , would you ? " she asked . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked you to get that three days ago , ’ Rory said icily as Candy got to her feet . |
| 15 | So if I asked you to calculate one of your own , you 'd be able to do it , yes . |
| 16 | I got them to try all the recipes in the book — even a mouthful of chitterlings . |
| 17 | The artist who did my album cover used an airbrush and I got him to do three guitars for me . |
| 18 | You do n't think I expected you to have two hundred pounds on you , do you ? |
| 19 | And instead of continuing to tell herself ‘ I ca n't get out , I 'm trapped , there 's nothing I can do ’ , I told her to reverse that and start thinking ‘ Well I can do this , I can do that ’ . |
| 20 | I told her to cancel those flowers . ’ |
| 21 | I told her to buy this island . |
| 22 | ‘ I told her to check that seal . ’ |
| 23 | I told her to forget bloody implants , what would her babies think ? |
| 24 | I told her to forget this doctor nonsense and talk more reasonably about the oilman and his petrodollars and what he had her do In the dying moments she made a noise I 'd never heard her make before , a rhythmical whimpering of abandonment or entreaty , a lost sound . |
| 25 | ‘ I told them to stop competing . |
| 26 | before they went back , and er , I ca n't remember whether I told them to get one or whether they should be up for Easter . |
| 27 | So I told him to take these tablets and says if he felt no better he 'd better get to doctors , well he did n't even move out of bed , apart from summat to eat |
| 28 | He broke two of my teeth extracting them but he says they 're out clean , when I told him to take another X-ray of it . |
| 29 | I told him to get lost . ’ |
| 30 | I told you to put some orange in there . |