Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can I make you two gentlemen a cup of tea or coffee ? ’ |
| 2 | Both sports were clearly popular and well-established traditions ; but when I asked my Indian friends about their survival in modern Delhi , they all shook their heads . |
| 3 | Matilda said , ‘ I am very sorry I asked you those questions , Miss Honey . |
| 4 | But when I criticise a tremolo system for being awkward to change strings on , or a truss rod for being inaccessible , it 's because I change my own strings and adjust my own truss rod . |
| 5 | I commend my hon. Friends the Members for Rugby and Kennilworth ( Mr. Pawsey ) , for Dartford ( Mr. Dunn ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) for their overall appraisal of our policy . |
| 6 | I hugged my bursting shins , thinking , Ow , my fucking shins are bursting ! |
| 7 | I made one many years ago and found it worked very well . |
| 8 | I made you some notes , as well . ’ |
| 9 | Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds . |
| 10 | And hence Stephanie 's shock-horror performance when I made my innocent enquiries ? ’ |
| 11 | If you say something to me I check that I have understood your message by saying it back to you in my own words , for if I repeat your own words exactly you will doubt whether I have really understood you . |
| 12 | , but when they asked us to go , you know , I mean they two seats to spare and old Bert would n't speak and came and said would you two like to go , he 's on the committee , you see so he went and mentioned it to Lionel and Lionel got them out and said would you like to go and right I 'll put your name down so |
| 13 | I mean what other men |
| 14 | Well alright , I mean them long windows , as you say , up here , erm low ! |
| 15 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
| 16 | I mean your political proclivities ? ’ |
| 17 | Maybe next time I bring her some oranges from the best side of the orchard — very sweet , and will do her lot of good . |
| 18 | And the angel said unto them , ‘ Fear not , for behold I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 19 | for behold , I bring you good tidings of great joy , which shall be to all people . |
| 20 | ‘ I upset your little plans , did I not ? |
| 21 | ‘ I met him six years ago , as I was going through my divorce , ’ Miss Dale said yesterday . |
| 22 | ‘ I met him several times at balls and routs , and I found him very entertaining . |
| 23 | You 've changed a lot since I met you those years ago . |
| 24 | I really have to watch how far I push myself these days , though . |
| 25 | ‘ After The White Lion won they gave me £6,000 and told me to get them another , so I sold them three shares in Rambo 's Hall — who I 'd bought cheaply in a job lot as a yearling — for £1,500 each . |
| 26 | I make it fifteen minutes to go . |
| 27 | ‘ I make it eighty fathoms here , sir . |
| 28 | Also , I make my two glasses of wine go further by adding sparkling mineral water . |
| 29 | I make my own friends . ’ |
| 30 | But I am myself an agent ; there remains the question of how I make my own decisions . |