Example sentences of "i [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him in for a break . |
| 2 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 3 | Becky did not flinch from the cold water but took a deep breath as I lowered her down beneath Our Lady 's statue . |
| 4 | I track him down to the University of Saskatchewan and just catch him at home before he leaves for work . |
| 5 | I flung them on to the bed where she should have been , but was n't . |
| 6 | Yes , I have I posted it off during the week to My Weekly , because I thought because the it was about a girl in all trouble , I think it |
| 7 | I chucked it out in the end . |
| 8 | I do n't know why but I chucked it back in the water . |
| 9 | The boot blacking came off on my hands and I wiped it off on the side of the bed . |
| 10 | So I thought , ‘ Ah , I 'll just write it anyway , ’ so I made it up from beginning to end . |
| 11 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 12 | Bob and I made it out of hardboard and Formica … |
| 13 | I could n't tell you how , but it I , cos you 'd , I do n't want nothing , but when I did , I 'd got ta use my ingenuity to get something that I could get one or two or a dozen or ten off , you know what I mean , and I got ta make it and a lot of times I made it out of wood which was easily er you know treated . |
| 14 | Mr Alms , who described himself as retired but who runs Investment Chartwork , a firm of ‘ economic forecasters ’ , said : ‘ I suppose you could say I made it out of warped sense of humour . |
| 15 | I made it back to the car and drove very slowly back to my own apartment . |
| 16 | I made it back to Stuart Street just before eight . |
| 17 | I am taking one final bit of advice before I bat it back to Noel Wilson in the Computing Service , and I imagine we will have reached some conclusion to the game before the end of June . |
| 18 | Instead , I led him in by secret ways , going round the Hospital of St Katherine , past the Tower , to Custom House on the corner of Thames Street near the Woolquay . |
| 19 | How I led him out of the garden and into a rough and stony place where naught but thistles and brambles grow ! |
| 20 | so if I bring them down on the floor , you know that if they say maybe naughty |
| 21 | Suppose I bring it up on a tray in about half an hour . |
| 22 | I bring it up to date in a solemn |
| 23 | Now I mean I bring it back to you on the agenda for two reasons . |
| 24 | I stuffed it back in my pocket . |
| 25 | These were the questions I wanted to put when I sought him out in France . |
| 26 | And when I started to write on the piano I found that when I translated it back to the guitar it was better . |
| 27 | I am sorry not to have replied to your fax sooner but I passed it on to the wrong person for answers to your questions on promo videos . |
| 28 | I passed it on to Irene . ’ |
| 29 | I passed it back to them but it 's |
| 30 | There 's a file of that , of course , but I make it up from my working diary , and nobody will know if I make some extracts from the diary . " |