Example sentences of "i [verb] [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 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 .
7 Er so I mean that c because er I mean they the steel balls and steel rollers go into the bin I mean they ca n't be used for anything .
8 I sold him the car did n't I ?
9 I passed her the tissues as I always do .
10 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 .
11 DAYFLOWER a strong finishing fifth in the Newmarket 1000 gns , may find conditions more to her liking at the Curragh tomorrow and I make her the selection for the Irish ‘ 1000 ’ .
12 at Christmas , I got him the beef
13 I got him the Sydney job , ’ she vouchsafed with delicate emphasis .
14 And I got you the roses . ’
15 We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has .
16 ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree .
17 I sense it the moment we are inside the front door .
18 I told her the story .
19 I told her the story .
20 I told her the story .
21 I told her the story about the wine , that 's all .
22 That 's when I told her the rest .
23 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 .
24 I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit .
25 I told her the number straight off .
26 And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said .
27 I told her the answer was the Sun .
28 That 's life , on Vadinamia , as I said to Mala when I told her the news .
29 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 ?
30 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 . ’
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