Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 However , he already knew Joy and Alan , and the kettle was boiling , so I asked him to sit down , and would he like to join us in a coffin ?
2 The King often visited me , and every time he came , I asked him to take off my chains .
3 I asked him to write down what he liked about the skinhead style and , after a few moments ' thought , he dashed off the above .
4 As I thought my parents would still be up , I asked him to come in in an attempt to stop him getting away . ’
5 Key was surprised when I asked him to clear up the controversy .
6 I asked her to move out at once .
7 Puzzled , I asked her to bring in both the carriage and the sinker plate to class .
8 " Now , I asked you to come over for several reasons .
9 I made myself calm down and Miles Davis 's clear tones on the stereo helped a lot .
10 But , you know , I had to live , so I made myself go out .
11 I made him sit down and then I sat down on his lap .
12 Unlocking it , I made her climb in , showed her the swivel-gun , the maps , and many other things to hand .
13 She said go now to the electrical desk and you can pay for them when no I do n't want to do that and I made her come out with me and see I picked up those teddies in the bags and I went back in and put them by the electrical desk
14 I laid him further along on the pavement , under his broken and smashed shop front , which proclaimed his trade : Rabinowitz Tailors .
15 I met her sitting out on the bench where Michael Willis always sat , water-gazing .
16 I met her walking up by the castle , great big straw hat , floating veils , general appearance of a female Friar Tuck out for a constitutional . ’
17 I got her puffed out !
18 So I had a er I got him set up for the morning jobs and then I did the afternoon jobs with him .
19 When I got myself transferred over to your department , I discovered that you 're well-known among the girls in the office .
20 But I got myself straightened out and I was in the mood then to write some words , get into being into the music , get the tunes making me groove . ’
21 The Miss Cardings next door , they would have let me stay there until I got myself sorted out .
22 He said it would just be until I got myself sorted out , and then I would get him back straight away .
23 I got myself invited along as I wanted to find out what drove him to travel all the way from Surrey to South Wales nearly every weekend .
24 He said , and then I got you to come along , he said , and it 's all for nothing .
25 Well I got it whittled down to six extra .
26 Happy May Day , and I 'm so sorry about the muddle with the draft I 've enquired at the head office of the Bank of Scotland , where I got it made out , and they seemed to think your Brno bank was being a bit dim , or perhaps even obstructionist , in telling you they could n't deal with it and that you 'd have to go to Prague to get it cashed .
27 I got it narrowed down to your number . ’
28 I got it coming back from the church as well !
29 I saw the lie and line , and knowing what he 'd done already , I expected him to chip in .
30 the tube station cos I expected him to spring out
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