Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | When I asked him a question he 'd say , ‘ The answer to that is — in fact the several answers to that are … |
2 | So I asked him a question . ’ |
3 | I asked him a question and he could answer no . |
4 | I , I asked him a couple of weeks or ten days back . |
5 | The camera was rolling and with Devonian subtlety , I asked him a succession of innocuous questions about his regional tour . |
6 | I asked him a little bit more about the play . |
7 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
8 | ‘ I asked you a question , dear heart . |
9 | " I asked you a question , " Lee — if it was Lee , and he was convinced it was — said softy . |
10 | ‘ I asked you a question , you asked me a question , but I did n't leap out of nowhere and start a fight , did I ? |
11 | ‘ And I asked you a question , Mr Ward . ’ |
12 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
13 | ‘ I asked you a question , Mr Jordan . ’ |
14 | ‘ I asked you a question ! ’ he said . |
15 | ‘ I asked you a question , Mistress . |
16 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
17 | ‘ Master Physician , I asked you a question . ’ |
18 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
19 | ‘ I asked you a question and I 'm still waiting for your answer . |
20 | ‘ I asked you a question . |
21 | ‘ I asked you a question , signorina . |
22 | I asked you a question , señorita , and I 'd like a straight answer . ’ |
23 | ‘ Do you remember I asked you a question on your first day that you refused to answer ? ’ he said . |
24 | 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 . |
25 | Er , now , I asked you the table set have n't I ? |
26 | Hell , I had a bumper sticker saying ‘ Have You Hugged Your Kids Today ? ’ and , sure , I hugged them every day I could , but nowadays I sometimes wonder just what in hell is going on inside their heads . |
27 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
28 | There is a wealth of revealing evidence on the attitudes that affect reading : ‘ His daddy always takes him to bed , and he says ‘ Can I have a story ? ’ said an engineer 's wife , ‘ but he 's been told now that he 's getting a bit too old for stories ’ ’ [ ‘ He ’ is four ] ( Newson and Newson , 1968 , p.274 ) ; ‘ Then I read her a story , ’ said an actor 's wife , ‘ and Rupert listens , and then I show Rupert his little book ’ ’ [ Rupert being sixteen months old ] ( ibid . |
29 | Mrs Jones recalls , ‘ I made him a robe and head-dress and his father made him a crook . |
30 | When we got to my house , I gave Man Friday some trousers , and I made him a coat and a hat . |