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 .
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