Example sentences of "i [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my friends ( 'I' ) who just stays a couple of doors up from me has got a very different attitude towards sex . |
| 2 | Someone close to me has had a cataract operation in both eyes . |
| 3 | selling and getting a result on that you see I 've covered a lot of stuff for you on that , I 've covered quite a bit with you on , er product knowledge , now would you say that you 're reasonably together there and where you want to be on product knowledge ? |
| 4 | ‘ I can see I 've made a fool of myself again . |
| 5 | ‘ Watch it for Christ sake , ’ Billy bawled into the wind , ‘ ca n't you see I 've had a hard night . ’ |
| 6 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 7 | If we ca n't e e I 've had a couple of months of stock on the shelf for 'em . |
| 8 | One day when I saw him in the village , he said , ‘ I hear I 've got a son , Ellen , whose name 's Linton ! |
| 9 | stuff , erm , I 'll I 've got a disk that does interesting little joined up lines , and there 's one where you can just put numbers in yourself and it 'll draw all sorts of pictures for you |
| 10 | Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks . |
| 11 | Can I I 've got a er I 've got a , I 've got erm a couple of fifty pences , that 's , I 'm alright for those thanks . |
| 12 | I 've been asked by a market research to do I 've got a tape on it 's for , dictionaries . |
| 13 | mind you the trouble is it 's alright in saying that but you see I 've got a bad chest , Philip 's got a bad chest |
| 14 | Na , I mean answered a yes to that question , but I do n't think it 's a matter of do you want or do you no , cos I do n't think the choice is there . |
| 15 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 16 | ‘ And then , blow me , I got offered a job at Radio One . |
| 17 | I got offered a part-time job in a bakery at the weekends , and he said he 'd look after the kids , but he never did , so I could n't do it . |
| 18 | The rectories and vicarages I visited played a more important part in the rural community than they have done since or are likely ever to do again . |
| 19 | The fact that it would have been tricky to die on a hill with more people around than at a Harrods sale , unless I 'd packed a gun and some razor blades , was irrelevant . |
| 20 | And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself . |
| 21 | ‘ At first I thought I 'd hooked a tree because it felt so solid . |
| 22 | as if I 'd lit a fire in the darkness to try and warm us . |
| 23 | ‘ I should be mortified if I thought I 'd missed a chance to do him a mischief , but it 'd be a cold day in hell before I 'd make a spectacle of myself in the market place . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'd heard a programme about an Indian craftsman who made wooden elephants . |
| 25 | A.Q. : Towards five-thirty this morning , having just got back from the flower market , I was working in the front quarters of my shop when I got the idea I 'd heard a funny noise just outside the window … |
| 26 | I 'd heard a lot about er af er I 've been in the Transport and General Workers ' Union as a shop steward and so forth like that . |
| 27 | And I wanted a particular tape , oh I know it was a tape I 'd heard a coach driver using on the er on a coach trip that I was on so I got to know what it was erm and er I went round the usual shops no joy |
| 28 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 29 | That was the only time I 'd seen a stick being used . |
| 30 | Wait a minute — out of the corner of my eye at Temple Meads Station , when I 'd blinked away the vision of Mum swallowing mud , I 'd seen a sign on the window of the buffet : Vacancies . |