Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I + can I make I wanted to make general point earlier . |
| 2 | When I rang up to say I were coming I asked them did they want Easter eggs or did they want fa er a box of chocolates or bars of chocolate we |
| 3 | I asked what had happened — ‘ Had their been a shuffle ? — or had one of us died in the night ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I asked what happened . ’ |
| 5 | I asked him did you have a sweet ? |
| 6 | I asked you did n't I ? |
| 7 | The first time I asked he engaged his brain , the second time he wavered a bit as if understanding he should be doing something , though not what he should be doing , and the third time he translated it successfully . |
| 8 | I asked I asked my clerk t to get me file something and he says , |
| 9 | If I was a child being sexually abused , would I want it stopped , would I want someone to notice ? |
| 10 | I admitted he visited me but that I 'd had a history of violence with him , and anyway I 'd got an injunction . |
| 11 | Lucy knew she had to tell him something , so she said , ‘ She got mad with me when I admitted you 'd taken me for two bush walks . |
| 12 | But I mean I think Gill sort of worries the fact I think she 's , I mean nobody said she 'd be in there till Christmas . |
| 13 | I mean nobody thought I could do that . |
| 14 | I mean nobody pinched it , it er actually just went into the general melting pot . |
| 15 | Well it 's just so incredible that this oil has never been I mean nobody focused on it did they ? |
| 16 | Yeah , he could n't be bothered to play rugby at the beginning , I mean nobody missed about four weeks . |
| 17 | Well that one , I mean everybody said oh that 's too near to the main road so if that was too near to the main road so will this one be . |
| 18 | I mean everybody knew what was going on , they might have had their own interpretations of what they 'd been told , but that happens , and as I said you know , every decision was voted on by the full lodge of the three quarries . |
| 19 | I mean they got a lot better living what we got and and and they was alright but the the you know you 'd never call them bloated capitalists because they were n't bloated really . |
| 20 | I do n't mind whether we used reins or not , th th they just Well I mean they knew what to do you see ? |
| 21 | I mean they knew they knew about the chiller at time cos I think said |
| 22 | think th , yo , I mean they said , they they feel that it 's no point anyway , it 's already been decided . |
| 23 | Er and they thought of , I mean they thought the world of their their animals and but |
| 24 | ‘ Regrettably , our ancestors of some thirty-five centuries back do n't seem to have given too much thought to posterity , by which I mean they left no records to satisfy their descendants ’ intellectual curiosity . |
| 25 | Erm but I mean they went away a couple of weeks ago down to where Dave 's brother was buried in Isle of Wight |
| 26 | When they start probing you , they go right back and I mean they went back what ten , twelve years did n't they ? |
| 27 | so they , I mean they flogged the cheaper lines and they could have through the door like |
| 28 | well he should only be eight and a half , I mean they told us he was three and a half when he was rescued . |
| 29 | I mean they fought valiantly for peace but I , I think that erm the maternity bill I think is what everybody admits that we shall always go down as being noted for . |
| 30 | so I mean they 'd |