Example sentences of "i [verb] [noun prp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They thought if I became England manager I would take over the FA — and I would have done ! ’ |
| 2 | I asked Roger Mortlock from Oxaid why the leaflet was so explicit . |
| 3 | I asked Roger Pawsey of Cants , Mark Mattock , Gareth Fryer , Ken Grapes of the Royal National Rose Society and Robert Harkness , five of the country 's leading rose experts , to name their personal choice of the most highly scented hybrid teas and floribundas . |
| 4 | I asked Roger Lasko , Head of Job Broking Branch , who is masterminding the ES side of operations , about the main elements of the new programmes . |
| 5 | When I asked Roger Forster whether they had ever started a new congregation without a full-time worker he replied that it was not that they were in principle against it , but in practice they had not done so . |
| 6 | Yeah I asked Sammy Jo , she said something about the Sunday |
| 7 | Not much late I asked Dr Ethelwynn Trewavas her opinion , and she assured me two species were involved , and kindly showed me photos of the teeth of both species , which even I could see were different . |
| 8 | I asked Dr Maté what we were doing there . |
| 9 | I asked Dr Ian Rolfe , now at Chambers Street Museum , how he felt about the selling of fossils . |
| 10 | I asked Dr Haidar . |
| 11 | I asked Dr Haidar . |
| 12 | I asked Lord King of British Airways about the decision to buy Boeing aircraft and United States General Electric aero engines , giving that company a foothold in Britain at the expense of Rolls-Royce . |
| 13 | I asked Joshua Rozenberg , our Legal Affairs correspondent , whether there were things from his area he felt we should have covered . |
| 14 | I asked Ulu Grosbard , who knew Nichols , to ask him what he felt about me : ‘ I think he feels he has made a mistake . |
| 15 | I asked Fishpool founders Gaynor Coward and David Waring . |
| 16 | At the moment most drivers have no official training on how to cope with motorway conditions , I asked Sergeant Bill Clarke from the Forces Driving School why it was n't part of the driving test . |
| 17 | I asked Professor Manny Eppell to describe the Centre 's activities . |
| 18 | I asked Frank Dick , the Director of Coaching , about this but all he said was that the field for the 60 metres had been chosen ( by him , as it turned out ) . |
| 19 | I won the U-Bix Copiers massive ten-man race at Birmingham , so I asked Frank Dick if there was a chance for me to get in the relay team , which had n't been announced with the main selections . |
| 20 | As I lay in bed that night , watching the flash of the searchlights on the darkened wall , I asked Robin Summers the same question . |
| 21 | I asked Mrs Lyons a number of other questions , but she did not change her story , whatever I asked her . |
| 22 | When I asked Mrs Zamzam what her sons did for a living , a young man interrupted to say that they all worked ‘ for the revolution ’ . |
| 23 | When I asked Mrs Zamzam whether she would really go back to Palestine if the frontier was opened , she did not hesitate . |
| 24 | I asked Mrs Durrant what suggestion she could offer local parents whose children have similar difficulties . |
| 25 | ‘ I asked Mrs Gracie the housekeeper what to do , ’ she said , and a sudden grin , like that of an urchin , showed on her face . |
| 26 | When I asked Alex Lyon about this in an interview in early 1976 his answer was : |
| 27 | ‘ When I returned to England , ’ he continued , ‘ I asked Bishop Thomas to recommend me for ordination to the priesthood . |
| 28 | ‘ I asked Chris Evert how she knew she was ready to retire , and she said it was because sometimes she did n't care if she lost . |
| 29 | I asked Emma Johnson about the celebrated clarinet virtuoso , Richard Mühlfeld , for whom Brahms wrote his clarinet quintet but who refused to accept the dedication of the Stanford concerto , and consequently never played the work . |
| 30 | The lack of financial resources affects the quantity of projects which can be undertaken in the city , and with about £2.5 million in their pockets ( Glasgow spent around £40 million last year ) , I asked Lewis Clohossey , organiser at the Dublin European City of Culture office , whether this had been a hindrance . |