Example sentences of "i [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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1 | Later I asked Mala the original of that unlikely nickname , but she merely told me , with a faint blush , that is was none of my business . |
2 | ‘ That 's exactly why I read Katarina the riot act when you left . |
3 | I met Edith the day before she was going . |
4 | I met Harry the Duck , a 16 year old skin in an East London street one hot July afternoon in 1981 . |
5 | I met Michael the day I moved into Betty 's . |
6 | When I sold CBS the video I kept apologising for the movement because it was so shaky . |
7 | I got Charlotte the Mr Loops Yellow Bus . |
8 | Supposedly , when I , when I told Nicola the other day that you reckon that I do n't do enough work , she says cor blimey she was shocked she was , shocked oh do it , do it as near to the microphone as you can mum |
9 | I think it would be better if I told Alan the bad news . |
10 | ‘ It would be better if I told Alan the bad news . ’ |
11 | But I told Una the next morning when all of you left the house . |
12 | I showed Kubrick the script of Spartacus . |
13 | I showed Richard the letter and he handed it back without comment . |
14 | I paid Barry the fifteen dollars we had agreed on for a small , black Andean Equipment daysack to keep my new notebooks in and left him selling jewellery to his tour group . |
15 | ‘ I admired Gallardo the most ’ , says Valenzuela . |
16 | ‘ I taught Jimmy the sensation of where to expect the serve of an opponent , plus where to plan to return that shot . |
17 | I watched Dallas the other day and guess who was in it ? |
18 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
19 | I offered Benn the chance to fight me in September and he turned me down in favour of fighting Mauro Galvano in Italy . |
20 | Oh , yes , I knew Marlowe the playwright and helped him stage his play Edward II . |
21 | I looked for the first time straight into his moonlit eyes , and I saw Perkin the son , the husband , the one who worked with wood . |
22 | I remember one Sunday afternoon when I saw Zebbie the Coalpicker pushing a bicycle up the hill with a sack of coals on the cross-bar . |
23 | Speaking of which , I saw Clem the Sunday before last . |
24 | Shortly after I reached England the Governor paid his first post-liberation visit to Rangoon and on 20th June began his conference with Burmese leaders . |
25 | I duly completed the essay on the rise and fall of The Criterion , and I sent Eliot the relevant copy of The Townsman . |
26 | Since I gave Wiggen the reindeer he runs with his tail up , happy to be part of my team . |
27 | well I have because we have erm , we 've got that Durham and Wearside telephone directory , so I gave Catherine the number and she said she 's got to ring her tonight about something I think what Catherine must of done was , well she must of send orders to her by post |
28 | And with that monumentally fate-tempting remark , I gave Posi the new course to follow , and settled back peacefully in my pouch-seat . |
29 | Oh I gave Lloyd the coupons to give to Tommy , I hope he do n't bloody forget . |
30 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |