Example sentences of "[pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 My daughter phoned up actually but she 's just had a phone call to go out so she 's left me t' answer .
2 Yu not doing me nu favour
3 To thee the privilege is given ,
4 Shew thee the tree , leafed with refin 'd gold
5 He told me the daughter was a bad lot though .
6 Please could you tell me the ratio of male to female Platies I should have in my tank ?
7 ‘ This came from the man who found me the assassin , ’ he went on .
8 He is for me the epitome of the Italian style at its best — he is Spanish , of course , but he has the true Italian style .
9 I 've asked 'em to sell me the land so I can develop it but they wo n't see sense .
10 Flaubert was delighted with the story : ‘ Do you know , Lapierre , you 've just given me the subject of a novel , the counterpart of my Bovary , a Bovary of high society .
11 The report , for the local authorities reports mentioned in the committee item is an attempt to give me the subject of car boot sales a fairly wide airing .
12 Just like it does not allow us to sing an old song that was sung often , Show Me The Road And The Miles To Dundee perhaps that 's the song we should be singing just now in these particular circumstances and be it the day , maybe even in Portsmouth this particular day .
13 Tonight Lorenzo gave me the doge 's ring , and told me the history of this lovely old house .
14 ‘ I 've got the idea , ’ said his boss , giving me the once-over .
15 I wait patiently whilst he gives me the once-over .
16 And it 's a blue chip brochure and I think obviously what I needing now after by the experience I 've had with is to get behind a company who will give me the backing .
17 She has n't , of course , but she gives me the landlord 's name .
18 So , I tell you what , if , if we do end up spending Christmas at gon na give me the present I got to Di and said thank you Di for giving Stella the Christmas present .
19 And for me the beginning was when I was young ; before the Soviets , before the Nazis .
20 But what was , for the archaeologist the end of a job , was for me the beginning .
21 If I could take away with me the beginning of such an understanding it would be enough .
22 Your father has extended to me the hospitality of his house for as long as I care to take it , or until he grows sick of the sight of me .
23 ‘ I do n't think she would have submitted — I would n't have done in that position — but she would definitely have lost consciousness and that would have given me the title . ’
24 Right let's just briefly run through this er essay on migration that so some of you answered , ca n't remember , would somebody tell me the title of it again ?
25 It strikes me the symbolism of this whole venture would be better were it he and Andy balancing together on the seat , but I get the impression Andy 's partner is n't fully into such flamboyance .
26 Clearly the whereabouts of those bottles , and the number of them , had been one of the P'daytabird 's little secrets , for Warnie writes , ‘ Nothing brought home to me the finality of the old life as did the carrying out of those bottles and putting them into [ the ] car — to see the mysteries of that jealously guarded secret room emerge as plain matter of fact bottles , and the cellar stand revealed as an ordinary empty cupboard was an unpleasant feeling . ’
27 Second , for me the sacrament of Holy Communion is a focal point of feeding .
28 and this year they brought me the wireless and cassette
29 She 'd explained to me the origin of the Paisley pattern ; I had the history of Notting Hill Gate , the use of a camera obscura by Vermeer , why Charles Lamb 's sister murdered their mother , and a history of Tamla Motown .
30 Especially if it gave me the credibility to help a friend in need .
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