Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] another " in BNC.

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1 Then a British colleague at the Zoological station for this and next academic year lent me another four , and I found a couple on our shelves that I had not read before , so was well away .
2 ‘ My Lady , ’ I said , ‘ you promised me another purse ! ’
3 I gave him a pound coin and promised him another if he did his stuff and I walked over to Mrs Newton 's front door .
4 He drew him another map and watched Blunset wander off into the darkness .
5 She found him another job and is paying for a private nurse .
6 She tried to speak , but the effort cost her another mouthful of water .
7 He told them another long joke and won a laugh out of Bella that sealed the success of the evening for him .
8 Lucy said with a hint of triumph , ‘ I told you another car would come along soon . ’
9 Oh well , I told you another time then !
10 No doubt something else had diverted his attention , and afforded him another cue to spread confusion everywhere around him .
11 Sally handed me another .
12 Bangor handed them another three on a plate and the Seasiders may well have been leg-weary after their exertions in Cyprus on Wednesday .
13 Bangor handed them another three on a plate and the Seasiders may well have been leg-weary after their exertions in Cyprus on Wednesday .
14 Well , she fetched me another one on Monday .
15 Sopworth smiled , extended the bottle and poured me another half inch .
16 I read them , furtively , like boys do pornography , and they showed me another world .
17 Alan showed me another way out of the bar , so we avoided Young Trotsky , and walked with me to the van .
18 I poured him another glass .
19 She handed him another towel .
20 I handed him another five bills .
21 Alfred handed him another drink , and the Prince of Wales absent-mindedly took it .
22 He handed her another plate .
23 Perhaps it would be just as well if he paid her another visit .
24 Magda poured her another drink .
25 He poured her another glass of wine from the carafe which stood between them on the table .
26 so he said so he poured her another one and she said I want another glass George so he said
27 Yeah , and showed us another one today .
28 He had a degree of concern for the vanquished Germans , and respect for them as individuals , which taught me another valuable lesson , and which still makes his name in Wilhelmshaven one which is honoured rather than reviled .
29 His dilated pupils told one story , the honesty of the eyes that enclosed them another .
30 Then , just before that gig , I went over to Central School of Art in Holborn and swung us another gig there .
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