Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My experience with the pensions inquiry had already taught me one invaluable lesson . |
| 2 | I agree with Kev — I reckon 3–1 is a good bet for tomorrow.But one word of warning … years of painful experience has taught me one golden rule in football betting — NEVER back your own team — there 's nothing more guaranteed to jinx them . |
| 3 | You have given me thirty pence . |
| 4 | He wanted to be able to give me fifty pounds , and he was suffering from a deep sense of inadequacy because he could n't have given me five . |
| 5 | It 's given me five clear working days to set up my appointments for next week . |
| 6 | Simply to say ‘ I was going to speak to you about a wonderfully deserving and little-known charity but the producers have only given me twenty-two seconds because they 're cutting straight to a sponsored lard-slice in Abergavenny , so I wo n't . ’ |
| 7 | In Salamanca , as a parting present , Dana had given me two of his most beloved treasures , two books of Chinese prints and ink drawings . |
| 8 | Emily left me one of her large paintings of the green B.C. forests in her will ; she had previously given me two of her books . |
| 9 | I 'd only been in Monty 's poky little office for ten minutes and already he had given me two priceless lessons in my future profession — to make sure I dressed properly , and never be afraid to ask the question " Why ? " |
| 10 | But when we arrived home , we found the stranger had given me two pound notes as well as the coin . |
| 11 | Well if it 's something plus three , then you must have given me two . |
| 12 | Some of you may not know that you have recently given me two lovely present , the first , for my birthday , being a beautiful flower arrangement which gave me great pleasure , particularly as I live in the centre of London and my nearest ‘ garden ’ is Regent 's Park ! |
| 13 | Ellen had given me one of her pitying looks . |
| 14 | given me ten pound bonus |
| 15 | just given me ten out of ten out of ten for clarity . |
| 16 | They 've given me twenty or twenty four |
| 17 | I keep on asking but she 's given me three different answers up to now ; that Deborah felt a bit depressed , that they 'd been out very late to the last show at the cinema in Via Romana which is very near to Piazza Pitti . ’ |
| 18 | He 's given me three dates when he 'd be delighted to meet us erm Friday the thirtieth of April , four of May or fifth of May , but other dates a as necessary . |
| 19 | If he had played me at the same age he 'd have given me three blacks start and a beating . |
| 20 | Right okay if it was X cubed that would have given me three times too much |
| 21 | Hitherto you 've always received them three , six months in arrears . |
| 22 | I mean Jim was saying that Winston has given them two weeks off so |
| 23 | I 'm delighted to have given them two er security men does it mean security men are now available for all the county ? |
| 24 | We 've given them five hundred pounds . |
| 25 | I thought that see as we 've given them five hundred before , perhaps you 'd consider giving them , perhaps two hundred and fifty this time . |
| 26 | Well I have in the past given them fifty each for Christmas but this year they 're going to have to make do with twenty . |
| 27 | We 've given them three hundred and sixty-four thousand pounds of extra funding , which we could legitimately have taken away as , particularly in the way that it was done , and as I understand it they er , revealed their V I P protection two months early to the Home Office , and therefore cut our S S A by a substantial amount , and I would even perhaps start that as a , as I could , as a series of criticisms about the way the police maintain their budget , and about the way that they have responded . |
| 28 | we had to pull forward it 's not due so we 've got er so we 've given them three days to You see when we worked out the numbers for the we were given all the , the allowances , the rates et cetera , et cetera , we worked the forecast through and seen huge amounts of time given for which the assumption is that it 's all done by hand , the job these cranes so the resources how much money had been spent . |
| 29 | But , in changing direction , the hurricane had given them ten minutes of further respite . |
| 30 | After thoroughly investigating their backgrounds and their political beliefs , he had approached them one by one . |