Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career . |
| 2 | Odd-Knut has given him some eggs that turn out to be frozen . |
| 3 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 4 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 5 | He said , ‘ Sickness has given me this fortune that this sultan has come to my side , at morn so health and well being have accrued to me from the arrival of this King without retinue . |
| 6 | ‘ Willie has given us extra height and skill in midfield . |
| 7 | The success of Italian Euro-disco and House , and the more general context of Casa Latina , has ensured it wider recognition and consolidation . |
| 8 | The car has made it that way and it would be almost impossible for public transport to knit it together in the way that the railways did in the nineteenth century . |
| 9 | The lines of his short-cropped ruthless hair were disturbed , as though he had forgotten to comb it that morning or else , having combed , had continually run his fingers through it since then . |
| 10 | I think that Sir Ian has got it nearer right than popular belief . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not propose to argue with you , I propose to give you sixteen shillings and a halfpenny . |
| 12 | The driver of a passenger lorry stopped to give me some bread and carrots . |
| 13 | In a letter to my wife I said that it looked as if my job was to try to give them new faith and hope . |
| 14 | I tried to contact you this afternoon but was unable to get through . |
| 15 | This League has brought us new friendships as well as new rivalries ’ . |
| 16 | This matter has caused me great concern and problems early in the Parliament , but I hope in the next 24 hours to show where my true attitudes lie . |
| 17 | ‘ The grounds for making action by a building society or associated body subject to investigation under the scheme must be that the action constitutes — ( a ) in the case of a building society , a breach of the society 's obligations under this Act , the rules or any other contract , or ( b ) in the case of an associated body , a breach of the associated body 's obligations under its rules ( if any ) or any contract , or ( c ) unfair treatment , or ( d ) maladministration , in relation to the complainant and has caused him pecuniary loss or expense or inconvenience . |
| 18 | This has taken me four years and I reckon the Atlantic 's the one to go for.I 'm sure it 's not that difficult . |
| 19 | We 're not asking R P G two has to have it both ways if if that idea is er is there at all . |
| 20 | And as a result has awarded it top marks and a prestigious regional Quality Brickwork Award . |
| 21 | ‘ Look , ’ she said , ‘ Mother has sent you some cakes and milk . |
| 22 | ‘ Mother has sent you some cakes and milk . |
| 23 | Ellis has sent us some veal and ham pie and a few half-bottles of champagne : I must keep playing on his guilt . |
| 24 | Some of the horror stories that I hear are horrendous , but I want to tell you three issues that I do actually know about . |
| 25 | ‘ I did n't want to cause you unnecessary anxiety until Dr Craig-Dunlop and the specialist consultants had reached a definite conclusion . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He came to see me several times and even brought Gordon [ Jackson ] along too . |
| 27 | He were parked up there well every coalman I 've pulled him about this coke stuff and I 'd seen him other day and I pulled him , explained that I were going over on April first |
| 28 | I 'd bought it two days before and was just trying it out ! ’ |
| 29 | When it was loose at night he gathered it in his hands and buried his face against it before kissing her , and it seemed to give him more satisfaction than the hurried , clumsy act of love which followed . |
| 30 | Feeling unutterably guilty , she saw he 'd brought her another drink and a fresh hot-water bottle . |