Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] the [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we tend to eat much faster , if you like , and , and to take more snacks , and I think it 's interesting that the rise of the use of a coffee table ties in a lot with the rise of people having televisions in their front rooms , because introducing the television made all kinds of changes into , just the way people arrange their chairs , not centring them round the fire any more , and a coffee table 's a very neat addition to that kind of arrangement . |
| 2 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 3 | I asked the doctor who was seeing me in the hospital antenatal clinic whether or not I should stop taking the drug and he said it was OK and that I should just carry on . |
| 4 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 5 | There was a spare one lying around We 'd finished u er stopped using them during the war some time during the war . |
| 6 | A presidential decree published on May 8 transferred all military formations and property of joint CIS armed forces on Kazakh territory to the jurisdiction of Kazakhstan , incorporating them into the Kazakh armed forces . |
| 7 | He was still trying to find them among the milling blackened faces , when a sudden shout drew everyone 's attention to a flicker of torch light weaving through the trees towards the highway . |
| 8 | They 've asked us to provide them with the finance one container , that 's five hundred pound , plus two hundred pound transport , which will be matched by the community council if we do it . |
| 9 | ‘ Caught you on the hop this morning ! ’ said Postie . |
| 10 | Your local Age Concern group may be able to inform you of the help available in the area to assist you with your fuel or heating problem . |
| 11 | Courteously seating her inside the car first , he walked round to the driver 's side , and when he had settled himself behind the wheel asked unexpectedly , ‘ Have you visited one of our pubs yet ? ’ |
| 12 | Send her round the world three times . |
| 13 | He was originally held in Safi Prison , where he developed diabetes in 1988 , but was then transferred to Marrakech where his family lives , and so could visit him regularly and provide him with the food necessary for his diabetic diet . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , the Australian is still likely to preside over the punishment of the opponent who beat him in the World Open final . |
| 15 | He might even have been planning to meet her at the restaurant direct … |
| 16 | Write a birthday greeting on the form below , complete the other details and send it to the Herald Junior Club , 114–115 West Street , Farnham , Surrey GU9 7HL no later than 12 noon on a Monday for publication the following Friday . |
| 17 | Forget it on the 443-yard par-four 18th , unless you 're left-handed . |
| 18 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 19 | The first allows political realities to be brought about by defining them in the mind first and then applying perception to reality ; the second leads to the belief in supra-personal historical processes , Hegelian determinism and Marx . |
| 20 | ‘ I noticed them on the launch this morning . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Captain Robins drove me around the island last night , ’ I said . |
| 22 | You 'll send me to the churchyard one day ! |
| 23 | He 'd already stabbed me in the heart several times before that with other ladies , but at least this time , there was a lady that I liked immensely . |
| 24 | mm , I 've seen them on the front that 's all yeah , mm |
| 25 | She 's the girl who let me into the house last might … |
| 26 | He blacked out a couple of his front teeth with stage cosmetics and made his breath smell with chemical — oldest trick in the business to prevent people looking you in the face close to . |
| 27 | Tom picked up the two whiskeys and manoeuvred Patrick into the corner , pushing him into the seat first so that he was up against the wall . |
| 28 | I 've seen him at the club many times . |
| 29 | The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door , giving him written instructions on how to find the ward . |
| 30 | Meanwhile Ben had gone off to move another lighter and was then intercepted by the Manager who directed him to the dock some way off . |