Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her own family has suffered the anguish of repossession , and her personal story of how her local Liberal Democrat-controlled council helped them made her the winner in the school 's mock election . |
| 2 | I expect he sent you the letter . |
| 3 | When they divorced he gave her the house in a clean break settlement and paid twenty pounds a week maintenanace . |
| 4 | So when he saw the 301 project it gave him the idea of using ultra-modern airframe and engine technology and aerodynamics to achieve the same magic numbers with a single turboprop instead of two kerosene-guzzling pure jets . |
| 5 | When I arrived they showed me the letter they had received from the Chief Education Officer that morning which explained the proposed Statementing procedure : |
| 6 | You know I gave her the ultimatum like you can come with us but damn well I would n't have let her come . |
| 7 | He helped her to make the house ready for the next occupant , and though she protested he gave her the money for her railway journey back to London . |
| 8 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
| 9 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 10 | No , it took she gave me the Times . |
| 11 | If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots . |
| 12 | Still I think she gave you the sign for we are going out . |
| 13 | ‘ You mean you think we lent you the money to start the business ? |
| 14 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 15 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 16 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
| 17 | The American admitted sleeping with the woman , but denied he gave her the killer disease . |
| 18 | BASKETBALL star Magic Johnson is being sued by a woman who claims he gave her the Aids virus . |