Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I told him the first thing he has to do is establish who she is and where she comes from . ’ |
| 32 | When the judge told him the only sentence he could pass was that of life imprisonment , Meehan said loudly and clearly , ‘ I want to say this , sir . |
| 33 | Ken Gillance , defending , said Lamont was not connected with vice but Welsh told him the previous day she had almost been run down by one of Roth 's friends . |
| 34 | And then , looking back at the pictures — sharp , full of insight , yet somehow slightly flashy — he wondered whether , indirectly , they did n't give him the best notion he yet had got of Walter Machin himself . |
| 35 | Rachel told her the only thing she could : that her sister had a mild indisposition , and I was her understudy . |
| 36 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 37 | The programme is open to people who have been mulling over an idea for some time and experts will give it the commercial analysis it needs and , if it stands up , the business planning and search for funding that it merits . |
| 38 | if I 'd have fed it the first time I 'd have understood it , but I 've only fed it today ! |
| 39 | Our sexless , clawless cats will now give us the perfect companionship we seek . |
| 40 | ERS , with its microwave sensors , will give us the best view we 've ever had . ’ |
| 41 | On the one hand , coins can give us the only information we have about some buildings , such as the vanished Roman Temple of Augustus and Livia between the Palatine and Capitol which was restored by Antoninus Pius in AD158-9 . |
| 42 | ‘ They 'll give us the extra numbers we 'll need , when it comes to roundin' up the rest of these Triad Jesus freaks . |
| 43 | Basically , the methods we used , although tried and tested by other organisations did not bring us the 4,000 members we hoped to see by the end of 1992 . |
| 44 | The council told us the only way we could get a home was if we were living together . |
| 45 | So she told us the last time she was round she was going on a course for that sort of thing and she said now would you like to try it said fair enough . |
| 46 | In view of the circumstances of his team 's downfall , perhaps the most ironic touch about the final was that Chapman had said in the Sunday Express a week before the game : ‘ I know nothing of the art of clairvoyance , but I should feel happier if someone would foretell me the vital incident which is almost sure to decide the match . |
| 47 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 48 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 49 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 50 | ‘ That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her . |
| 51 | Frequently they give her the exact day they decided life was not worth living , and sometimes even the time of day the decision was made . |
| 52 | She gathered up the bags and pushed them towards the child ; and when he reluctantly handed her the two pennies she said , ‘ Thank you very much . |
| 53 | Corsie , however , produced a perfect running bowl to take out Gourlay 's two nearest and give him the three shots he needed to take the set . |
| 54 | And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not . |
| 55 | We 've offered him the best contract we could give him |
| 56 | Then he smiled , and it was as it she had told him the best news there was to tell ; and when she thought about it , she supposed that she had . |
| 57 | Hell , he could n't even ask , having told her the next time she would have to take the initiative , but if she did n't take it soon he was going to go out of his mind ! |
| 58 | He really did n't like it the first time we played it , so he tried spoiling it . |
| 59 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 60 | The sultan showed us the royal regalia which were secreted in the palace . |