Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whilst initially not as financially rewarding , the change in direction has brought him increasing recognition . |
| 2 | Ellis has sent us some veal and ham pie and a few half-bottles of champagne : I must keep playing on his guilt . |
| 3 | The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader . |
| 4 | I think that Sir Ian has got it nearer right than popular belief . |
| 5 | ‘ The sister has allowed us ten minutes . ’ |
| 6 | Les Ferdinand , England 's most recent recruit , showed why Graham Taylor has given him international recognition with a stunning first-half display of power and pace . |
| 7 | England manager Graham Taylor has given him this Saturday off to attend the wedding of his sister Anne-Marie . |
| 8 | Sarah has tried it both ways . |
| 9 | I was pleased as punch when yer farvver came 'ome an' told me Joe Maitland 'ad offered 'im that job . |
| 10 | And now the stroke has affected him that way . |
| 11 | ‘ I must confess the fire at the manor has caused me some problems , ’ admitted Christian . |
| 12 | And as a result has awarded it top marks and a prestigious regional Quality Brickwork Award . |
| 13 | Eliot 's death of the corrections to his original writings , and then the corrections that Ezra Pound made , and Ezra Pound has made them ten times better . |
| 14 | ‘ Doug Laughton has flogged us all week on the tackle patterns . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The League says Swindon 's football has earned them widespread admiration this season and Hoddle is a suitable and exciting choice . |
| 17 | But Letterman has sent me warm approval of my new ending . |
| 18 | As a gift to the family , Wimpey Homes has given them some furniture to help make their new house feel more like home . |
| 19 | The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’ |
| 20 | Steve Royle says that Bert has won them many boat races . |
| 21 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 22 | Cuba 's proximity to the United States has given it great value for Soviet intelligence , surveillance and communications operations . |
| 23 | He was older , seventy , and his legs began to give him such pain . |
| 24 | We really ought to have noted the various quantities remaining , when Dr Burney offered to tell us this morning . |
| 25 | He was using the cordless phone she and David had bought him last Christmas . |
| 26 | But when we arrived home , we found the stranger had given me two pound notes as well as the coin . |
| 27 | We realised that only two cars had passed us all morning . |
| 28 | If he said the punter had paid him fifty quid , Joe knew that was what had been paid . |
| 29 | He thought her not easily distinguishable from the Berlin women , with their detestable white felt bowler hats , who still looked much as George Grosz had drawn them thirty-five years ago . |
| 30 | In fact , the priority of base layers , as most manufacturers prefer to call them these days , is to keep you dry rather than warm . |