Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In reply I sent him a cutting from the catalogue of a well known UK mail order equipment company . |
| 2 | Very hard , very hard I told the lads I told 'em the union about it what he done that day . |
| 3 | For when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 4 | Carey addressed the wealthy directly , quoting Jesus ' parable about the sorting of the goats ( the wealthy ) from the sheep ( the poor ) in St Matthew 's gospel : ‘ The curse is upon you … for when I was hungry you gave me nothing to eat , when thirsty nothing to drink ; when I was a stranger you gave me no home , when naked you did not clothe me ; when I was ill and in prison you did not come to my help . ’ |
| 5 | As he blinked the drops out of his eyes she handed him a towel . |
| 6 | While she filled the tank of the lady 's car she told her the legend of the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 7 | In many respects she found him an enigma . |
| 8 | One day , though , sitting in the counsellor 's sumptuous study she offered him a cheque instead of cash — and he replied with his customary charm and vigour , that she had to pay more if she paid by cheque . |
| 9 | When he first started to air his views on intensive farming methods they labelled him a crank and hoped he would go away . |
| 10 | She says : ‘ When I went to arrange the AA insurance for the car they offered me a policy for us as well and , thank goodness , I decided to take it . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I see there 's hardly a day nowadays that Rose does n't go to her relations , ’ Moran said to Sheila and Mona one Saturday they brought him a flask of tea into the fields . |
| 12 | No , , it 's just a but he was , you know , I was fairly slow , and then I went on , I followed erm , I ended up slightly , as well , erm , then I went to college up to the age of eighteen , erm , and as soon as I finished college he made me a department manager . |
| 13 | Normally , he let it through at 5.43 , except that on that particular Saturday he received it a minute or so late . |
| 14 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 15 | He sort of was a bit you got him a bit could n't say . |
| 16 | So as an aircraft came out of the engineering wing I gave it a test . |
| 17 | When they reached the old farmhouse she handed him the fare , absent-mindedly giving him a tip that was at least treble the size she would normally have made , barely aware of his delighted grin as she made her way towards the kitchen |
| 18 | From the moment he entered it the wood seemed full of noises . |
| 19 | When she was thrown out of her digs he found her a room in Randolph Crescent and to get her on to her feet again paid her rent for a month . |
| 20 | ‘ One day I asked her a question as I was getting on , and she just smacked my face … |
| 21 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 22 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 23 | ‘ At the station they showed me the machine with an old mouthpiece and said I would have to blow into that . |
| 24 | On another occasion they brought us a bowl of cherries . |
| 25 | They only used to ever lock the door from the outside and er I er had to make er fifty and as I say , number them one up to fifty and er then they 'd perhaps on a odd occasion they sent me an order for one , the number the number |
| 26 | As I clambered out of the trench and sat on the grass with my back to a tree he handed me a mess-tin full of very tasty Machonachie stew which I soon polished off . |
| 27 | Then looking at him again she said , ‘ He sometimes had a walking stick , and … and on that day he bought me a parasol . ’ |
| 28 | The following day he bought her a bunch of violets and dropped them on her lap as she sat in the prompt corner . |
| 29 | One day it took us a day and a half to get it back again . |
| 30 | On that occasion he sent her a bouquet of flowers , from ‘ Fred ’ to ‘ Gladys ’ . |