Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 2 | teachers see it as natural justice ( comparison with colleagues reduces isolation and gives them a yardstick ) ; |
| 3 | Peron needed the union movement for support and , indeed , it was the labour movement who brought him back from exile and won him the presidency . |
| 4 | I am already aware of some of your extremely worthwhile efforts and send my best regards to all those involved with the Association and wish you every success in the future . |
| 5 | She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . " |
| 6 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 7 | So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been . |
| 8 | He borrowed someone 's press card and brought her a drink . |
| 9 | The computer asks you a question via a sound card and gives you a choice of options on screen , and you respond by pressing the relevant button . |
| 10 | As last year , they will bring the skip on a Tuesday and remove it a week later . |
| 11 | The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits . |
| 12 | So he decided to add another fifteen knots to the approach speed and give it a go . |
| 13 | Barbara takes off her shirt and wraps a blue chiffon nightie around her waist ; while Elena is in the loo , she opens her purse and shows me a picture of her six-year-old daughter . |
| 14 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 15 | Please positively encourage everyone to renew their membership for 1989 and speak to all non-members and offer them a Medau News to read ( special copies available continuing membership form and letter from the Office or ) there is a surprise gift pack for all new members in 1989 . |
| 16 | Put me on the terrace and mix me a Singapore Sling ! ’ |
| 17 | He rolled his eyes and blew her a kiss but unfortunately Maggie saw him do it . |
| 18 | Tod and I reclined on the wrung bedding as Irene advanced into the room , holding a tightly gripped paper tissue to her eyes and calling us a piece of shit . |
| 19 | Then he bathed her eyes and made her a cup of tea . |
| 20 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 21 | I told him all about Marie and showed him the pictures we took in that photo booth . |
| 22 | Knowing of Fothergill 's interest in natural history generally , Collinson invited him to breakfast at Mill Hill and showed him a diversity of William 's drawings . |
| 23 | You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer . |
| 24 | He waved the clerk to a seat and served him a cup of watered wine . |
| 25 | So Sinead O'Connor — probably our last remaining real rock star , a maverick , a 1000 per cent attack merchant constantly taking convention by the neck and shaking it the way a terrier shakes a rat , the woman who stormed into the Irish PM 's office over the abortion issue , who refused to sing the US national anthem , who correctly pointed out that George Bush leaves Saddam Hussein standing in the mass-murder stakes , who has exposed her own sad past in vivid , gory detail , whose every record has fully stretched and excited the expectations of her audience — has released a version of Loretta Lynn 's maudlin Country classic . |
| 26 | And he bou he bought me this top and he bought me a , a polo neck and bought me a C D and then we went out to supper and then we went to a pub and everything and erm , you know , had a really decent conversation with him and just talking to him makes me think , you know , and it dawns on me that he 's just a big he 's just a big child and he 's not , he 's never grown , he 's not , you 're not gon na grow up . |
| 27 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 28 | My father paid for my digs in Paddington and gave me a pound a week pocket money , together with what he called ‘ travelling expenses ’ for my regular visit home ( home and a good , square meal ) , and to spend some time with Clare who was fifteen and slowly , very slowly , improving . |
| 29 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 30 | This , of course , relieves a lot of unnecessary muscle tension and teaches me a way of restoring the completeness of the body in a relaxed and coordinated way that had been lost in my early childhood . |