Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 2 | So in the end we got a mortgage from a building society , and my parents gave us the money to do it up . |
| 3 | So there 's my grandma telling me the difference between a girl and a boy . |
| 4 | Can someone post email me the lineup against Liverpool ? |
| 5 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 6 | As to Maurice , my godmother gave me the money to buy a bit of property when I left Southport . |
| 7 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
| 8 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 9 | If I do n't persuade my father to sell you the club , you 'll manufacture enough fake information to make the police suspicious enough to close me down ? ’ |
| 10 | Antique furniture , yes , erm , because I 'd bought that during the war in various antique places , you know , and erm , what did we buy , no I think my father gave us the bedroom furniture was , which was at the |
| 11 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 12 | If Somerset should opt once more for a batsman , my instinct tells me the favourite would be Richie Richardson . |
| 13 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
| 14 | I almost feel it 's my duty to show you the error of your ways . |
| 15 | My dad gave him the sort of look that only someone declared clinically dead can manage . |
| 16 | But my classmates gave me the nickname Einstein , so presumably they saw signs of something better . |
| 17 | ‘ The fact that you are here in my office gives me the right to ask questions and demand answers , and you 're going to tell me what I want to know , Lissa . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |
| 19 | My mother gave you the calm . |
| 20 | Her trembling gave him the impression of her own passion being fuelled , which in its turn led him on to further , and deeper caresses . |
| 21 | Her employers told her the work was too stressful for someone in her condition . |
| 22 | Its complexity makes it the rock upon which the left realist argument has foundered . |
| 23 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 24 | Jacqui gurgled something incomprehensible , as Kattina 's tongue shot into her mouth to save her the embarrassment of replying . |
| 25 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |
| 26 | They not only make an income from their paintings , and the cards from them , but their work gives them the challenge to succeed despite handicap . |
| 27 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 28 | Upset and infuriated by such cavalier treatment , made miserable and guilty by her failure to tell him the truth , she gritted her teeth and stayed still and mute , trying not to blink as the angry tears welled up . |
| 29 | In its internal history for the Joint Chiefs of Staff , their secretariat give them the credit ( or blame ) for taking the first step in shifting the battle for Asia from China to Southeast Asia . |
| 30 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |