Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 2 | I read the Blues Brothers review and the soundtrack gave me an idea : why not have a soundtrack chart in ZZAP ! ? |
| 3 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 4 | The fact that the ordnance survey map of Ben Lawers proudly declared a Visitor Centre at the base left me no choice in the route I was to take to the top . |
| 5 | I could have done without the ‘ vote of confidence ’ the Board gave me a month ago … every football manager knows what that invariably means . |
| 6 | Charley rubbed her hands and the Dodger gave her a drink from the bottle he carried . |
| 7 | The midwife showed me a note that had been pinned to the baby 's jacket under the shawl . |
| 8 | NICRA also had a reasonable complaint that the lateness of the ban gave them no time to negotiate amy alternative date or route . |
| 9 | The clerk handed him the envelope . |
| 10 | The cyclist gave him a parting kick as he pedalled off . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't particularly enjoy being a guest of Her Majesty but the experience gave me the chance to get my priorities straight , ’ he said . |
| 12 | A brief greatness was now conferred on the place , when the Popes found it an island refuge in their struggle against the Empire : Count Pierre of Melgueil bestowed the county and bishopric on SS Peter and Paul and Pop Gregory VII in 1085 , Pope Urban II graciously granted it back as a fief for a mere annual ounce of gold , and in 1096 , on a visit , astonishingly declared the church ‘ second after that of Rome ’ , with arms of the two |
| 13 | The processor sent me a cheque for the value of the two missing films . |
| 14 | Although rape and looting were technically crimes according to both armies rules of conduct , the commanders considered it a necessity to ‘ cleanse ’ their enemies of their women . |
| 15 | ‘ The recession gave us a window of opportunity , ’ he said at the time . |
| 16 | There is a statue in the village to the most endearing Pyreneeist of them all , Count Henry Russell , Irish on his father 's side and Gas con on his mother 's , who climbed obsessively and made so many ascents of Vignemale — thirty in all — that in 1889 the authorities granted him a concession to it . |
| 17 | The golden touch : Australian lock John Eales — whose domination of the line-outs earned him the Man of the Series award — steals a march on Doddie Weir as Willie Ofahengaue lends him a helping hand … |
| 18 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 19 | On the aircraft the stewardess brought him a copy of the Tollemarche Advent . |
| 20 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 21 | Yes , Elizabeth Howell of Exploring Parenthood , certainly that is the case , both with parents and with people like teachers or child care workers , who are in locus parentis for many hours of the day , and our sense is very much that if the adults around children can feel supported and confident that they can acknowledge their own fears and anxieties that they will then be better be able to transmit that measured response to the children in their care and it was very interesting last week , I heard from an educational psychologist in the north of England who said that a group of teachers had asked from several schools to come together to think about the resources that they needed to set in place in order to deal with the children 's behaviour , and after the meeting , at which they were able to express their anxieties , they then returned to their various areas and when the psychologist contacted them a couple of days later they said we felt sufficiently supported by knowing that others are struggling with the same issues and that we could acknowledge our concerns about it , that we now feel able to get on with the job of helping the children , and I think that was a very good example of adults finding a way to acknowledge their own anxieties and thereby to increase their effectiveness in dealing with the children that in whose care they have . |
| 22 | Then the war came and after the war the concert-managers offered me a chance to do all the Mahler symphonies . |
| 23 | The stranger gave her a look . |
| 24 | The parentheses gave her a sense of not existing , un-being perhaps was not too strong a word . |
| 25 | But the rook paid her no attention , did not fly at her crying in a human voice Go back ! |
| 26 | The imp gave him a kind but pitying look . |
| 27 | Eventually the Corporal gave me a cigarette , and in due course we pulled over at a roadside cafe to have a cup of coffee and to stretch our legs . |
| 28 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 29 | The snow made her a prisoner , diminished her world , took away the pleasure and the freedom — — |
| 30 | ‘ I found the last 20 minutes extremely hard but the lads gave me every encouragement and I am delighted , ’ he said . |