Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been so badly injured that he was moved to the prison hospital , where I visited him every day . |
| 2 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 3 | Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself . |
| 4 | These recent watercolours , larger , bolder and stronger than his earlier work , pleased me so much when first I saw them that I offered him an exhibition at Abbot Hall . |
| 5 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 6 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |
| 7 | He was the goalkeeper for Manchester United and I joked later that I threw him the bag of money and he dropped it ! |
| 8 | Hanging around with the photographer sparked Tony 's interest in the medium , ‘ It was a combination of things ; one was the bull , the adventure , the romance , and I really found that I liked it a lot . |
| 9 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
| 10 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
| 11 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 12 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
| 13 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 14 | I asked her where she lived and she said Tower Hamlets , so I offered her a lift in the van . |
| 15 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 16 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 17 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 18 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 19 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 20 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 22 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 23 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 24 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
| 25 | And I got her a box of Black Magic so that 's her birthday present sorted out so she can eat and drink then ca n't she ! |
| 26 | Oh here look , and I got you an envelope to put it in . |
| 27 | I can only just make it out and I wrote it No charge for the free eye sight test . |
| 28 | Not a condition that mature , worldly Luke Denner ever believed in , and I fought it every step of the way . ’ |
| 29 | When we got to my house , I gave Man Friday some trousers , and I made him a coat and a hat . |
| 30 | " He just came down here , and I made him a cup of tea and we said an act of contrition together . " |