Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the name " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Peru : the very name arose from a misunderstanding on the part of the Spaniards when Indians told them the name of a river : originally , it was known simply as ‘ New Castille ’ . ) |
| 2 | When Stephen told me the name of the submarine captain , I recognized it . |
| 3 | And I assume it was your sister who told you the name of the family I was looking for ? ’ |
| 4 | I think Joe told him the name of his attackers , and it 's obviously someone … someone … " |
| 5 | Did n't know you , anything about you , and the only thing I can think of to explain it is that Maura , Donal 's sister , told him the name of the family I was looking for . |
| 6 | From his knowledge of ‘ Romances , & Relations of Giants & Magicians , & Genii ’ , his mind was soon ‘ habituated to the Vast ’ , and when , walking home to Ottery one winter evening , his father told him the names of the stars ‘ and how Jupiter was a thousand times larger than our world — and that the other twinkling stars were Suns that had worlds rolling round them ’ , Coleridge listened with profound delight , ‘ but without the least mixture of wonder or incredulity ’ . |
| 7 | Belov told her the name of the village . |
| 8 | And actually , one day , because she knew it was my favourite , she said that I could have permission to have it copied and gave me the name of the jeweller , which I thought was so sweet . |
| 9 | She gave me the name of a dentist in Wimpole Street , and I wrote it down . |
| 10 | She gave me the names of all her friends and said how proud she was of the life her father had given her . |
| 11 | She gave them the name of a friend in the German Foreign Office , Dr Schirmer , whom they might approach . |
| 12 | She gave them the name of the hotel where they 'd stayed , the lot . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The cruel vengeance which Basil exacted from the thousands of prisoners taken at Kleidon — he blinded all save one in every hundred , and compelled the sighted ones to lead their blind comrades back to Prilep , where Samuilo died of shock at the piteous sight — earned him the name of Bulgaroctonos ( Slayer of the Bulgars ) . |
| 15 | That kitten grew rapidly into a sleek handsome cat with a boisterous nature which earned him the name of Buster . |
| 16 | They gave her the name Sadie because she had such sad eyes . |
| 17 | He gave her the name and address , and added , ‘ I 'd take him myself if I was free . ’ |
| 18 | The reason I called James Hunt ‘ Master James ’ , a sobriquet which his sponsors , Texaco , took up and plastered ( without payment ! ) on billboards all over the country , was that he appeared to be exactly that , -a rather well-brought-up young man , properly educated , well-mannered ( when I gave him the name , though not in some of his more flamboyant later incarnations ! ) and thoroughly at home in the establishment circles in which he moved . |
| 19 | Erlich gave him the name of Colt . |
| 20 | He gave him the name and the number of the hotel in Buxton . |
| 21 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 22 | I RANG Inspector Redpath at his home , and gave him the name and address of Stavanger 's dentist . |
| 23 | He paid his rent , and Mr Carnford gave him the name of an old servant to look after him . |
| 24 | Tony gave him the name of his , pal of his , who is professor of biochemical engineering as in University College , London . |
| 25 | The team developed a system to amplify and record to monitor these electric pulses , and gave it the name ‘ VAN box ’ , from their initials . |
| 26 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |
| 27 | He gave it the name Shahjehanabad — that is to say , ‘ Built by Shah Jehan ’ . |
| 28 | When running it had a very distinctive sound which quickly earned it the name of Put-put or Phut-phut . |
| 29 | He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls . |
| 30 | The city 's best season was the autumn , when the leaves were turning and it was filled with a soft golden light which carried it the name of Aurea Parma . |