Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the message " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 2 | Funnily enough , it was one of my nephews brought him the message — Josh 's eldest boy , Jimmy . |
| 3 | Then its sluggish nervous system brought it the message that it was dead . |
| 4 | One result of this difference of reference is that it is possible to construct sentences which will be analytic or contradictory on the one interpretation but not on the other : ( 11 ) Nikolai offered us the message decoded but it was not decoded when he offered it to us 4.2 One curious feature about these adjectives is that they somehow seem to modify not only the noun which they accompany but simultaneously the verb as well ; if this is a genuine observation it will be surprising on general grounds , since it would be decidedly abnormal in syntax for one element to simultaneously qualify two different items . |
| 5 | ‘ The girl who gave you the message from Richter . |
| 6 | They gave you the message and told you where to go . |
| 7 | Erm , who , who gave you the message ? |
| 8 | ‘ Are you sure you gave him the message right ? |
| 9 | Another experience was when he was praying before the crucifix in San Damiano and it seemed to him that it gave him the message , " Build my church " , which he immediately interpreted quite literally as , " Save this church from crumbling into ruins " . |