Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles 's boyhood sufferings taught him a patience far removed from defeatism , reinforcing Christianity 's message that to be humbled was the prelude to triumph . |
| 2 | The silver pince-nez gave him the air of a rather unpleasant schoolmaster . |
| 3 | A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank , narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived . |
| 4 | He expanded this idea at his next job interview , and finally his obsession with debt paid off : the aid agency offered him a position . |
| 5 | An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward . |
| 6 | ‘ I seriously thought of studying English literature — or becoming a cook ! ’ he told me with a laugh , ‘ but then Imperial College London offered me a place in mathematics . ’ |
| 7 | Lawyer A gave him a lot of advice about what was reasonable , but it was not invariably accepted . |
| 8 | As an example of symbiosis Chris showed us a tangarana tree which has an accommodation with ants . |
| 9 | His golfing prowess earned him a series of length golfing tuition articles in the Standard . |
| 10 | Being signed by Hampshire as replacement for Andy Roberts just a few months after his Test debut gave him the chance to impress Clive Lloyd in county matches and in 1982 he really came good with 134 wickets , the best season 's haul since the reduction in championship matches in 1969 . |
| 11 | It seemed safe because there were no other guests , but the pub owner asked us a question which worried us . |
| 12 | As late as yesterday the Home Office told them no decision 's been made on its future . |
| 13 | The Mandarin Group offered me a package I could n't refuse . ’ |
| 14 | They grumble that the company 's membership of the British Franchise Association gave it a ring of confidence in which investors put their faith . |
| 15 | This seems to have been an important period for Williams , for his lecture programme gave him the opportunity to broaden his contacts . |
| 16 | I was probably asleep when the robot teacher told me the answer to that ! |
| 17 | BRASH comedienne Roseanne Arnold was for once left speechless when husband Tom handed her a $1 million ( £655,000 ) set of diamond and emerald jewels at a star-studded 40th birthday bash at Beverly Hills Hotel . |
| 18 | My husband Kerry bought me the Boots one for £30 , and it 's been fabulous . |
| 19 | Television had brought golf to the working class and for just a moment television gave us an idea of what it meant to them . |
| 20 | ‘ A team effort won us the match , ’ he said . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes — bred from a mare Burun gave me the year we fought the Alan . |
| 22 | And last night Doyle told me the truth behind the bizarre and evil campaign . |
| 23 | Actor Lloyd Bridges and wife Dot made it a family day out with his son Beau , wife Juli and children . |
| 24 | On the first day Odd-Knut gave me a tobacco tin of worms and told me to keep them warm , and they have travelled the Arctic inside my second layer of clothing ever since , even sharing my sleeping bag at night-time . |
| 25 | Thus the 1980 Education Act made it a requirement for all schools to provide public information on the curriculum . |
| 26 | One day Mike passed me a demo record . |
| 27 | The tiny movements of the wherry and the gentle , muted river sounds which came to him through the warm night air gave him no relief . |
| 28 | You can get the same sort of information from a Mel Bay book but going to Joe and doing it in a rock/heavy metal format made it a lot more interesting and a lot easier for me to learn . |
| 29 | Now Miss Fraser was last seen at 8 p.m. , when the night nurse took her a glass of hot milk before she retired . |
| 30 | On this occasion Swift brought him a gift of £20 from Bolingbroke . |