Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | . Do you know that card you bought him the duck ? |
| 2 | While she filled the tank of the lady 's car she told her the legend of the Brownies ' Bridge . |
| 3 | He said that he 'd telephoned every gallery I gave him the name of . |
| 4 | In return she showed them the Daimler and invited forty of them to visit her on the Dockers ' yacht , Shemara , where pink champagne was served amid costly fitments which were often detailed in the newspapers . |
| 5 | When they reached the old farmhouse she handed him the fare , absent-mindedly giving him a tip that was at least treble the size she would normally have made , barely aware of his delighted grin as she made her way towards the kitchen |
| 6 | From the moment he entered it the wood seemed full of noises . |
| 7 | I 'll put them in the bin then , ’ she replied , but before she could get them off the cart he handed us the balloons . |
| 8 | The following day I sent him the stamps and a couple of days later I received in the post not the book but a cheque for slightly less than the value of the book and postage combined , together with the following note , which I reproduce in its entirety : ‘ Herewith a cheque for £20 . |
| 9 | The other day I sent you the invitation to the MRA Assembly here in June . |
| 10 | But then there was that day she gave me the brooch what she said I was n't never to forget . |
| 11 | ‘ At the station they showed me the machine with an old mouthpiece and said I would have to blow into that . |
| 12 | In response to this request he gave them the Lord 's Prayer , in which we pray first of all for God Himself , that all may know him and revere Him , that his mile may be extended over all , and that his will , so right and good and loving , may be done on earth , as it is by angels , prophets and saints in heaven . |
| 13 | Clatting the neeps and in Aberdeen they called them yowing And y We had your clatt as the yow they called it the hoe , the yow They cleared the Did that to the drill . |
| 14 | For the rest of the journey I told him the plot of My Fair Lady . |
| 15 | When Mrs Abigail answered the door he handed her the box , saying he believed it was her property . |
| 16 | When Katharine McGettigan sent in a letter to BROWNIE it won her the Star letter prize in the November issue . |
| 17 | Back into the cottage he showed her the way and gave her so |
| 18 | That was the reason they named it the Deathbed Room . |
| 19 | and this year they brought me the wireless and cassette |
| 20 | paid but if you had a complete attendance they gave you the money back for your self which was quite er a good thing in these days when a a tanner was a tanner . |
| 21 | And the idea they gave him the Sammy Davis Jr Award just infuriates me . |
| 22 | At the time she gave me the impression that she was enjoying the joke . |
| 23 | So is n't it about time we gave them the care and consideration they deserve ? |
| 24 | He had left and walked back to the hotel , and by the time he reached it the police were waiting for him in the lobby . |
| 25 | By the time he made it the sleet had soaked through every layer of his clothing . |
| 26 | Yes Jane it has , as luck would have it I was late arriving , had to run through the rain , ran into the main stand and by pure accident ran into the Oxford United dressing room and there was Brian Horton , he said ‘ Hallo Mick , hows the poster Mickey ’ as he always does , and in fact he gave me the team news and that is — Ian Walker makes his senior debut tonight with both Alan injured , also two other changes ; Jackson comes in for Gary Smart and one surprising one , Steve McLaren for Mark Steen . |