Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crowe then had the vulgar audacity to offer me a pitiful ten quid if I revealed the manager 's name . |
| 2 | Aunt Tossie considered if this was the right evening to tell her the news . |
| 3 | He had been in and out of love , but never found quite the right girl at quite the right time to make him a wife . |
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| 6 | His article sparked the interest of two Newsnight journalists , Gavin Esler and Martin Gregory , who asked the Foreign Office to give them a briefing . |
| 7 | He has persuaded the French Federation to give him a new consultancy role . |
| 8 | He had been angered by her obvious , if unspoken , suspicion that he had persuaded the old lady to leave him the half share of the house . |
| 9 | I simply used the extra time to polish them a little . ’ |
| 10 | A 16-year-old English girl committed suicide after failing to get the required grade to guarantee her a place at art college . |
| 11 | A 16-year-old English girl committed suicide after failing to get the required grade to guarantee her a place at art college . |
| 12 | It is they who have misused the democratic system to give them an unfair majority of power . ’ |
| 13 | Father Paddy had rung the previous day to give them the news from Rosstrevor . |
| 14 | ‘ That certainly makes things easier , ’ he said heartily , and leaned across the monumental desk to offer her a cigarette and a light . |
| 15 | Moynihan , once a junior minister , who had lost his seat at the election , had had the good fortune to buy her a drink the evening before and had suggested ‘ an exquisite light lunch ’ at Macau , the town 's only Portuguese restaurant . |
| 16 | It was a clear night , but the radar was a mass of echoes and I asked the Belgian contact to give me an estimated course and speed of our quarry , and as a result of this we were able to pick it up . |
| 17 | You 'll remember we were offering five copies each of the latest Sega and Super Nintendo Tips Books to the first people to tell us the name of the hero in Rocket Knight Adventures . |
| 18 | She had not been the first woman to offer him a smile during the past few hour . |
| 19 | She 's arguing with the serving woman who 's lifted all the lids from the hot dishes to show her the succulent variety . |
| 20 | I don I sir I do n't think it 's really in bad taste and I know it 's terrible but it 's it 's got ta it 's out there to prove the point and it is the only way to prove it the revealing that is erm |
| 21 | THE only film to cost us a day 's filming because of bad weather was Cowboy . |
| 22 | In your road test of the Peugeot 605 SRdt ( 20 February ) you comment that the only car to give it a run for its money is the Citroen XM . |
| 23 | With Clearblue One Step , in just three minutes a blue line appears in the small window to show you the test 's complete . |
| 24 | We were totally dependent on the American end to send us the , ah , trainees . |
| 25 | And then he had the blasted cheek to offer him a coffee , emphasizing his familiarity with the flat , his rights of ownership . |
| 26 | These are usually presented as small corners made up in the particular moulding to give you an idea of the finished effect , but any reputable framer will be able to answer any questions you have , as well as give you plenty of sound advice should you need it . |
| 27 | Perhaps he might use the ex-Prime Minister to give him a chuck on . |
| 28 | Mind you , I 'm not saying as that 's what she 'll get for the asking , and I 'm not saying there 's not many a man as 'll hand over his pay-packet unopened , but there 's enough of the other sort to give us a bit of a breather Thursdays . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Kenny called me the other week to congratulate me the day after I broke Roger Hunt 's club scoring record at Manchester United . |
| 30 | Two uncles own a farm in Weston , North Oxfordshire and Mrs Kingdom tells me that the family have the necessary finance to offer him a job . |