Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found I was trying to announce it the I 'd this and I 'd that in there . |
| 2 | ‘ I was going to show you the laconicum , ’ he said , and he turned and snuffed like a hound across the green , open bowl , and set out on a selected trail , nose to scent , heading obliquely for the complex of standing walls where several rooms of the ancient baths converged . |
| 3 | He had done a good enough job of getting her to do that already , and she 'd be damned if she was going to give him the satisfaction of letting it happen again . |
| 4 | And erm and Miss asked why we were n't friends any more and we goes well she lied and you know , she splits up most people by doing that cos they were trying to tell us the truth and we would n't listen . |
| 5 | Marvellous how it was run to tell you the truth . |
| 6 | It was decided to teach him the final lesson , which would also warn off other émigrés who thought that they were secure in the West and could say what they liked about Ceauşescu . |
| 7 | Piper had started using Red Indian names for its aircraft and when it inherited the ‘ poor man 's Dakota ’ from Stinson the double fin and rudder layout was replaced with a single one and it was decided to call it the Apache . |
| 8 | He could n't actually tell me what was going on because that would put him in shtuck but he was trying to tip me the wink . |
| 9 | He was forced to tell her the heartbreaking news that : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back . ’ |
| 10 | Well , he was going to give them the chance , was n't he ? |
| 11 | He then accepted this and he told me he was going to pay me the other £2,500 in Turkey in Turkish money . ’ |