Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was pleased as punch when yer farvver came 'ome an' told me Joe Maitland 'ad offered 'im that job . |
| 2 | We really ought to have noted the various quantities remaining , when Dr Burney offered to tell us this morning . |
| 3 | The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again . |
| 4 | Apparently Robert went to see you that morning after that operation you did with Dawn to help you . |
| 5 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
| 6 | Matilda had read it many times with fascination . |
| 7 | Laurence had given her some money which fortunately she had n't been too proud to accept . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll be needing some more wine , ’ Elinor said handing me another flagon . |
| 9 | It was a good thing that Edward Morris had given her another order which he had insisted on paying for in advance . |
| 10 | The man 's tone was dismissive , and Jaq had to allow him more credit for flexibility than he would have supposed . |
| 11 | Joe had called her some names , and had n't been reassured at all . |
| 12 | And she told him all that Irene had told her that morning . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course , Gooseneck did tell me that Fagg suffers from gout and haemorrhoids , which make him behave even more horribly than when symptom-free . ’ |
| 14 | For phenomenalists such as Ayer tended to take it that observation statements report the nature of the observer 's sensory states . |
| 15 | If Portia Forbes wanted to consult them this morning why did n't she ask him before the funeral . |
| 16 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 17 | Er Stuart , Stuart did phone me some months ago on this issue , to say he was having increasing difficulty getting to the meetings , and he asked me if er I would take it on , and I said , I would if , you know , if he were pushed . |
| 18 | William Connors had briefed him many times in the past , yet Delaney even now , was unsure of just where Connors fitted into the scheme of things . |
| 19 | And although Gramps had left her enough money for just this purpose she 'd been hoping to live cheaply so that she could stay in Ireland for at least a month , see as much of the country as she could . |
| 20 | Since Janine had told them that morning that she was pregnant , her whole world had fallen apart . |
| 21 | Swan asked Amaranth if Harvey had given her any information about the new motorway . |
| 22 | Shaun did match her that day . |
| 23 | Mother Benedicta had told him that Topaz loved him . |