Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John Morrissey put the home team ahead after eight minutes from a Kenny Irons pass and John Aldridge made it 2-0 eight minutes later after Irons rattled the bar . |
| 2 | Mr Edgar refused at first , and Linton sent him several more letters . |
| 3 | ‘ Blufton gave us some important details you did n't know , ’ Blanche continued . |
| 4 | He and his friends claim Albie owed them ten thousand pounds . |
| 5 | Richardson has admitted Albie owed him ten thousand pounds . |
| 6 | Radl gave him twenty thousand pounds for taking part in Operation Eagle . |
| 7 | THE Marquis continued his rich vein of form yesterday when 11/8 shot Rainbow Lake 's success at Newbury made it three winning naps in a row . |
| 8 | As we walked back , Silver told me many interesting things about the ships that we passed . |
| 9 | And , of course , my co-author John Baskett sold me many fine paintings and drawings before he retired as an art dealer , and I have the highest respect for his taste and integrity . |
| 10 | Mr Coary gave me some enormous sheets of paper and I began to draw . |
| 11 | Erm and Mike told us that new reports commi commissioned by the City Council and the new owners claimed there is no danger . |
| 12 | Eddy Shah , the former national newspaper owner , has submitted a sworn affidavit that Knighton showed him confidential financial details of the club when he offered to sell the Edwards 's shares on for a £6m profit . |
| 13 | Sitting in his office , Mr Johnson offered us both cold beers from a pail of water in which a few pieces of ice floated . |
| 14 | Not I am without cake but Irene brought me some small ones yesterday |
| 15 | When it was nearly dark , Flavia gave it another ten minutes , another five ; five more . |
| 16 | The impact of the trenches and of mass unemployment in 1930s Stockton gave him decent enough values . |
| 17 | ‘ Bernard gave me four new tyres for my own car as payment but kept saying , ‘ I 'm going to open a big factory one day and have you as works ' manager ’ . ’ |
| 18 | Then Maeve hugged their surviving son , five-year-old John , and Garry gave him three loving kisses . |
| 19 | I mean the Halifax charged me three hundred pounds for this and I 've already got a mortgage with them , so they do n't need to do any sort of er er in depth surveys , or , or , or assessments on the house . |
| 20 | Listening to the hon. Member for Islington , South and Finsbury ( Mr. Smith ) saying that it was not the Government who had thought of the citizens charter but Mr. Herbert Morrison reminded me that old habits die hard — in particular , the old habit , much beloved of socialist Governments everywhere , of rewriting history . |
| 21 | When captain Alan McDonald made it 2-0 seven minutes before half-time , the Irish looked to be well in charge . |
| 22 | Stephen Meads made it three straight wins for the English contingent when he beat Darren Webb 15-6 , 15-12 , 15-7 . |
| 23 | Stephen Meads made it three straight wins for the English contingent when he beat Darren Webb 15-6 , 15-12 , 15-7 . |
| 24 | Cinzia brought them both large measures of whisky and sat down astride the wicker chair in front of the writing desk , facing him over the ridged wooden back . |
| 25 | William Douglas gave me some old women 's clothes . |
| 26 | Michael ordered them both hot whiskies and they settled down in the lounge bar . |
| 27 | Indenbaum offered him some old pictures to paint over , but Modigliani picked carefully through them so as not to paint over any painting , however unimportant , which showed a hint of talent . |
| 28 | Meeting Thomas reminded me that human relations do n't have to be like this , that in other countries you open your account in credit , and unless you squander that goodwill by behaving like a complete arsehole , the mutual warmth continues to grow with every subsequent encounter , as though it were natural for human beings to get on together . |
| 29 | Herman gave me some pretty match-boxes , and I said I would put one in Joanna 's Christmas stocking . |