Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] i the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah Sue told me the other day that er she wo n't come out till she 's , she 's right cold . |
| 2 | Monsieur Saulnier informed me the other day that it was not usual in this part of Normandy to have so many mosquitoes . |
| 3 | Dennis gave me the vague smile of complicity that men exchange in lavatorial situations . |
| 4 | Liese told me the two centres of the chi — the life force — were located an inch or two above and below the navel . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ Alan rang me the other night and told me to bring my hosepipe because he 's on fire at the moment . |
| 7 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 8 | ‘ Kenny called me the other week to congratulate me the day after I broke Roger Hunt 's club scoring record at Manchester United . |
| 9 | ‘ Philip told me the splendid news , Eileen . |
| 10 | They told , Diane told me the other night though , she 's had three years that she should n't have had . |
| 11 | Well when that Joe and Annie got married Joe gave me the little purse with a threepenny bit in . |
| 12 | Over a glass of wine Ladislav told me the following story : ‘ There was a Bohemian landowner called Prince Paar . |
| 13 | ‘ He gave me twenty dollars when Sheridan shoved me the other evening . ’ |
| 14 | A vicar in Battersea told me the other day that when he went to the church festival of Christmas at the local primary school — one of the schools within his parish — there was plenty of Father Christmas and jingle bells , but not one reference to Jesus . |
| 15 | Rosie told me the other nurses who worked here have tried to be more than just assistants to him . ’ |
| 16 | When I knit the waistband of a skirt ( using separate method ) , I return the skirt in two halves , but , as Val reminded me the other day , it is quicker to do it all at once and here is the method : — Join back seam ( sideways knitted skirt ) or all seams . |
| 17 | After dinner , sitting on the veranda , with his pipe well alight and with a glass of neat Old Rarity at his side , Alec Reid told me the extraordinary story of the fortune which he said belonged to Tiare . |
| 18 | But Michael called me the other day to say : ‘ I was n't getting anywhere until you contacted the insurance company and my agents . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’ |