Example sentences of "[adv] i [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , in my book nothing comes before football and so I gave them a simple ultimatum : ‘ Make your choice . |
| 2 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
| 3 | A minute later I give him a smaller brown one back . |
| 4 | Often he was right , often I gave him a bad time for sticking his nose in . |
| 5 | I used to think it bad enough parting from you , but now I feel it a hundred times worse . |
| 6 | And everybody says , Well I gave you a hundred , I gave him five , you |
| 7 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
| 8 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |