Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 2 | Buddie had been very angry , but everyone else had laughed at Frankie and called him a snivelling cissy . |
| 3 | He looked back at Kim and gave him a small bow . |
| 4 | She did , however , slip next door to May and gave her a rough sketch of what had happened , right up to the Syrup of Figs . |
| 5 | By 1065 he had conquered Toledo and made it a Christian — Moorish fief owing allegiance to Leon . |
| 6 | Frustrated but secretly delighted that I had maybe caught him out with shoddy workmanship until an old fellow from Bernera stopped to give me a lift on the way past Carlaway and showed me the right ones , just before the main stones of Callanish . |
| 7 | The drummer lashed out at Tom and caught him a glancing blow on the jaw and Tom had to be held back by Ollie to prevent him retaliating . |
| 8 | Charles I was equally well disposed towards Salisbury and made him a privy councillor in 1626 . |
| 9 | Nick , who had feared a torridly emotional hour or so was relieved by this ; grateful , he had shared half a bottle of brandy with Martin and told him a great deal about the behaviour of adolescents in certain African tribes , a safe subject , and one he was apt to enlarge on when drunk . |
| 10 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 11 | She reached between her and Aline and handed me a half-finished bottle of Irn-Bru . |
| 12 | Agrippa , like a little spider in his black garments , came up beside Benjamin and handed him a small sheaf of documents and two fat purses . |
| 13 | Here we show how TODAY produced a slimline Santa and gave him a new modern look . |
| 14 | Afterwards she went back to Emma and gave her an expurgated version . |
| 15 | Then she held out her hand to Eileen and gave it a strong clasp that made her wince . |
| 16 | Next morning , she telephoned Ernest Baird and gave him a short account of developments . |
| 17 | It was during my visit that I made my acquaintance with Woolworths and thought it a marvellous store with goods that were priced at either 3d or 6d ; the firm did not arrive in Salisbury until 1927 . |