Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pron] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 2 | He talked of ‘ the white man 's Christ ’ , invoked to preserve what the white man has got ; and of the ‘ black man 's Christ ’ — the Christ of suffering and sacrifice . |
| 3 | Stevie cos he tried to fry himself the other week |
| 4 | To add realism I then used to turn one the ginger-haired player to face the goal and said ‘ What the fuck was that ’ in a Scottish accent . |
| 5 | I tried to ring her the other day as going to a seminar at my solicitors office nearby and had hoped to walk up plus dog , leave Bella for duration of seminar and pick her up again = kill exercise bird with seminar stone as it were . |
| 6 | We tried to make it the best school , and it was an outstanding girls ' school . " |
| 7 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 8 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 9 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 10 | She was sure that at some point she 'd given someone the cold shoulder and hurt them badly without noticing . |
| 11 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 12 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 13 | And Jimmy [ Jewel ] came to see him the other day and we walked across the road to the pub . |
| 14 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 15 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 16 | " David Fairfax came to see you the other day , " Matthew went on . |
| 17 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 18 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 19 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 20 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 21 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 22 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 23 | Jesus , as the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end , Jesus , who came to give us the good news , news worth singing about . |
| 24 | I 'd left you the full address , and the telephone number and a fully detailed map . |
| 25 | mm , like every thing else you told me you 'd finished it the other day |
| 26 | Now , they consulted their executive committee , and agreed to give us the free use of an empty office . |
| 27 | But this did n't stick , and because his style was as I have said to always sit and wait , and never to make the first move , we began to call him The Older Man ; and then this became just Older , and finally just O. |
| 28 | ‘ Operations in the national interest ’ was a favourite phrase ; good and sharp , and carrying the implication that if you needed to know what the national interest was , you did not deserve to be told . |
| 29 | Zen decided to give him the only answer he had been able to come up with . |
| 30 | A choice of dates is available from which to reckon the life of the College : 1 8 February 1791 , when the London committee decided to call itself The Veterinary College , London , and 8 April 1791 , when the president , vice-presidents and directors were elected and the statutes and regulations were approved . |