Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The man who assaulted you called you a dirty cop , or words to that effect . |
| 2 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 3 | The screen shivered and cleared as he cut off , which allowed me to offer him a few choice epithets that he could n't hear . |
| 4 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 5 | But just before he could get the words out , she begged him to do her a tremendous favour . |
| 6 | So before we separated he gave me a working title for a song , and told me he wanted me to finish it by the next time he saw me . |
| 7 | Reckoned it gave him a psychological advantage . ’ |
| 8 | " No , they heard you call me a dirty name . " |
| 9 | THE teenage lover of the man accused of carrying out a vicious sex attack on a coast to coast rambler told yesterday how he asked her to give him a false alibi . |
| 10 | Conchis saw me giving it a lingering glance . |
| 11 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
| 12 | So those but Fantasia passes are very similar , I just turned mine turned mine round she saw it and went she showed me a blank yellow so I did n't thought it perhaps a different pass but it was n't just turned it round on her . |
| 13 | I mean we used to go about three times four times did n't we and we oh I bet every time we went she gave him a twenty packet of number ten . |
| 14 | For some reason she felt she owed him a serious answer . |
| 15 | ‘ And yet , again , I believe I felt you giving me a little assistance against the others ? ’ |
| 16 | ( Oh , yes , I was a handsome rogue , tall with jet-black hair , olive-skinned but with a cast in one eye , I always thought it gave me a devil-may-care look . ) |
| 17 | He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie . |
| 18 | the chap that I sent he thought he knew what a confined space was . |
| 19 | When our eyes met he gave me a frigid little smile . |
| 20 | ‘ Did I give you a good run for your money ? |
| 21 | give you a did you give him a blank page ? |
| 22 | Did you find him a good employer ? ’ |
| 23 | Did you know what a nasty business your husband 's got himself into ? ’ |
| 24 | If you were in London erm you were called up give gave you gave you a white feather cos you were going in the army . . |
| 25 | ‘ Did she give you a hard time ? ’ |
| 26 | Did they give you a difficult time ? |
| 27 | How dared he call her a silly , irresponsible … ? |
| 28 | Lucy had to stand on tiptoe to use it , but when she did it gave her a partial view of the clientele at their tables . |
| 29 | How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ? |
| 30 | I just said I thought it a nice name . |