Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | John asked me to help him the following year as I often came to Stamford to see my mother . |
| 2 | In the end I got them to give me the first aid outfit and fixed myself up . |
| 3 | ‘ The man who assaulted you called you a dirty cop , or words to that effect . |
| 4 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
| 5 | He told me to give her a bloody good gallop round t'field . " |
| 6 | Having reached his destination , he remembered the message that he had been asked to give to his hostess : ‘ I travelled down with an uncle of yours and he told me to give you the following message , ’ he said . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | But just before he could get the words out , she begged him to do her a tremendous favour . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Reckoned it gave him a psychological advantage . ’ |
| 12 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
| 13 | " No , they heard you call me a dirty name . " |
| 14 | I was pretty sure I would , but I just needed something to give me an extra push . ’ |
| 15 | I guessed where she had been , but I made her tell me the whole story . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | When it seemed to be over , I went next door and called Fielding and asked him to give me an incredible amount of money . |
| 18 | Conchis saw me giving it a lingering glance . |
| 19 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | For some reason she felt she owed him a serious answer . |
| 23 | ‘ And yet , again , I believe I felt you giving me a little assistance against the others ? ’ |
| 24 | ( 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 . ) |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | She thought he gave her an intimate probing look as though he was thinking " does she know ? " |
| 27 | When our eyes met he gave me a frigid little smile . |
| 28 | did I bring you the second of that stupid one down ? |
| 29 | ‘ Did I give you a good run for your money ? |
| 30 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |