Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [prep] the [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he s he met me on the road one day and he said to me , Miss , it would pay you to give a decent price for it , he said to me . |
| 2 | Ashley met me in the Jac that night , listened to my woes , bought me drink when I ran out of money ( I 'm sure I was short-changed at the bar ) even though she probably had less dosh than I did , and listened to my woes all over again when we went back to her mum 's and sat up till God knows when , talking low so we would n't wake Dean in the next room . |
| 3 | Jason , 24 , found himself in the north African city between concerts in Bournemouth and St Austell — two other places Bogart never visited . |
| 4 | ‘ Caught you on the hop this morning ! ’ said Postie . |
| 5 | I found something from the AIDS one the new Benetton advert , have you seen that ? |
| 6 | Coetzee 's men lured him across the South African border and shot him . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the Australian is still likely to preside over the punishment of the opponent who beat him in the World Open final . |
| 8 | However , if Europeans were exasperated with Carter , many had little liking either for the man who beat him in the November presidential elections . |
| 9 | He did not say what it was but it may be that we found it in the safe this morning . |
| 10 | They turned a corner and found themselves outside the cone shaped building . |
| 11 | ‘ I noticed them on the launch this morning . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Captain Robins drove me around the island last night , ’ I said . |
| 13 | The suggestions included limiting Congress 's powers only to proposing amendments to the Constitution , and allowing Yeltsin to retain the right granted him at the October-November 1991 extraordinary Congress to appoint ministers without approval from the legislature . |
| 14 | Kragan had taken Kaas under his wing and transferred him to the Stasi pre-trial detention establishment at Berlin-Hohenschonhausen . |
| 15 | The adjutant directed him to the hospital next door , giving him written instructions on how to find the ward . |
| 16 | Meanwhile Ben had gone off to move another lighter and was then intercepted by the Manager who directed him to the dock some way off . |
| 17 | He compared it with the scheme 30 years ago when Britain built tall chimneys to disperse pollution over a wide area . |
| 18 | This closer relationship incidentally increased the role of the state in most of these economies , but subjected it to the risks inherent in the political strings which the lending institutions attached to their ‘ aid ’ . |
| 19 | She lacked none of the courage typical of her Aries star sign . |
| 20 | He hauled himself over the gravel clear of the chassis , stood up , opened the front passenger door , pulled the lever which unlocked the hood . |
| 21 | Connors left the Brazilian shaking his head in disbelief as he hit winners at will and showed the kind of form that rocketed him to the semi-finals last year . |
| 22 | With neighbouring diners sitting too close to have a conversation without being overheard , D'Arcy contented himself with the family small talk whilst he made the most of the lobster fricassée . |
| 23 | The meetings in Washington recaptured something of the wartime Anglo-American relationship that had done so much to win the Second World War . |
| 24 | She killed herself at the theatre last night . ’ |
| 25 | Karen Levy , 32 , collected him from the Alexandra private hospital in Cheadle , Greater Manchester , for a two-hour trip after getting the go-ahead from his consultant . |
| 26 | Duncan landed it on the port main wheel with the wing dipped into the strong cross-current . |
| 27 | It 's very friendly And it followed us into the lane several times and then we 'd chase it back |
| 28 | Anyway , the Old Man — well , he called me into the Sanctum this morning and said , had I heard anything from you , and I said no , and he said silly bitch , or words to that effect — with which I agree — said he 'd told you you should keep in touch with me . |
| 29 | Pahdra Singh called me to the club this morning where he and Reg Pybus and their crony , that stingy git Pugh , the corpse planter , unveiled the new team strip . |
| 30 | Sent memos all round , you know and he called me in the office that day , to say I 'm really disappointed in you , I said , what do you mean ? |