Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 4 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I 'd left you the full address , and the telephone number and a fully detailed map . |
| 12 | mm , like every thing else you told me you 'd finished it the other day |
| 13 | His long experience of bird watching in the hills of Arran had taught him the best vantage points . |
| 14 | But they had all laughed and Meg , for the missing loaf , had punished him the usual way , locked-up thirsty in the room . |
| 15 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 16 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 17 | It would be typical of Jacqui 's naivety to believe that she was dealing with an honest man who had given her the only copies in existence . |
| 18 | Fortunately her upbringing had given her the social training to cope with these situations . |
| 19 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 20 | The temptation to put aside the bitterness and suspicion was great , but , after all , she was here for only one purpose , and now Luke had given her the ideal opportunity to pursue it . |
| 21 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 22 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 23 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 24 | Paris had given him the intellectual edge and the authority to do this . |
| 25 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 26 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 27 | Sophie 's angelic looks had won her the 1992 Miss Pears title in the face of 20,000 challengers . |
| 28 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 29 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 30 | A long , indented coastline , with many harbours on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , gave her easy access to the oceans and had made her the economic centre of the world . |