Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but found me an old yapp album , |
| 2 | ‘ Pete 's brother-in-law built him a massive speaker cabinet with 12 speakers in it . |
| 3 | And being as usual in the mood to get things right she told her a Chinese dragon story . |
| 4 | The Scottish Office allowed them an additional borrowing consent of £750,000 and £370,000 came from their existing financial resources . |
| 5 | The fact that they reserved me a front row seat in the Big Top of their felicity did assist in throttling back the glooms . |
| 6 | She showed me a half-built kennel block . |
| 7 | On that first occasion my father took me through Craven Hill Gardens into Porchester Terrace , showed me the blank brick back of the facades and lifted me up on to the wall so that I could look down into the shaft . |
| 8 | But then Ratagan handed him a battered silver flask with a wink and he spluttered over strong barley spirit , the last of the cold burnt out of him . |
| 9 | He handed her a green silk scarf . |
| 10 | I 'll give you one , ’ and he handed her a heavy gold watch . |
| 11 | ‘ No , I 'm in a hurry , ’ he said , and handed her a brown manila envelope . |
| 12 | He reached to the back seat , and handed her a pretty carrier bag . |
| 13 | ‘ Odd , when you come to think of it ’ — he handed her a full wine glass of gin — ‘ but they say he 's like he is because his father and mother were religious . |
| 14 | showed us the lovely crystal glass which she had received the previous Wednesday at Wembley Conference Centre . |
| 15 | A claret jacketed waiter served them a warmed-up airline meal with little bottles of wine . |
| 16 | A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy died in hospital after being hit by a car while his father taught him the Green Cross Code . |
| 17 | No , saw her on Friday and said force fed her a hot cross bun |
| 18 | Brasenose awarded him a senior Hulme exhibition and he obtained first classes in mathematical moderations ( 1906 ) , mathematics ( 1908 ) , and engineering science ( 1910 ) . |
| 19 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 20 | And the same thing with Zeppelin — no-one ever called them a heavy metal band . |
| 21 | In 1715 , in return for writing off two years of annuity payments worth something over £1 million , the government permitted it a fresh share issue which brought its capital up to £10 million , about half of the entire joint-stock capital in the country . |
| 22 | His muscular build , boyish charm and natural sense of fun and adventure made him a popular screen idol with men and women alike . |
| 23 | With Dawson it was his bulk which undoubtedly contributed to his premature death along with his broad , rubber face that became his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in true bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 24 | But his bulk , along with his broad , malleable face , was virtually his trademark and made him an ideal pantomime dame in the finest bawdy music hall tradition . |
| 25 | His dribbly nose , crooked teeth and cheeky Cockney accent made him an obvious classroom victim . |
| 26 | Kenneth Horne 's rich , fruity voice and warm patrician manner made him the ideal link man and that , coupled with a mischievous sense of humour , ensured that any programme in which he was involved was the better for his presence . |
| 27 | Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's alright for some ’ , they say , as if my fairy godmother has miraculously waved her magic wand and offered me a real life Martini advert on a plate . |
| 29 | Ivan brought me a battered metal box from the driver 's cab . |
| 30 | Among those to express their gratitude to Francis Place were the seamen of Tyne and Wear who , Place records , " sent me a handsome silver vase , paid for by a penny-a-week subscription " . |