Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently my local baker told me the stoneground organic loaf I was buying would be the last . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm so glad I told you the truth this morning . |
| 3 | She proudly showed me the size 16 slacks she was wearing — eight weeks earlier she had been wearing size 22 ! |
| 4 | That 's why I slipped you the note this morning . |
| 5 | Charlemagne 's order of the beheading of 4,500 bound prisoners earned him the Saxons bitter hatred for many years . |
| 6 | Denis Smith says hopefully to get three points and play good football … there 's not much they can do in two days but his team talk will be tell the players to go out enjoy it and pass the ball … by a strange twist of fate Smith 's first match at the Manor is against the team that gave him the sack last season Bristol City |
| 7 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |