Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | William was just five months 11 days old at the start ; he had already sailed over 1,500 miles , was the contented centre of attention and was still fresh from triumph in the fancy dress competition , where he earned himself the prize of a furry whale for his appearance as a white mouse . |
| 2 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 3 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 4 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 5 | But he was always having fun so I suppose its the imagination that counts is n't it . |
| 6 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 7 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 8 | Now she seems to have little pain , and little hunger , although she takes what the boy gives her , and today , we have improved upon that . |
| 9 | Is that longer than you have it the window there . |
| 10 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 11 | Once you knew what the routine was , it was much easier to fit in . |
| 12 | However , once you understand what the lace carriage does you will realise that it is n't a separate mechanism so much as a supplement to your knitting carriage . |
| 13 | Although I 've no doubt you know better than we do what the opposition are |
| 14 | He looked like a wild thing so we called him the Yeti . |
| 15 | Once we grant ourselves the licence to collect the physical artefacts of software , there remain , at least at first sight , respects in which software is both like , and unlike , traditional museum objects . |
| 16 | Good grief it must cost them a fortune to erm you know , pay for all these then , so they give you the Walkman to , while you 're doing this and they give you the batteries , tt |
| 17 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 18 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 19 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |
| 21 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 23 | As I believe that you both did , when you were my age — if you can remember so far back — but I knew you would prevent me from doing so if I told you the truth . ’ |
| 24 | Well if I knew who the hell Dawn 's brother was ! |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm buggered if I know what the point is , ’ said Wilcox sourly . |
| 26 | ‘ She 's round , ma'am , ’ Salt said in her angry voice , and under her breath : ‘ Blessed if I know what the world 's coming to … serving wenches falling about and being propped in chairs as if they were gentry . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You would n't come out here if I sent you the money for the air ticket , would you ? ’ |
| 28 | But if I tell her the truth and insist upon it , I shall be disobeying my husband and causing his mother unnecessary worry , she reflected , and was forced to accept that having made a cross for her back , she would have to bear it . |
| 29 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 30 | If I was outside , she said she could telephone me every day for nothing , if I gave her the number of a phone box and arranged to be there for a certain time … |