Example sentences of "dad [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cliff — who now lives in a mansion in Surrey — says times were once so hard that his dad made the family furniture from packing cases . |
| 2 | Others sought the Holy Grail , Dad stalked the earth in pursuit of the perfect pyjama . |
| 3 | Tina had told Jack the very first time they met : ‘ My dad hates the place — like my brothers do . ’ |
| 4 | Then Posh Living where we are now — Dad got a pay rise and Mum got promotion . |
| 5 | But after a few weeks my girlfriend 's dad got a phone call from the old couple we 'd painted the house for , they wanted to get in the coal shed and could n't because I 'd painted over the lock . |
| 6 | You know , dad got a chest infection |
| 7 | So only your Dad got an egg ? |
| 8 | While mum and dad entertained the grown-ups , the princes ate in their favourite London restaurant , San Lorenzo . |
| 9 | Mum , dad heard a burglar alarm going off did n't you ? |
| 10 | Quite coherent and certain he saw his dad make a phone call from the instrument in the hall and then drive off in the car . |
| 11 | Dad wasted no words and said that it was his bird in the box whereupon C … tried to brazen out the situation by saying he had found the cockbird in the garden and was taking it to the market in the morning . |
| 12 | Dad offers the wine I mean , you do n't notice , because he 's like hovering around you so often , |
| 13 | So my Dad has a workshop . |
| 14 | I can remember my dad opening the newspaper once and saying , ‘ There is going to be a war in China . ’ |
| 15 | And then , aware of how much she already means to him : ‘ I suppose every dad wants a daughter . ’ |
| 16 | His Dad found the certificate and pinned it on the board , levelling the pins in the corners . |
| 17 | His Dad parked the car near the end of the road . |
| 18 | She had , you see but see it 's like shall we say dad hiring a car |
| 19 | It 's like dad hiring a car come home here and put the keys on the mantel piece |
| 20 | When we got to his house we found he was out so Dad poked a message under his door . |
| 21 | Dad slammed the door behind him with an ‘ An' good riddance ! ’ |
| 22 | He went and Dad slammed the door after him . |
| 23 | Steve Martin 's manically over-conscientious dad steals the show , whether the news that his small , diffident young son needs psychiatric help or chewing the pitch as his offspring fumbles at baseball , and entertaining at a kids ' party as an unconvincing cowboy . |
| 24 | Dad put the screws in the pot . |
| 25 | Give us that cracker thing I put this , where 's this , where your dad put the screws ? |
| 26 | Your Dad uses a plastic bag for a condom . |
| 27 | It was my father who started me off , about three years after we moved into the village dad joined the Debenham Players the local amateur dramatics society . |
| 28 | Soft roll , and then erm , I had a Viennese Whirl with it , and I sat and had that with my can of Diet Coke that dad bought a can of drink on the train this morning and never drank . |
| 29 | ‘ You 're making Dad look a fool . |
| 30 | Guess who 's doing the extra day ? got my dad to cover a day . |