Example sentences of "presented [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I travelled down to Kent to stay with Donald , and he presented me with a cardboard box which contained this tiny puppy . |
| 2 | At our last meeting he presented me with a pair of small Tibetan scrolls . |
| 3 | With an introduction from Rhys I enjoyed several interesting meetings with Corliss Lamont in New York , where he presented me with a copy of his book ‘ You Might Like Socialism ’ . |
| 4 | I bought another dress in Barnard Castle made from very fine material with a flared skirt , and the Daily Mail kindly presented me with a broad-brimmed floral hat and a pair of white gloves to take some very nice photographs . |
| 5 | Mrs Carol Rushton , superintendent physiotherapist has returned form the above and presented me with a report on the course . |
| 6 | The Repertory of the Homoeopathic Materia Medica presented me with a view of patients and diseases which was quite unlike anything which I had encountered , and gave many lively examples of the ways in which Kent had solved the clinical problems with which he had been faced . |
| 7 | The housemistress even presented me with a glass of milk at lunch . |
| 8 | And they presented me with a Winston Churchill half-crown for my boxing . |
| 9 | You presented me with a daughter lately it 's high time you had a present yourself . ’ |
| 10 | So after one or two other visits to The Bun Shop or Joe Mullins ' Volunteer in Cambridge on nights off , he eventually presented me with a log book detailing some 280/290 hours of flying , which was about the average of the normal straight-through pilot that came from the training machine aid could then enter all Operational Training Unit . |
| 11 | Another door opened to me last year when my daughter presented me with a gorgeous grandson , Simon , the same daughter who was instrumental in my first joining the Brownie Pack so many years ago ! |
| 12 | and erm , Jayne presented me with a bottle of wine this morning when she took er a bottle of sherry |
| 13 | Someone also presented me with an electric washer but I have never been able to use it because there is n't water in the house and I would n't be able to understand it anyway . |
| 14 | Lily 's father presented me with an old pistol he had . |
| 15 | Moments before the Prime Minister presented me with the trophy , I was asked if I would pose in the sea for a tourism promotion picture . |
| 16 | Several of the backstage staff , including Annie and Jennifer , had bought a space in the Chassidic Hospital in Jerusalem in my Dad 's name and presented me with the certificate . |
| 17 | Around the same time , he took his mother 's many dancing and music medals , together with his father 's accordion , and presented them to the pawnbroker . |
| 18 | She paid for the Regiment 's presents each Christmas and presented them to the legionnaires . |
| 19 | Hollywood confidently made stylish films and presented them to an audience that had become larger than ever . |
| 20 | Sunderland even presented them with a couple of own goals and could be in more trouble . |
| 21 | It seems to have done them no harm , presented them with no discernible limitations in the scope of their work or influence . |
| 22 | He presented them with an axe , and set up a log to split . |
| 23 | The wedding was held in 1920 at Mouthlock Methodist Chapel , at South Stainmore , where Mother was the organist and , much to her surprise and delight , the members of the chapel presented them with an inscribed silver teapot . |
| 24 | The team were then treated to a meal and the mill manager presented them with the Challenge Trophy [ through gritted teeth ] and before the lads could get the lens caps off their cameras , they took it back , saying that the cup would stay at Rank 's but Rentokil 's name would be put on . |
| 25 | She presented them with the annual Child of Achievement awards , given to children who 've overcome extraordinary difficulties just to live a normal life . |
| 26 | Typically , teen magazines like Smash Hits , were soon on the case and presented them as a ‘ new ’ band , although none went as far as dubbing them the customary , overnight success . |
| 27 | Adam Smith presented them as an example of a small group of workers so strategically placed in the chain of production that they could command high wages . |
| 28 | Thomas has taken the outré directors Oshima and Bertolucci in hand , and presented them in a more ‘ respectable ’ form . |
| 29 | While the research relating to the employment and retirement of older workers , as we shall see later , presented them in a positive light as net contributors to economy and society , the image emerging from other areas of analysis was more negative . |
| 30 | because the verderers ought not and are not able to enroll anything in their rolls except a presentment of the foresters , and the foresters presented nothing of the matters aforesaid . |