Example sentences of "the [noun] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 2 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 3 | Sometimes , he said we used to take them motorway he said to junction whatever at Dover and they 'd be somebody waiting there with the money give us the car we 'd go back to London and they 'd just take it up the . |
| 4 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |
| 5 | The clerk handed him the envelope . |
| 6 | The Economist called it the Consumer-Credit Snowball and pronounced it well and truly rolling . |
| 7 | ‘ I hope and pray that the decision to give me the Nobel Peace Prize will encourage all those who pursue the cause of peace to do so in a renewed spirit of optimism and strength . ’ |
| 8 | Scott 's first letter had been an appalling error , and it would seem sufficient reason why Donaldson should suggest reversing the decision to award him the Gold Medal , but Scott , when drafting his Recollections in later years , looked for further motives behind Donaldson 's action as he could not ‘ reconcile it with the character and generosity which Donaldson has usually evinced ’ . |
| 9 | separate reports of the views of each of the groups to give them the opportunity for further comment ; |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't particularly enjoy being a guest of Her Majesty but the experience gave me the chance to get my priorities straight , ’ he said . |
| 11 | The men times the hours gives you the man hours . |
| 12 | Good , Example three where you 've got a joint life policy , the male gives you the page name , the female will give you the , because it will say joint life , and it will have the female age in groups . |
| 13 | The golden touch : Australian lock John Eales — whose domination of the line-outs earned him the Man of the Series award — steals a march on Doddie Weir as Willie Ofahengaue lends him a helping hand … |
| 14 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 15 | D.C.L. degree by Oxford University and the College gave me the honour of welcoming her with flowers ’ . |
| 16 | The pesticides get me the pesticides . |
| 17 | On 1 November 1990 , Norwich Union wrote to the applicant telling him the effect of the intervention notice , and saying : |
| 18 | The action gave her the moments she needed to adjust , to assess her own feelings . |
| 19 | The oxygen isotonic ratios of the coral tell us the water temperature at the time the coral was growing . |
| 20 | He drew out a sturdy transparent plastic inner bag and held it up to the light to show me the contents . |
| 21 | The youngster 's inclusion in the side earned him the name ‘ Boy Bastin' , as seventeen-year-olds in League football were much scarcer than now , and Bastin was in a class of his own with the fierceness of his shot , as a teaser of defences and as an expert penalty-taker . |
| 22 | Today the Echo offers you the chance to become one of the big match mascots . |
| 23 | The card told me the rest . |
| 24 | The wind hit him the moment he left the vehicle , a ferocious gust off the nearby sea which nearly lifted him off his feet . |
| 25 | Aware of this , he spins on his back in the manner of a break dancer and the spin gives him the momentum to strike at the legs of the attacker . |
| 26 | the stables show them the stables . |
| 27 | The company says the deal gives it the opportunity to distribute financial information to clients ' branch offices by using their own hardware and networks . |
| 28 | The Discovery is the first ever gas cooker to have a hotplate with ‘ Gas Powered Discs ’ a revolutionary new concept developed by Moffat that actually places a Disc above the flame to give you the controllability you expect from gas plus an unheard of level of cleanability . |
| 29 | The islanders call it the Johnny rook . |
| 30 | ‘ Quite so and your reference to the window gives you the measure of the man . ’ |