Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money and talk of money got you attention . |
| 2 | Queen Victoria appointed him Inspector of Fisheries , and he took his job seriously , persuading millers to install salmon ladders over their weirs . |
| 3 | In 1880 he decided to settle in London permanently , and , also in 1880 , Queen Victoria appointed him teacher of singing to the royal family . |
| 4 | Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert . |
| 5 | And of course made it part of the job that you had to attend night school classes for bread baking and confectionery . |
| 6 | She gave her answers in a low voice , almost feeling William Ash 's relief as the vicar pronounced them man and wife . |
| 7 | She and her accupuncturist partner , Richard Spindler , are now in serious debt , they say , because Lloyds lent them money without proper advice and called in the loan after overcharging them . |
| 8 | In that year , also , L'Estrange 's ineptitude cost him control of the official news-books and Muddiman regained it because of the regard he had won from both secretaries of state . |
| 9 | ‘ Hi knowledge of the world and excellent manners assured him popularity ’ . |
| 10 | We began to understand the root cause when senior process engineer Tom Alcorn showed us work done ten years previously on similar plants . |
| 11 | He accepted that some delay in the Shah 's arrival might now be needed , but he felt that the United States owed him refuge . |
| 12 | Rakovsky called him Little Father and Ivan called him son . |
| 13 | Meredith waved him goodbye from the gate , watching as he turned outside the Haynes ' cottage and until he had driven off out of sight towards Fenniwick 's garage and the B road turn . |
| 14 | ‘ I suppose , ' ’ Rab said , but he hardly felt the better ; not , with hobo drinkers , they looked at him and the tattooed barman called him Stick . |
| 15 | One Highlander was in a fix regarding his dog : he would not pay the fare for his collie ; the official threatened to take him — the dog — as a hostage ; Dugald warned him Prince would ‘ grip him ’ if he dared . |
| 16 | The US State Department thought it time to look closely into the causes and extent of British criticism . |
| 17 | Linda brought him breakfast in bed . |
| 18 | One monster brought me water . |
| 19 | The Royal Air Force gave me emergency rations , advice on medical supplies , and a day at RAF Cranwell to learn how to navigate with a bubble sextant . |
| 20 | He never rose above the rank of lance-corporal , but a posting as an orderly room clerk on the east coast gave him leisure to write short stories of army life , published in Horizon and other periodicals . |
| 21 | They were free spirits working for the gods ; the pharaoh gave them food , clothing and shelter . |
| 22 | The snow gave them proof of what they always feared : the winter-hungry foxes were biding their time , ready to raid any hen-house which remained unfastened at dusk . |
| 23 | They returned to Tunbridge Wells via Cheltenham , where Lulu Harrington gave them tea and her fulsome apologies for being unable to remember the full name and address on Beatrix 's fourth letter . |
| 24 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 25 | Where the charge laid before the magistrate did not constitute the offence over which the statute gave him jurisdiction , affidavit evidence could be introduced . |
| 26 | Ewen obviously knew his way , but although Neil gave him room he made no further attempt to break free , or even to reach open water . |
| 27 | But his failure to attend a WRU coaching course ( a sin of omission shared with Ray Prosser , perhaps the finest coach of forwards Welsh rugby ever had ) coupled with his outspokenness denied him access to the magic circle . |
| 28 | Although some winter barley growers jumped he gun last week , little was cut as crops were not fit . |
| 29 | Anne was approaching her thirteenth birthday and King Edward considered it time that she and his son Prince Richard , then ten years of age , became better acquainted . |
| 30 | When forced by the Inspectorate of Education to retract his decision , the good mayor refused them access to the school canteen , controlled by the municipal services . |