Example sentences of "[pron] [pron] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and to appear in court , he found himself caught up in a drama in which he had been cast as The Defendant , facing the man he had known as Rich whom everyone called The Plaintiff , and being called to order by someone he had never heard of before called The Registrar and his right hand man The Clerk of the Court — and all in the unfamiliar setting ( set ) of a courtroom . |
| 2 | To gaze on thee I left the smoaking Pail ; |
| 3 | a lot of the people used to come in and they 'd be in in his hotel , boozing rather than being at the pub you know , he says it for me I got a bottle and everything there . |
| 4 | ‘ He told me I had no right to inflict pain on those girls , because they 'd simply been telling the truth . ’ |
| 5 | When the result of the canvass was conveyed to me I had no doubt whatever that it had been thorough and honest and that I could command the necessary support in Parliament . |
| 6 | ‘ After Nicholl was sacked Ian Branfoot took over and told me I had no future under him . ’ |
| 7 | At last he muttered stiffly , ‘ You told me I had a choice . ’ |
| 8 | The 21-year-old star — plucked from children 's TV last year to host TOTP — says : ‘ The doctors told me I had a very bad case of food poisoning . ‘ |
| 9 | ‘ He told me I had a problem because I refused to do anything with him . |
| 10 | One day the screw came up and told me I had a visit down in the solicitor 's ; I went down and this man presented himself as a court welfare officer . |
| 11 | A great man in those days who was trying to be encouraging told me I had a terrific eye for English weather . |
| 12 | I 'd always wanted a little girl , but one of the students at the door told me I had a beautiful little boy and he was fine . |
| 13 | ‘ Dummy ’ Maxwell had told me I had a ‘ hunted look ’ about me . |
| 14 | With me I had the two Kens . |
| 15 | An ex-agent of mine told me I had the wrong attitude to charity shows ; I did too many . |
| 16 | He told me I had the love of Art , but not the religion of Art . |
| 17 | They told me I had an academic future , a considerable future . ’ |
| 18 | Behind me I heard a slow-moving car . |
| 19 | Behind me I heard a kind of yelp . |
| 20 | Then behind me I heard the rhythmic tramp of marching feet and the shrill " 'eft 'ight , 'eft 'ight , " that usually went with it . |
| 21 | Then behind me I heard the sounds of footsteps and stiff hinges and the death-rattle of shivering chains . |
| 22 | ‘ Non , Inspector , everyone had the same — oh , save for the Prince of Wales for whom I made a special soup . ’ |
| 23 | Among those to whom I sent a copy of the book on publication was Quintin Hailsham , then Lord Chancellor , with whom , despite our differences of opinion on many matters , I had been friendly over the years . |
| 24 | The choice of the latter led Leavis , to whom I sent the paper later , to expostulate , but at that time I thought that Read was heading for an eminence which , at least as a creative writer , he never attained . |
| 25 | There will be no difficulty in the importation , as the matter is countenanced by the Ministry , from whom I received the list . |
| 26 | Said the communique De Benedetti sent out by facsimile about an hour after his meeting with the judges , which the paper said seemed to be written in his own hand : ‘ Several times , I resisted the vexations of the regime , in some occasions I resigned myself to accept them , but only when I found myself faced with the necessity of defending the survival of the company and the thousands of dependents and shareholders toward whom I felt a massive responsibility . |
| 27 | I was desolated by the emotional separation from my mother , whom I thought the most wonderful person in the world . |
| 28 | But not the Indians with whom I had a year . |
| 29 | When the Second World War broke out in Europe , it was difficult to get supplies of helpful books , and when the Japanese came into it after the disaster of Pearl Harbour , I myself , as well as the clergy and students for whom I had a pastoral responsibility , felt the need of prayers to meet the threatening danger , as well as the provision of prayers which would express a Christ-like spirit about war , enemies in war , dangers in war and sufferers in war . |
| 30 | One interesting visitor was a man with whom I had a long and interesting talk . |