Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] such " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am so sorry that I caused you such grief by acting as I did , by going off without telling anyone . |
| 2 | I would be failing in my duty if I allowed him such undeserved relief . |
| 3 | I gave him such a black look , however , that the smile froze on his face . |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm sorry I gave you such a rotten tea . ’ |
| 5 | " I m sorry I gave you such a fright . |
| 6 | and when we were having this argument on Wednesday he said I said we what what was your reason then for not paying me for that when I was genuinely sick and he said er oh he said because I gave you such a good bonus last week , I said what was that then , he said erm twenty five pounds , I said no you did n't ! |
| 7 | She 'd been ashamed to find that she found it such exhausting work , especially without the broad shoulders of Ross to lean on . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry , love , but you gave me such a fright . |
| 9 | You gave me such a shock , Antoinette cried out : come out of there this minute do you hear ? |
| 10 | You gave us such a fright . |
| 11 | Mrs Chamberlin has more than a dozen and she gave me such beautiful eggs to bring home . |
| 12 | , late at night , , they 've got the boat , and the tape , they 're both out on tape and video , and basically you have to go back , as soon as the boat comes through docks the next person picks it up and goes , so you 've got very little time to pick up information , and all the time you ca n't go in , and the clock 's going , and the clock 's going and you switch , and they said it was , next to you , they said it such a |
| 13 | From Henry James , The Pupil The poor young man hesitated and procrastinated : it cost him such an effort to broach the subject of terms , to speak of money to a person who spoke only of feelings and , as it were , of the aristocracy ( 1 ) . |
| 14 | His voice grated , but he spoke out clearly , perhaps even a little louder than was natural because it cost him such an effort to get it out at all . |
| 15 | It amazed him such a slip of a girl could have such passion in her , and by then he had noticed the perfect contours of her body which neither the black dress nor the prim white apron could conceal . |
| 16 | Even Sal and Kitty turned up their noses when he offered them such delicacies as black bananas and bruised apples . |
| 17 | ‘ Because it took me such a long time to find you . ’ |
| 18 | he gave me such a kind , and I may say , fatherly look ( Thursday , 28 June 1838 ) |
| 19 | He gave me such a look , as if I was being really disgusting . |
| 20 | ‘ But he gave me such a hard time when I was unfaithful . ’ |
| 21 | It gave us such household names as Glasgow , Linlithgow , Lanark , Bathgate , Dalkeith , Stirling , Perth , Aberdeen , Arbroath , the Tay , the Clyde , the Forth etc , as well as our capital 's Edin , and the famous burn 's Bannock . |