Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 2 | they sent me erm or sent me a load a load of material with it . |
| 3 | He adds : ‘ In the last year , most restaurants have brought their prices down or kept them the same as last year . |
| 4 | Depending on how influential people were , Mickey either nodded at them or gave them a hearty greeting . |
| 5 | Though sometimes , the gentlemen chucked her beneath the chin absently , or gave her a sixpence , and one , even , pushed her for a whole quarter-hour on the swing . |
| 6 | Nor had she the slightest desire to become involved in her aunt 's quarrel . |
| 7 | An estimated 3,000 delegates from one faction claiming to represent the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) gathered in Nairobi on Sept. 4 and unanimously elected Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as FORD chairman and designated him the party 's presidential candidate . |
| 8 | He immediately took to his heels with is case of cigarettes and led me a merry dance away from the docks , through a council estate , finally finishing up on the perimeter track of Ipswich Airport where I was rescued in the nick of time by a squad car full of policemen just as I was about to be filled in by the burly seaman . |
| 9 | Meredith asked , and lent him a handkerchief . |
| 10 | Just four years after Charles 's death , Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims , who had been an important political figure throughout Charles 's reign ( though not consistently close to him ) , wrote a treatise , The Government of the Palace , for the young King Carloman , Charles 's grandson , and lent it an air of authority by claiming to incorporate the work of Abbot Adalard of Corbie , who had died nearly sixty years before . |
| 11 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 12 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 13 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 14 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
| 15 | She wrote to SSDs and asked them a series of questions about training for residential child care staff on HIV and sexuality . |
| 16 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 17 | Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm . |
| 18 | Kenneth adores him and commandeered him the moment he arrived , allowing me to join them on a walk after yet another edible meal ( any more of this clever cooking and you 'll ruin your reputation ) . |
| 19 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 20 | Go on , Emma snatch that and read me the Gilbert and Sullivan clue . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’ |
| 22 | In ‘ 87 , Nick had been in Athens as one of the team that lured Fawaz Younis to a boat out of territorial waters , and put the handcuffs on him , and read him the charges of Air Piracy and placing a destructive device aboard an aircraft and committing violence aboard an aircraft and aiding and abetting a hijacking . |
| 23 | He is also the epitome of the New Man , and has been known to leave his office to arrive home in time to bath his daughter , Mary-Claire , and read her a story before bed . |
| 24 | I felt very proud of her and read her the letter . |
| 25 | He had let the dealer from Hadleigh come , a man called Evans or Owens , one of those Welsh names , and sold him a brass lantern and two little carved tables and the sherry glasses . |
| 26 | Managed to let him know about our Social and sold him a book of Christmas Draw tickets . |
| 27 | Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box . |
| 28 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
| 29 | Later , when other countries wanted to make their own cloth from jute , the workers of Dundee made and sold them the textile machinery . |
| 30 | In Pitham & Hehl ( 1976 ) 65 Cr App R 45 , a person took the two defendants to his friend 's house and sold them the furniture of his friend who was in prison . |