Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave them some thought , then extracted two and stowed them in his hip pocket . |
| 2 | Now the railways levelled them with their black cousins on the other side of the 49th parallel . |
| 3 | Yes , she made them for her teacher 's as well , they 'll chocolates . |
| 4 | Since the war , every spell of Anfield success has been set or kept in motion by the signing of a top-class ‘ striker-cum-provider ’ a player who not only scored goals but also made them for his colleagues . |
| 5 | She seated me on her right , and I made my first direct pass as soon as we sat down . |
| 6 | He depicted them with their mothers or alone , being held or rocked , or lying in cradles . |
| 7 | Alexandra read the paragraphs through carefully several times , then cut them out and laid them in her desk with his two letters . |
| 8 | I divested myself of all my own French honours and laid them in my elder son 's lap on condition he should be content to be French , as I had discovered I was English . |
| 9 | They had come to see the show and my guilt for neglecting them afterwards was eased by Pam and Kath , also at the show this evening , who entertained them in my absence . |
| 10 | He then startled champions-elect Everton with an early goal when we met them at their Goodison Park headquarters a week later ( 1–2 ) . |
| 11 | As he led them into his large and sunny sitting-room , his scalp gleamed in the light . |
| 12 | In 1986 he took over the captaincy from Fletcher and led them to their third championship in four years , but early in 1987 he suffered a bad loss of form and the team slipped right down the table . |
| 13 | ‘ In a matter such as this , the reasoning which led them to their opinion is a vital piece of information which should not be withheld from the House of Commons . |
| 14 | ‘ I led them to your car . |
| 15 | ‘ He led them to my place . |
| 16 | And she led them inside her house and through to her kitchen . |
| 17 | We did all right until we got to the last bit and I got my foot caught in Otley 's pocket when he tried to bend down , he fell and flung me over his head knocking my wig skew-whiff . |
| 18 | so loyal was he that he rejected his cousins , the UNICORNS , when Alexander 's men attacked them for their horns . |
| 19 | Mobutu resisted pressure from Western governments to enter into a power-sharing arrangement with Tshisekedi and attacked them for their " flagrant interference " ; he understood , he said , " that Western aid is mixed with all sorts of threats and blackmail " . |
| 20 | Thank you for your letter of in which you notified me of your intention to accept a post with effect from . |
| 21 | He caught her wrists , pinned them to her sides , eyes blazing . |
| 22 | tramped them for my er , round and round on them . |
| 23 | They asked me into their classes to watch them teach , they gave me time for interviews , they allowed me into staff meetings and departmental meetings and I erm at various points in my research I attempted to feed back to them some of the material I was coming up with , and we would have meetings to discuss this . |
| 24 | She asked me about her sisters . |
| 25 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
| 26 | ‘ I was at a disco on crutches when Nigel asked me about my plans — and casually said I could ride for him whenever I was free . |
| 27 | He then asked me about my sexual habits , to which I replied that I was heterosexual . |
| 28 | In the interview they asked me about my future plans . |
| 29 | Having by then disposed of public affairs , he asked me about my work at the LCC school . |
| 30 | She asked me about my love-life ! |