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Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	They had n't checked them all at the time , and then they had forgotten .
2	But surely too many conversations are recorded in the Life for Boswell to have checked them all in literal detail ?
3	And she 's scoffed them all in this lesson !
4	Her husband 's letter had reached them as soon as they arrived in their summer resting place and had plunged them all into abject misery .
5	If the figure on the cross had been the last sight of him , we would have heard nothing more of him and there would have been no Church .
6	He had heard nothing more of the plane until a newspaper phoned him the following day , Sunday afternoon .
7	I 've heard nothing more from him , neither have I asked him yet , if he 's come up with anything .
8	When , after eight days , Helen had heard nothing more from Giles Carnaby she was bleakly self-contemptuous .
9	What have you given me that for ?
10	In Salamanca , as a parting present , Dana had given me two of his most beloved treasures , two books of Chinese prints and ink drawings .
11	Emily left me one of her large paintings of the green B.C. forests in her will ; she had previously given me two of her books .
12	Ellen had given me one of her pitying looks .
13	As a rugby junkie , New Zealand has given me most of my best fixes . ’
14	He has placed them both on the sofa under the magnificent painting of a Ramayana demon by his Thai protegé , not facing one another across his huge desk , to indicate that this is an intimate and informal interview , not to be taken too seriously whatever she says .
15	Mike Barson , the man who 'd given them most of their best tunes , quit the group , spent .
16	Tom , when he woke later had insisted that they should absorb some culture , had chivvied them both into his car and driven them first to the Villa Lante .
17	After thoroughly investigating their backgrounds and their political beliefs , he had approached them one by one .
18	But the jolt to his players ' system kick-started them back into life and Monday 's 1-0 victory over Arsenal has lifted them level with United and three points behind leaders Norwich .
19	Mine seem to vary — I was given both a biography of Nancy Reagan , a quite old hardback of TV critical reviews and articles by Clive James and Muriel Spark 's autobiography ( about her childhood in Edinburgh ) recently and have enjoyed them all in different ways .
20	He got there at four o'clock he had four fish he could catch I think out of the ten for the week cos he caught the others and he 'd caught them all by half past four .
21	TOM : You know what 's amazed me most of all that I 've seen is Big Tree .
22	Once I had sucked my third of a pint of milk dry I picked up my books and returned to the lecture theatre .
23	The sketchily covered breasts that had embarrassed her earlier in the evening were now taut and tingling , and when Tom 's hands came up to cup them through the thin fabric of her blouse she wanted to arch her back and drink in the new sensation with cries of pleasure .
24	‘ I 've forgotten which one of you is Carrie and which one is Ginnie . ’
25	Maeve Binchy 's gift for drawing readers into the lives of people from small communities , and for describing the evolution of friendships , have won her millions of readers .
26	She had no identity now , because sensation had torn her adrift from such restraints as intellect , emotion and an awareness of reality .
27	‘ I had n't considered you ready for the council yet , ’ said Frick , when Schiller had finished .
28	Hari felt a sense of disappointment , she had expected something more from players at the theatre , exactly what she did n't know .
29	They have solved something important for themselves in the turn and turn about of a twosome .
30	It is difficult to tell how much of Dustin 's discomfiture during the making of the film seeped through into his portrayal , but it might have added something uneasy to the character of Benjamin .