Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | You feel like you 've heard them a couple of hundred times when it 's only been twice . |
2 | There is a very smart woman working in Conservative Central Office who has taught me a trick at least as useful at that of Shirley Williams . |
3 | The experience has taught me a lot , not least about Margaret Thatcher 's single achievement in changing the class contours of British politics . |
4 | Fortunately for Conran , he had attended the sort of public school ‘ which had taught me a lot of practical skills ’ . |
5 | ‘ Her first professional job was before I was born , and she has taught me a lot . ’ |
6 | Four years with a handicapped child have taught me a lot of things , but three in particular : |
7 | I was very naive but the last year has taught me a lot . |
8 | Kate has taught me a lot about motherhood — mostly because she approaches it in a completely different way to me . |
9 | My father who was a er a clergyman taught me the piano from an early age and er I first became interested in the organ purely for money purposes in fact , when at the age of fifteen a local methodist church in Durham where we lived at the time said er , We need an organist . |
10 | But you 've taught me the difference between art and life . |
11 | A local garage owner has leant them a car to help in the short term . |
12 | ‘ The nature garden has given everyone a lift and will be somewhere that the children can enjoy . ’ |
13 | He had always done that at his pre-production party , given everyone a carnation to wear , but this time he had overreached himself . |
14 | The camcorder has given everyone the chance to star in their own home movies . |
15 | Film and Filming magazine said the film had given everyone an insight into the thinking of Corman and Nicholson . |
16 | Original by the look of it , and so were the banisters , but someone had painted them a kind of snot green . |
17 | You 've assigned me the role of heartless villain financier , obsessed with money , wealth , and luxury . |
18 | I was quite prepared to do this journey alone , but my mother , who had given me every encouragement although well aware of the risks I was running , insisted I should take a companion . |
19 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
20 | ‘ Somehow , though , watching you racing round the field like a schoolgirl has given me a burst of energy . |
21 | I 'm going tomorrow morning there anyway cos Roy 's just given me a call , they 've got some problems with screw support bearings locking up , but er I 'll go over there some time |
22 | Mother would have given me a cuddle , and she was n't given to cuddles . |
23 | Well , he 's given me a ticket and he 's gon na give , loads of us going , there 's about ten of us ! |
24 | The Lord has given me a heart for the Filipino people , although my work here finds me alongside so many other people . |
25 | He seemed full of beans though , and after he had given me a rundown on the life cycle of the polyp , three nurses wheeled me across the corridor and into another room . |
26 | Yeah well I 'm , I 'm gon na try and get the final year lecture for Tuesday sorted actually on Saturday and erm it 's usually , it 's usually Guy but I think I 'm doing it this week , yeah , because I 've got quite a few to do on things like racist in the media and Guy 's mate Dennis has just written a book and he 's given me a manuscript of it and it 's about how racist psychology is which is |
27 | You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’ |
28 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
29 | She 's given me a couple of great ideas . |
30 | Erm , we 've got a few sponsors , and also a few places that people have agreed to sell the book and display , so Nurseries , Redferns , Malcolm , College Bookshop , Toy and Candy , erm , a bloke from Manchester Insurance has given me a couple of days to sell the book out there . |