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 .
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