Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | he s won us a 2 championships and a 4th place in 4 years . |
| 2 | You 're lucky in a way that he 's there , and lucky , too , that he 's got his music and that it 's bringing him a name , for it 's some sort of compensation in the meantime , helping his waiting . ’ |
| 3 | P'raps she 's findin' it a bit melancholy bein' wiv 'im ? ’ |
| 4 | This year , the National is bringing us an even more famous Spanish classic , and early booking is recommended . |
| 5 | Starting this week , Central television is bringing you an improved weather service . |
| 6 | She 's given her a cultural background for life . |
| 7 | " Well , her young man 's given her the go-by , " Mrs. Butler said , " and she 's very upset about it . |
| 8 | ‘ God 's given you a child , ’ he said . |
| 9 | that 's given you a bit more |
| 10 | He 's given you a new lease of life , has n't he , with his flattery , his sucking-up . ’ |
| 11 | Right so the thing is if we talk about what you 've read and then The idea is that if there 's anything out of you 've read that 's given you an idea for an essay then you can do that . |
| 12 | I expect Oliver 's given you the impression that I was a virgin when I got married . |
| 13 | It has n't prepared me for the outside world ; all it 's done is given me an awareness of myself . |
| 14 | Well that 's reminded me the erm |
| 15 | ‘ The least I can do is buy you a drink . ’ |
| 16 | The least he can do is buy us a decent lunch . ’ |
| 17 | Yes , they 're all trained in first aid , erm erm and in the use er we also carry the analgesic gas , now the ones that er nitric oxide which is used in er pregnant mothers for childbirth , they carry some of that now , er which they administer to people in pain and that takes away the pain erm for the time being anyway , until such time as you can extricate them or , or ease the pain or take away the problem away from them that 's causing them the pain . |
| 18 | So he 's shouting it the boy like . |
| 19 | Now , what I 'm going to do is show you the advantage of putting somebody on hold as opposed to trying to put your hand over the receiver . |
| 20 | Do n't you think that the Dixie horn 's pushing it a bit ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ If it goes as we expect , then your task , when they are close enough , is to split me a way into the ranks of the two central battles of pikemen . ’ |
| 22 | Although I would also say that I do n't suppose there are very many Councillors that do n't actually , at the end of the day , being a Councillor is costing them a lot of money and those members ' allowances are very , very small and they certainly in my case nowhere near cover the cost of being a County Councillor . |
| 23 | Believe me , that monster is costing me a fortune ! ’ |
| 24 | A firm of road hauliers which has fourteen trucks stuck in the lorry blockade in France says the dispute is costing it a fortune . |
| 25 | But you get used to it and I think it 's a grand place , it 's done me the world of good anyway , they do n't half help you . |
| 26 | ‘ Yes — I persuaded poor old Eb to take a drop , and it 's done him a power of good . |
| 27 | He 's done you no harm . ’ |
| 28 | Nick 's is very eh , expensive in Holland it 's cost him a lot of money . |
| 29 | That 's what I did , yesterday morning went with my mate came back , stuck it on so it 's cost me the , the pads were seventeen twenty , thirty pound for the what 's a name and fifty quid near enough just to do the front brakes . |
| 30 | You can actually now I 'm sure som so somebody must have the skills on an A five sheet to have it halved with a an internal diary er three of those you 're , it 's cost you the five bits of paper and two staples ! |