Example sentences of "[noun] bought [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ken bought him a train ticket , put some cash in his hand and took him to a nearby restaurant |
| 2 | Ken bought her a bottle of gin to celebrate her return home . |
| 3 | When weirdo bought us a coffee . |
| 4 | If his parents bought her a present he was always comparing and felt that she had better things and more things than he did . |
| 5 | Sebastian bought her a ring , with a little gold heart and an inscription . |
| 6 | Well she did last year , she told us , but this year , well Paddy , Paddy bought her a book of quotations , which she , she quite liked it , but it 's not a very attractive book , and we bought her a video of The Little Mermaid which we know she wants |
| 7 | MY HUSBAND bought me a watch as a birthday present , but it kept losing time and I returned it after the holidays . |
| 8 | Marian bought her a plant . |
| 9 | Marian bought her a plant yesterday . |
| 10 | We put in a new sink and Malcolm bought us a Baby Belling cooker , one electric ring on which we could heat a an of beans very , very slowly . |
| 11 | Her father bought them a drink and ordered lunch and they wheeled Jennifer 's chair up to one of the small tables that had been set up outside the marquee in the sunshine . |
| 12 | And er I started er with a doll , my father bought me a doll and it taught me how to er dress me . |
| 13 | Luckily , that was about the same time that my mother and father bought me a radio , and all my other interests just disappeared once I had that … |
| 14 | My uncle bought me a camera for my birthday . ’ |
| 15 | No I should n't think The girls bought you a bottle each look |
| 16 | Ernie bought her a car . |
| 17 | Minton bought him a motorbike and he was travelling on this to a match with the All Blacks when he had an accident . |
| 18 | Mrs Woodie bought her a basket , a very nice one made by the blind , but she would n't get into it . " |
| 19 | Lorton bought him a pint of Guinness and a whisky chaser . |
| 20 | The parishioners bought him a head stone . |
| 21 | ‘ When I was ten , my Dad bought me a guitar for Christmas , which I 'd asked for , but at the same time he enrolled me at the local golf club ! |
| 22 | My mum and dad bought me a piano when I started having piano lessons at the age of four and three quarters . |
| 23 | Tony bought him a whisky and then bought him another . |
| 24 | When Tony bought her a sunhat , she would n't take it off . |