Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Someone in the audience has asked me to greet them the way the chimpanzees greet each other in the wild at Gombe , ’ Jane Goodall began . |
2 | Her own family has suffered the anguish of repossession , and her personal story of how her local Liberal Democrat-controlled council helped them made her the winner in the school 's mock election . |
3 | His clever course management in the wake of continuous swing problems had made Olazabal a huge favourite with the Sun City galleries , many of whom rated him the superior of Seve Ballesteros , a two-time winner of the event . |
4 | I asked him the differences between the Quechua and the Spanish view of the world . |
5 | If those , all of those contract temps are regarded as full time people it looks like full time people are working overtime , which is why I asked you the question yesterday erm what 's the overtime bill for quotes alone . |
6 | Er , now , I asked you the table set have n't I ? |
7 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
8 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
9 | Well I mean it 's gone much beyond that I mean they the reality of the situation is er is not like that I 'm afraid I mean it Eighteen men have been sacked and and these are men that have put those quarries where they are . |
10 | Er so I mean that c because er I mean they the steel balls and steel rollers go into the bin I mean they ca n't be used for anything . |
11 | I sold him the car did n't I ? |
12 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
13 | After a few minutes , he got out and wandered over : ‘ Here , son , give me a shot at that , ’ he said , and I passed him the rod . |
14 | DAYFLOWER a strong finishing fifth in the Newmarket 1000 gns , may find conditions more to her liking at the Curragh tomorrow and I make her the selection for the Irish ‘ 1000 ’ . |
15 | at Christmas , I got him the beef |
16 | ‘ I got him the Sydney job , ’ she vouchsafed with delicate emphasis . |
17 | And I got you the roses . ’ |
18 | We have people sales people that are always discounting but er well when I say we the world has . |
19 | ‘ If I approached it the way I usually work , I 'd agree . |
20 | I sense it the moment we are inside the front door . |
21 | I told her the story . |
22 | I told her the story . |
23 | I told her the story . |
24 | I told her the story about the wine , that 's all . |
25 | That 's when I told her the rest . |
26 | But Miss Blagden , whom I met by chance yesterday , is going to Rome and when I told her the absurdity of your request she volunteered to carry your ridiculous weapon saying she had always had a fancy to be a gun-runner and that it would be a tale to tell her friends and astonish them . |
27 | I told her the flat was in too disgusting a state for her to come and visit . |
28 | I told her the number straight off . |
29 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
30 | I told her the answer was the Sun . |