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 .
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