Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My husband gave me the news that my father had died back in the village . |
| 2 | My grandson asked me the other morning , when was I gon na die ? |
| 3 | As to Maurice , my godmother gave me the money to buy a bit of property when I left Southport . |
| 4 | My father sent me the cheque , needless to say , so David and I thought we 'd better get married because that was the reason he sent the cheque . |
| 5 | ‘ My father taught me the value of manners and being a gentleman . |
| 6 | Antique furniture , yes , erm , because I 'd bought that during the war in various antique places , you know , and erm , what did we buy , no I think my father gave us the bedroom furniture was , which was at the |
| 7 | I was short of a few quid to do anything about it so my mate lent me the money , we went to a scrap yard , picked up a spare and he delivered me back here in his motor , then your chaps picked me up . ’ |
| 8 | My dad gave him the sort of look that only someone declared clinically dead can manage . |
| 9 | ‘ When my mother left him the topaz , Vitor vowed he would save it until he met his soulmate , ’ the older woman explained . |
| 10 | My mother gave you the calm . |
| 11 | Her trembling gave him the impression of her own passion being fuelled , which in its turn led him on to further , and deeper caresses . |
| 12 | A glance at her watch gave her the perfect excuse to leave immediately … |
| 13 | Her entry gave me the chance to ignore Ernest and present her with Victor 's note myself , which I did . |
| 14 | Their reply gave us the number of the aircraft which Thomas was flying , Beaufort I L4508 , and the names of the other members of his crew . |
| 15 | Her defiance gave her the courage to lift her eyes to his for the first time , and she saw the surprise and sudden uncertainty that flashed across them . |
| 16 | Matadial 's statement of 12 January 1987 , like her deposition , did not mention the conversations in 1986 but did refer to that of 9 January 1987 , but her account in the statement of her telephone call on 11 January was that , when her husband gave her the receiver , she recognised the voice of the defendant who said , ‘ I have just shot Paulette . |
| 17 | Several papers report on Goldie the goldfish which was apparently brought back from the dead when its owner gave it the kiss of life and poured whisky down its throat . |
| 18 | The narrow chink presented to her vision showed her the spot where the prince sat . |
| 19 | But her host saved her the trouble . |
| 20 | Though her mother disliked him the custom of hospitality was too strict to allow any self-expression or unpleasantness . |
| 21 | All she had learned was that he was a man whose wife thought him the apple of her eye and who had tastes in Italian painting that were remarkably similar to her own . |
| 22 | We had a considerable degree of pity for Mrs Sugden , whose feeble-mindedness made her the butt of her husband 's callous disposition . |
| 23 | THE biggest Christmas casualty is the person whose birth gave us the excuse for rejoicing . |
| 24 | Among a certain type he invited violence but was protected from this by the proximity of Ricky Stride whose physique gave him the appearance of a bodyguard . |
| 25 | His arrogance made him virile and masculine , his stubbornness gave him the character to administer his centuries-old responsibilities . |
| 26 | Eleven years later the World Federation of the Deaf at the seventh Congress in Washington awarded him an International Solidarity Merit Award , and Gallaudet College , taking advantage of his presence made him the first recipient of a medallion for " outstanding international service to the deaf " , which he received at a special convention attended by the Vice-President of the United States . |
| 27 | Paul Jordan from Kidlington in Oxfordshire was suffering the first pains of a heart attack , when his GP told him the agony was caused by a bad bed . |
| 28 | His goalkeeping won him the man of the match award . |
| 29 | FOOTNOTE : If it 's any comfort to Mel , his medic told us the toes of windscreen pirates get crushed at the rate of ONE A WEEK on the busy A4 London to Bath road . |
| 30 | Mayall 's mastery of technical detail and innovation optimized productivity , while the variety of mills under his control gave him the advantages of flexible specialization . |