Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Eleanor told me her late father was Principal of Brigston . |
| 2 | Experience to date and motivational goal data give us our greatest chance of picking a winner . |
| 3 | Ellen gave him her sweetest smile , the one calculated to provoke cardiac arrest in a sworn celibate . |
| 4 | An ambulance gave him his last race to Paso Robles Hospital . |
| 5 | But the alias he preferred , and for which the State Department gave him his false passport , was William P. Goode . |
| 6 | It was widely recognised as an important landmark and NME readers voted it their fourth best album of 1987 . |
| 7 | His new wife Fatmawati gave him his first son , Guntur , whose name means ‘ thunder ’ . |
| 8 | Determination , aggression and commitment have all been missing from their recent displays , but a lack of concentration denied them their first much-needed double of the season . |
| 9 | Normally the trip to St Tropez would have been Alyssia 's idea , but when , the following morning , Piers suggested it her only reaction was to wince with distaste . |
| 10 | It was housed in the belvedere , a word that Ernest insisted meant ‘ bell tower ’ even after his sister Cecilia told him its correct meaning of ‘ beautiful view ’ or ‘ beautiful to see ’ . |
| 11 | In 1969 he had been made assistant secretary to the Diocesan Schools Commission , becoming principal secretary three years later , he also became a member of the Finance Commission , and then in 1972 Bishop Wheeler appointed him his personal private secretary at Bishop 's House . |
| 12 | ‘ My Chinese counterpart told me his 11-month old daughter used to cry when he got home on Saturday nights because she did n't recognise him ! ’ |
| 13 | Article headings will be set in Times 14pt Bold to give them a bit of impact while headings within the text , cross or subheads to give them their proper name , will be in 10pt Helvetica Bold . |
| 14 | With the first section , take your one pair in the first column and link it with any two brackets of three from the second column to give you your best eight selections . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's been done before — twice when calves were born to dry mothers , the women of the household fed them their own breast-milk until they were old enough to wean . ’ |
| 16 | The outbreak of war with England gave him his great chance and on 7 December 1775 he was commissioned lieutenant in what was soon to become the US Navy . |
| 17 | A small boy gave her his wooden sword and she brandished it the way he had shown her . |
| 18 | ‘ Your father repealed the law making you his natural successor once he realized you 'd never follow in his footsteps . |
| 19 | However , the run earned me my first individual outdoor international selection for a match against Finland at Lappeenranta . |
| 20 | Hugh gave her its regular after-lunch kiss , and as he did so he saw , out of the corner of his wary eye , the extremely unwelcome figure of his father-in-law coming down Chancery Lane , carrying a walking-stick and an armful of newspapers . |
| 21 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 22 | They gave each other presents at the Hanukha-Christmas festival , and the rector showed me his latest gift , a book with the inscription ‘ To my friend the rector , from his friend , the rabbi ’ . |
| 23 | Grant handed him his personal transceiver to clip on to Delaney 's webbing . |
| 24 | But friends and well wishers rallied round and calling themselves Ashleys army , raised enough cash to buy him his own gymnasium . |
| 25 | Having beaten the Royal Navy , who then defeated the RAF , the Army needed only a draw to give them their 29th outright title , but they seldom generated the cohesion necessary to trouble what was a disciplined RAF team . |
| 26 | The waiter served them their next course , and neither of them spoke until he was gone . |
| 27 | RCA is content to let the group try it their own way and win a lot of the early battles . |
| 28 | She was delighted when Louis called her his little snowflake , his little flower , little lily of the valley . |
| 29 | Incidentally , many of you have continued faithfully for several years to send me your used AMNESTY journals . |
| 30 | Ironically , its part-time nature gives it its greatest flexibility . |