Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh you should 've heard him other day , all Parker pens that are in this house are his he says |
| 2 | I just could n't believe it , it was , er , I just felt very very happy and I just break into tears , I just start crying , and I think it 's tremendous , erm news , I just want to see him safe home . |
| 3 | I suppose you do n't need to like us old people , ’ and entered into detailed descriptions of the state of their bladders and allied organs , and operations ; and then the jokes and the guffaws and laughter and the pokings and teasing turned to sexual matters , and Philippa felt ashamed for them , these shrivelled old dames , with dazzling movable white teeth , among them some whom surgery permitted to continue without wombs , without breasts , so gloating on the idea of dicks and holes and hairy entrances and moist lips , and cheeks and cracks , and their skinny stiff twisted hands , the thought of them pawing and patting revolted her , but of course they wanted to touch her , her shining hair , her firm face , her lovely arms . |
| 4 | for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , I 've come to see me old mate Bella here . |
| 6 | Wilkinson was in poor spirits after losing both his matches in the recent Davis Cup match with Hungary in Budapest , on clay , but the grass court season has given him renewed zest and he is playing the best tennis of his career . |
| 7 | The debtor remains in a sense owner ; he has a new sort of equitable ownership , ‘ an equity of redemption ’ , which he is only to lose after the court has given him ample opportunity to repay , and it becomes plain to the court that he can not or will not pay . |
| 8 | Les Ferdinand , England 's most recent recruit , showed why Graham Taylor has given him international recognition with a stunning first-half display of power and pace . |
| 9 | He has just the one daughter and that girl has given him great cause for concern . |
| 10 | ‘ Wickedly wasteful , I know , but I smashed it , and set up a new one and I have painted upon that new one the first thing that has given me real pleasure for years , oh , years and years . |
| 11 | ‘ I used to be nervous before big games , but what has happened this year has given me increasing confidence , ’ said Beal . |
| 12 | I think this knee has given me early retirement . |
| 13 | Now Zain has given me great help and everybody sort of helped er you know I 've discussed it with everybody and we 've almost finished erm a really good proposal I think . |
| 14 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 15 | This has given me extra motivation for the rest of the season . ’ |
| 16 | Asked how personal development had been affected , responses reveal improvements in self-confidence , social skills and aspirations : ‘ it has given me extra confidence to speak at meetings , e.g. community council , community association meetings ’ ; ‘ it has brought out skills I never new I had ’ ; ‘ I have learned to work closer with people since I joined , which is a new experience for me , and become more tolerant of people 's attitudes and ways ’ ; ‘ I am more aware of my own attitude towards my group ’ ; ‘ it has given me more confidence in my own ability to learn new skills ’ ; ‘ made me do things that I thought I was not capable of doing ’ . |
| 17 | This — ’ he waved his hand — ‘ this has given me true inspiration . |
| 18 | My local police force has given me remarkable examples of young people in the south Wales constabulary area who have persistently reoffended . |
| 19 | My P L C under the Chairmanship of Chester Tabler Mark has been wonderful and the encouragement I have received from seeing the enthusiasm and commitment of the very young Tablers as I purposely invited twenty year old Tablers to be involved in the P L C has given me considerable optimism for the future of Round Table . |
| 20 | The Kenyons say Neil Brown 's victory has given them immense satisfaction . |
| 21 | Many will have been wearing a special costume for their childhood which has given them particular concealment . |
| 22 | A country that has given us countless cheeses , truffles , classic dishes such as moules marinières and cassoulet , champagne and , for many years , some of the world 's finest wines , requires several tomes to do it justice . |
| 23 | Detailed work in recent years has given us new insights into how nineteenth-century towns developed . |
| 24 | considered " structuralist " as well as " functionalist " , it is because I feel that the structuralism of Levi-Strauss , which pays close attention to the semantic patterning of concepts which operate as normative ideas , has given us new insights into this traditional problem . |
| 25 | God has given us complete autonomy , that is self-government , the government of ourselves . |
| 26 | ‘ Willie has given us extra height and skill in midfield . |
| 27 | ‘ When you 've done research on a country for years , you also get a sense of which groups have vested interests or political agendas , who can be trusted and who has given us reliable information , ’ said Smart . |
| 28 | The combined effect of the FSA and the delegation by the Secretary of State of regulatory power to the SIB has given it extensive executive , enforcement and rulemaking powers . |
| 29 | Cuba 's proximity to the United States has given it great value for Soviet intelligence , surveillance and communications operations . |
| 30 | The detachment is part of 321 Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company whose task , in Northern Ireland , of neutralising terrorist bombs ( IEDs ) or Improvised Explosive Devices , as they are officially known ) has earned them worldwide respect . |