Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He came to see me several times and even brought Gordon [ Jackson ] along too . |
| 2 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |
| 3 | Let down , their elation leaking away , they had decided to give up , and taken a taxi back to Alice 's mother 's house , where Alice made them both coffee and scrambled eggs . |
| 4 | Donna took a hurried bath , Julie made them some tea and , as the hands on the clock above the open fireplace crawled round to 3.56 , they both sat down , one on either side of the table in the centre of the room . |
| 5 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |
| 6 | One of their products was erm you , when you see in the cars th th that they can er make them open top and they close the backs down , there 's a bracket on the side that er hinges up and well they used to special you know , it had come from the landaus of the horse drawn vehicle , the same sort of thing , well they used to specialize in that and they used to make some kind of locks but I 'm I have never talked to anybody that worked there so I , I do n't know , but that 's the only other one as I , as I 'm aware of er was the , was Wilks 's and er Bloxwich Lock . |
| 7 | What you say basically to somebody is , right , what do you want them this height or that height ? |
| 8 | Run home at once , and bring me some gloves and a fan . |
| 9 | She , and she got me five dishcloths and five dusters . |
| 10 | So Parsons got me this job and I used to sit up there and answer the phones . ’ |
| 11 | There was a pile of really filthy-looking blankets on the bed , they got me some sheets and a towel , and I managed to get an extra pillow because of my asthma . |
| 12 | If we go back to the private 's utterance ‘ I 've been scrubbing them all morning and they wo n't come any cleaner ’ , we can relate it to these three layers as follows : |
| 13 | Very occasionally he 's given me tinned stuff and pretty naff it is , too : bland and soft , like something you 'd give a kitten . |
| 14 | They 've always given me tremendous support and , when I 've been able to in a busy schedule , I 've reciprocated . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It has given me great pleasure and pride to have been part of that team . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Richard has also given me many opportunities and without him and Peter my life as a freelance jockey would be made just that little bit more difficult . ’ |
| 18 | Unwelcomed , unwanted , despised and dug out , they had added a new dimension to my life , given me another self and I wanted never to go from Claro . |
| 19 | But the diamond dealer sold them dud gems and paid dearly for it . |
| 20 | No I could n't I mean , and these people are Jehovah Witnesses who sold me this house and my feelings about the commercial probity of Jehovah Witnesses are that they have n't any commercial probity . |
| 21 | She was bringing them some papers and some photographs in a big brown envelope . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've given them this number and they 're going to test the line and call me back , ’ she said when Iris came in from the garden . |
| 23 | And then but also with the poor peasants I mean you , you 've given them a , enough land so that they , they still ca n't meet subsistence , given them some land but not enough , but you know because they 're resourceful and they 've got other things that they , they do n't need to have enough land to give subsistence , they 'd rather go and do something else and make it up . |
| 24 | Wild Country have totally redesigned their Gore-Tex mountain mitts , given them non-slip palms and added some technical , sticky gloves inside ! |
| 25 | Anybody who want 's to take part , and ca n't get today 's Torygraph , send me another mail and we 'll work out the best way to get the stuff to you . |
| 26 | You can buy them one day and bring them back the next |
| 27 | Well , I charged them six shillings and out the three of them went puffing their heads off . |
| 28 | She 'll need me some day and then she 'll be quick enough to write to her mother . |
| 29 | I can honestly say I hardly do any work , even though I am involved in various projects that occupy me most weekdays and some evenings . |
| 30 | Please forgive me these things and the people I have wronged . ’ |