Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Boniface wrote to other bishops , he had a way of invariably reminding them that Christian authority meant service . |
| 2 | I agree with Kev — I reckon 3–1 is a good bet for tomorrow.But one word of warning … years of painful experience has taught me one golden rule in football betting — NEVER back your own team — there 's nothing more guaranteed to jinx them . |
| 3 | My experience with the pensions inquiry had already taught me one invaluable lesson . |
| 4 | She had come north , summoned by a War Office telegram to see me that first time . |
| 5 | McCann refused to be nominated ; he took the quite accurate view that the meeting had been called in order to incorporate the militants , attach the lustre of their achievements to a new , more moderate group of leaders and thus deny them any significant influence . |
| 6 | Too large an increase in personal taxation could lose them votes and deny them further ministerial office . |
| 7 | ‘ Look , could n't you just lend me some Thai money ? |
| 8 | You do n't want me any other time , do you ? |
| 9 | ‘ Please bring me some more tea . |
| 10 | I think they got me this lovely velvet one . |
| 11 | Otley made me some hot milk and honey and helped himself to a cheese and pickle sandwich and a mug of strong coffee . |
| 12 | Nobody likes to have their freedom taken away from them , but all the abuse and everything they threw at me — it just made me stronger each time . |
| 13 | ‘ You made me open this window under false pretences , Aunt Becky . ’ |
| 14 | It 's given me five clear working days to set up my appointments for next week . |
| 15 | Some of you may not know that you have recently given me two lovely present , the first , for my birthday , being a beautiful flower arrangement which gave me great pleasure , particularly as I live in the centre of London and my nearest ‘ garden ’ is Regent 's Park ! |
| 16 | As we approached the loch , in order to impress Blair with my vast knowledge , I repeated Stan 's tale about Pennel Point , being careful not to mention who had given me such valuable information . |
| 17 | ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract . |
| 18 | but she 's given me some deep cream , she says these spasms she |
| 19 | Yet strangely my time at Bristol had given me some relevant training . |
| 20 | one of them you already have , you 've er given me some good information for this fact find , you 've helped me fill it in |
| 21 | ‘ Definitely , people have been respectful towards me and given me some free time . |
| 22 | erm he did n't think they had any bilingual signs and they did n't have they were n't using their Portakabins so they scrapped them all last year sold them off . |
| 23 | PARLIAMENT has been reminding me this past week of some scenes from the musical Paint Your Wagon . |
| 24 | Large figure-of-eight shields were depicted on the walls of the East Wing of the Labyrinth , possibly to indicate that the building was under divine protection ; the dappled hides of which the shields were made presumably came from the bull , the sacred beast , and this may have given them additional prophylactic value . |
| 25 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about those sheep , Seb , they 're as snug as bugs in a rug out there , but I 've given them some more hay , just in case . |
| 26 | I know that three days before they were killed , twenty-five people were invited to that house for the mass whipping of a dealer from Sunset Strip who 'd given them some bad dope . |
| 27 | If we ca n't answer them this very day , or in fact , if they do not occur to you this very day , but on subse quent occasions , of course , we will endeavour to answer the points a little later on . |
| 28 | Damien Cronin made his one telling burst of the match … and that was enough to open the way for Ronnie Eriksson to score … |
| 29 | But do n't tell me he is a United player , the kind who can win them that coveted crown . |
| 30 | If we send them that well-known telegram ‘ Send reinforcements . |