Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he holds out his tiny arms to greet me my whole heart keels over as if a great wave has hit it . |
| 2 | Ellen had once assured me that I was only happy because I did not think too deeply , and probably she was right , but it is still that shallow contentment which makes people bring me their troubles just as the senator was now bringing me his two children . |
| 3 | In particular the fact that so many officials had bought their offices and thus made them their personal property ( see p. 126 ) made it very hard to dismiss them , since the government could seldom afford to refund the purchase price . |
| 4 | It would have been inconsiderate of the King and his wife to spare them their self-imposed task ; to dismiss the sweating craftsmen to their homes to enjoy the feast-time in front of a longfire with their wives and children , or drinking with the Earl in his comfortable timber hall , well fired and warmly hung , on the opposite shore . |
| 5 | As the organist began the introduction , the lights dimmed to add ‘ mood ’ , allowing me my first sight of the sparse audience . |
| 6 | And er of course as I tell you , I finished when I was thirteen years old and I was on this er bottle washing stunt and o one chap as lived next door to us , back at er at Road he got me his this job on the farm . |
| 7 | I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration . |
| 8 | Mr Brian Ducker , NCC 's Regional Officer and Dr Gareth Howells , Deputy Regional Officer , North Wales have given me their full support and encouragement in spite of the increased workload my absence has caused . |
| 9 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 10 | ‘ We 'll discuss tackling that lot later , once the platoon commanders have given me their expected manpower availability for the next week … . ’ |
| 11 | Spookily enough , I had come full circle : I was back working for Alan Lewis , the man who 'd given me my first music press job — as his secretary at Sounds , back in ( gulp ) 1977 . |
| 12 | This place has given me my first identity really . |
| 13 | They do not flower , but carry spores , as ferns do , to which they are related , and have clusters of frond-like branches on erect stems , the appearance of which has given them their common name ; they are sometimes also called mare's-tails . |
| 14 | The goodness which their behaviour has created and which has given them their special places , may now be regarded as part of the Created God . |
| 15 | Please send me your full colour leaflet which explains the benefits enjoyed by Friends of Historic Scotland and a membership application form . |
| 16 | I begged her to meet me one last time at the tower . ’ |
| 17 | Say such things as ‘ Point to a line ’ 'tell me your favourite suit' . |
| 18 | At eighteen thousand pounds it cost them their combined life savings . |
| 19 | In these fish farms , maritime prisons , trout and salmon are doomed to swim around like goldfish in a bowl , denying them their inborn instinct to travel freely . |
| 20 | Much of this evidence is from the satrapy of Karia , and though the satraps ( here certainly enjoy unusual latitude , there is no denying them their full status as satraps as a new , erroneous , theory has it : the matter is put beyond doubt by the Aramaic text of the great trilingual inscription found in 1974 ( see the full text in Fouilles de Xanthos , vi , 1979 ) which refers to Dixodaros as satrap in Karia ; moreover a scholion on Demosthenes Peace , which may go back to Theopompus ( who was certainly the source of other Hekatomnid material in the Demosthenes scholia , cp . |
| 21 | Only 92 men at arms and 2 priests began the route-march , for Balboa was a prudent organizer , keenly interested in security , and he insisted that the others from Santa Maria remained at the base camp , denying them their expected encounter with immortality . |
| 22 | Do you want me just to catch you something first Alex ? |
| 23 | When we have all the passengers , then we will refuel the plane and send you your other brother . ’ |
| 24 | We send you our best wishes for a successful Conference . |
| 25 | We are very indebted to you , and on behalf of all of us , conference members and colleagues , I send you our warm appreciation . |
| 26 | In case you think I eat a lot I 'll reel you my standard excuse , which is that I 'm trying to put on weight for rugby . |
| 27 | Send him your technical queries at the usual address . |
| 28 | His wife , an Italian American girl , bore him his handicapped daughter Tiffany , now 25 , and his only child . |
| 29 | Despite the quality of mind which had won him his first-class honours degree and led him to a study of modern philosophical and psychological theory , he rode like a conqueror over the rules of logic and morality . |
| 30 | That maturity has won him his first TV starring role in ITV 's new £2 million , three-part drama serial The Blackheath Poisonings which starts on Monday . |