Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [det] [adj] [noun] " 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 | She had come north , summoned by a War Office telegram to see me that first time . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ Look , could n't you just lend me some Thai money ? |
| 5 | You do n't want me any other time , do you ? |
| 6 | Sir George Askwith , the Board of Trade 's Chief Industrial Commissioner , quickly persuaded Devonport to meet Harry Gosling and Harry Orbell , an influential official of the London Dockers , who were representative of both the executive of the Transport Workers ' Federation and the workers ' side of the Port of London Authority and to assure them that existing agreements would be maintained . |
| 7 | In the course of approval , LIFESPAN will make them all selected versions . |
| 8 | ‘ Please bring me some more tea . |
| 9 | I think they got me this lovely velvet one . |
| 10 | so I got them , me mum got me some black ones , but they 're like , they come right down to the ankles |
| 11 | In fact it got me some funny looks because I was reading Today 's Horse on the tube and could n't help laughing out loud ! |
| 12 | Otley made me some hot milk and honey and helped himself to a cheese and pickle sandwich and a mug of strong coffee . |
| 13 | But above all , machine knitting has given me many new friends , both in our small club and the Northern Ireland Guild . |
| 14 | It has given me many happy memories and I am looking forward to our all meeting again soon . |
| 15 | Even when I stop idolising him , I 'd still like to be able to tell him what pleasure his lovely voice has given me all these Saturday evenings . ’ |
| 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 | But it 's been a great game to be in , and it has given me some marvellous memories . |
| 21 | 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 |
| 22 | ‘ Definitely , people have been respectful towards me and given me some free time . |
| 23 | Robyn , one of the other stage managers , had given me some Hebrew books . |
| 24 | I 'm very fond of Mel , although he 's given me some hard times . |
| 25 | Owls ' eyesight is good in dim light but not so good in total darkness ; it is their acute hearing and the accuracy with which they can pinpoint sounds that make them such successful hunters . |
| 26 | Mum , make me some baked beans on toast . ’ |
| 27 | And , of course , my co-author John Baskett sold me many fine paintings and drawings before he retired as an art dealer , and I have the highest respect for his taste and integrity . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | PARLIAMENT has been reminding me this past week of some scenes from the musical Paint Your Wagon . |
| 30 | And they got the , well got them all new clothes |