Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |
| 2 | ‘ I suppose , ' ’ Rab said , but he hardly felt the better ; not , with hobo drinkers , they looked at him and the tattooed barman called him Stick . |
| 3 | In that too , they were alike : both of them had thoughts and feelings that few people gave them credit for or even suspected . |
| 4 | when an old artist offered me coffee . |
| 5 | Further postings gave him experience of Muslims and heathens in Central Sumatra , and he finally became Resident Adviser to the Netherlands East India government at Batavia ( 1945-48 ) . |
| 6 | His savage etchings of the leading figures of English society brought him fame , if not fortune . |
| 7 | The British government gave him protection , but backed the principle of free speech only as vigorously as was diplomatically comfortable . |
| 8 | A quietly efficient English manservant brought them coffee and Armagnac , and then withdrew . |
| 9 | Another prisoner gave me information about him . |
| 10 | When war broke out , the Foreign Office refused him permission to enlist , so he resigned and stood for Parliament . |
| 11 | The applicant sought judicial review of that decision , and the Divisional Court granted him relief in the form of a declaration . |
| 12 | Top-line caddying was at first only part-time for Dave , although even a part-time career brought him face to face with the second of the twin imposters , disaster , in 1971 at the Open championship at Royal Birkdale . |
| 13 | I remember you once saying you were delighted people sent you underwear , or demands for underwear … |
| 14 | Its ringing , double-noted call haunted me night after night — a call the least experienced birdwatcher would recognise instantly . |
| 15 | These structures gave them strength and enabled them to stand several centimetres tall . |
| 16 | When the prayers were ended the three girls kissed him goodnight in turn , and Rose went with him to their room . |
| 17 | My now dog-eared letter gained me admission again through the main gates and into the office of a Mr Saleb , a shabby fellow in slippers and an undershirt . |
| 18 | He had rehearsed the words earlier , yet his surprise at Li Yuan 's sudden reversal gave them force . |
| 19 | We knew he 'd taken a survival kit and space blanket on his trip , and that knowledge gave us hope . |
| 20 | The landlord of this slate-roofed building cooked them mutton chops which proved inedible , and Johnson 's supper , later traced in Boswell 's notes , consisted of bread and a lemon . |
| 21 | The colonial experience gave him material for his propositions about colonial nationalism , the subject which he quickly made his own . |
| 22 | When forced by the Inspectorate of Education to retract his decision , the good mayor refused them access to the school canteen , controlled by the municipal services . |
| 23 | Roffman and Purdy have quite rightly stressed that Vidor 's traditional populism gave him sympathy for the underdog , but prevented him from moving towards any collectivist political situation . |
| 24 | Late November found us weather bound at Gt Yarmouth with a stiff north-easter which , after one aborted attempt at continuing northward , had sent us scurrying back to Yarmouth . |
| 25 | His demise amazes some of us who consider that his swing and mental approach assured him millionaire status . |
| 26 | To confess with a canvas chair as a prie-Dieu , gouging at his heart until a rough and stupid hand bade him rise and go ? |
| 27 | Watching her struggle to overcome so many struggles gave me ambition . ’ |
| 28 | McCALL Header off line crucial in first half , while surging runs and accurate long-range passes made him thorn in Leeds ' flesh 8 |
| 29 | This was only partly explained by Gloucester 's territorial interests in the north , which by their very nature gave him authority only in defined areas . |
| 30 | This was only partly explained by Gloucester 's territorial interests in the north , which by their very nature gave him authority only in defined areas . |