Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Ricky began taking Jenny out she was surprised to learn that Minton paid him money and had taken him to the Caribbean . |
| 2 | Ewen obviously knew his way , but although Neil gave him room he made no further attempt to break free , or even to reach open water . |
| 3 | Second , he says that Jesus gave them power over unclean spirits , and that when they were under pressure the Spirit of their Father would speak within them ( 11:20 ) . |
| 4 | Relations between the two companies broke down in December 1975 , when Virgin 's lawyers terminated the contract , with the Clarkes claiming that Virgin owed them money . |
| 5 | Florence says that Cnut made him king of Norway , but he was expelled by Olaf 's son Magnus c.1034 , and died shortly afterwards in Denmark . |
| 6 | Anarchy was over and there now began the reign of one of the strongest kings ever to rule England , one whose territories and titles gave him authority over a great part of north-western Europe . |
| 7 | If money gave him power , he himself became a victim of it : many of these young men , once the recipient of Minton 's not uninterested generosity , returned in a steady stream for more . |
| 8 | Rakovsky called him Little Father and Ivan called him son . |
| 9 | Since then he has been seen by the right-wing as Maggie 's prince-in-waiting , but his skill has been that he has remained very much in favour with the Major Government where his ability and amiability won him respect . |
| 10 | Pat told them to take what they liked and Carrie gave them linen and other items which were now impossible to buy . |
| 11 | If Althusser gave us history without a subject , Habermas gives us subjects without history . |
| 12 | Bruce Davidson said , and McLeish gave it thought . |
| 13 | But if drink lost him respect , he never lost the admiration of one College porter who said you had only to watch him cross the street to know he was a genius . |
| 14 | Downton and Emburey kept him company for a while , and when number eleven Dilley joined him he had 69 ; when Dilley was out for 2 next morning Willey had completed his century , a splendid 102 not out that took England to 271 , Croft finishing with 6 for 74 . |
| 15 | Jimmy , a world of conjecture in his face , opened his mouth , and Leith thought it time to put a stop to his speculations before he went any further . |
| 16 | I would dispute this claim , saying that no one could be archbishop of a golf course , but Nigel showed me family records to prove his point . |
| 17 | Other visitors might have seen the business-card as merely a piece of litter — it could have stayed there , its drawing-pins slowly rusting , for years ; but Flaubert gave it function . |
| 18 | Gareth Jenkins possessed one of the outstanding talents of his Seventies ' generation but injury prevented it demonstration at the very highest level and it is as a Scarlet , the epitome of Llanelli as player and coach , that he has always been seen and highly regarded . |
| 19 | Parys " put himself at the disposal of " Prime Minister Jan Olszewski , which was interpreted as a resignation offer , but Olszewski gave him leave of absence , appointing Romuald Szeremietiew , Parys 's deputy , as acting Defence Minister . |
| 20 | She and her accupuncturist partner , Richard Spindler , are now in serious debt , they say , because Lloyds lent them money without proper advice and called in the loan after overcharging them . |
| 21 | Cromer dominated Egypt , not because England gave him force , or because Egypt loved us , but because he was so good a man . ’ |
| 22 | While Klakkr brought him ale to drink , and water to splash on his face , Thorfinn ran the lines through the echo-chamber of his mind : |
| 23 | Millie burst out laughing , and as Ben pulled him self up on to the cart , she said , ‘ You know , you are funny , the things you say . ’ |
| 24 | His business grew as Parliament gave him control of a number of ironworks , including the former royal ironworks in the Forest of Dean . |
| 25 | This was the turning-point of Richard 's career , for Philippa brought him control of her share of the lands of Basset of Headington and her handsome dower settlement from the Warwick estates . |
| 26 | My presence , which Helmut claimed only when business lent him time , Jean-Claude demanded constantly . |
| 27 | I stammered out a fairly acceptable reason for declining their invitation to make a personal appearance at the songs premiere , and very shortly Mala and I were back on our ship as Posi took us off-planet , with much relief all round . |
| 28 | When Anna brought it home — some thirty years ago it must be — the prince put it in his pocket . |
| 29 | Upset Quinn , unavailable for comment even though Keegan gave him permission to talk to the press , will now consider his future . |
| 30 | I needed to , for Jean-Claude remembered it word for word . |