Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [noun prp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they can count the number of times they 've been to see Elvis the Musical ; 38 to date and it will be forty by the end of the week . |
| 2 | But he said er , and I said that I gather you 're seeing Lynda the weekend if you do find anything perhaps you could pass it on to her . |
| 3 | A week ago her plan had been to give Travis the slip and catch the first flight out . |
| 4 | But Ben was already planning a children 's opera with William Plomer to be called Tyco the Vegan . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'm showing Melanie the neighbourhood , ’ said Finn , clutching his sister 's shoulders and rocking her kneeling form to and fro in an embrace which made her laugh soundlessly until she looked like a young girl . |
| 6 | He said , ‘ Hepzibah , I 've been showing Carrie the skull . |
| 7 | From her union with Uranus were born Pontus the sea god , and the mountains . |
| 8 | All these changes were giving China the appearance of ‘ turning capitalist ’ . |
| 9 | You were giving Grimm the benefit of your theories about Genestealers . |
| 10 | In him it is said Aenarion the Defender has come again . |
| 11 | The only problem is getting Sam the lead singer special permission take time off school because he 's only 13 . |
| 12 | He is giving Gascoigne the platform to perform in the same way as France built a side around Michel Platini , and Argentina around Diego Maradona — the latter never more evident as when they won the World Cup in 1986 . |
| 13 | My favourite moment of that visit was seeing Jennifer the donkey . |
| 14 | Another son , Gauthier , in fact assumed the French lordships of the family in Champagne by September 1298 , was serving Philip the Fair against the Flemings in July 1302 , and died at their hands two years later in the battle at Pont-à-Vendin , near Lens in Artois . |
| 15 | He was nicknamed Joe the Toe by a grateful Duchess of York after helped improve her appearance . |
| 16 | It was ironic in view of this that a hotly-disputed goal was to cost Arsenal the Cup in the 1932 final . |
| 17 | The tearful lad then tried to revive his schoolfriend by blowing in his face , believing he was giving Scott the kiss of life . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , my God , my God , ’ she said , ‘ I was showing Jack the view out there , and I leant over pointing to something and then suddenly the whole thing seemed to tilt and … ’ |
| 19 | Zelah was telling Helen the plot of her next novel . |