Example sentences of "[pers pn] a [noun sg] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did sting me a bit the first time I used it but has n't since . |
| 2 | As we ate , Dr Jaffery promised to give me a ring the following morning to confirm that the festival was going to be celebrated . |
| 3 | I do n't mind whether I 'm English or Irish , but the thing about this is that as I was there till I was about fifteen or sixteen , it rubbed off on me a lot the whole atmosphere of Ireland . |
| 4 | ‘ You called me a dog the first time you saw me , ’ he said . |
| 5 | He send 's me a paper the old boy |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know , one of them brought me an oxtail the other evening ? ’ |
| 7 | On one occasion he suffered an uncontrollable ‘ outburst ’ during his sleep and reckoned it cost him a masterpiece the next morning . |
| 8 | I sent him a fax the next day and never heard from him again . ’ |
| 9 | But Guy dropped her a note the next day , inviting her to a reception at the mess . |
| 10 | He had told her a lot the previous night , too much for her to take in , but the salient points stuck out clearly in her mind . |