Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ After the birth Tony and I both felt very shaky and the midwife got us some tea right away , while they were tidying me up , just to calm us down . |
| 2 | One reviewer told us that case reports prove nothing . |
| 3 | He wrapped me in a warm coat and placing me in the car took me several miles over the moor . |
| 4 | Another monster gave me some fruit to eat . |
| 5 | The round-headed silhouette of the Scottish Fold gained it many admirers , although some felt it looked too sad . |
| 6 | He three-putted the 14th , and then the television buggy came past on its way to the 15th , and the guys on board told me that Crenshaw — — who was nearest challenger then — had double-bogeyed 17 . |
| 7 | Coins rained down on to the stage , and accepting their payment caused her more embarrassment than the impromptu show she was putting on . |
| 8 | Chapman & Hall made him some compensation through extra payments for Pickwick Papers and Nicholas Nickleby , and by making loans and advances . |
| 9 | Pastor told him that business was more important and he threw a tantrum . |
| 10 | Her exit caused him more concern than if she had made it in the blaze of anger similar to that with which she had first confronted him . |
| 11 | ‘ The sun taught me that history is not everything . ’ |
| 12 | Signe said , ‘ That man who just flew off in the aeroplane taught me some words of Latin . ’ |
| 13 | Benny usually went home around four-thirty unless the boss offered him some overtime , and Joe Maitland had not arrived back from his buying trip . |
| 14 | Peace took them all prisoner . |
| 15 | Irritated by her presence , Henry had mocked and teased her nevertheless , for he could be quite beastly when the mood took him that way . |
| 16 | BEAUTIFUL , flexible sounds , delicately turned phrases , and the sort of energy which skips rather than strides — the King 's Consort at the Queen 's Hall reminded us that civilisation is not entirely destroyed . |
| 17 | The faint glow on the skyline gave him some guidance , but apart from that , he could n't tell whether he was moving towards the shore , or across the bay , or just circling endlessly . |
| 18 | ‘ I was fortunate in my choice of boat , and my equipment gave me little trouble . |
| 19 | The growth of the industrial proletariat convinced him that state education for all was essential , though in 1809 he asked : ‘ What can you expect of national education conducted by a government which for twenty years resisted the abolition of the Slave Trade ? ’ |
| 20 | The existing ordinance gave him enough power . |
| 21 | It would have been less harrowing to have got the meeting over quickly ; on the other hand the delay while he awaited her return gave him more time to think and plan . |
| 22 | A deputation from the right-wing 92 Group visited her that evening , as did three ministerial members of the No Turning Back Group . |
| 23 | Her husband joined her some months later , but the marriage was by then irrevocably damaged , and they separated soon after the outbreak of war . |
| 24 | do n't pick it off then , you 'll spoil it , grandma bought him that booty bag |
| 25 | My choice of topic for this evening 's lecture gave me some cause for hesitation . |
| 26 | This tin of Day and Martins metal polish gave me some trepidation looking at the vast areas of iron ferrous . |
| 27 | Hahnemann 's opposition to the ignorance and barbarism of the medicine of his day made him many enemies in the medical profession . |
| 28 | He was rather vague about that , so my Hon. Friend asked him more questions . |
| 29 | This time the hoof caught me half way up the shin bone , She had n't been able to get so much height into it but it was just as painful . |
| 30 | Indeed the Next Steps Report found that : ‘ People who had recently resigned from the Civil Service told us that frustration at the lack of genuine responsibility for achieving results was a significant factor in encouraging them to move to jobs outside . ’ |