Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I picked it for you because Jeff told me that blue 's your favourite colour . ’ |
| 2 | David told us that swan pattern of movement was currently being monitored in the north-east , so he was trying to read the leg bands through his glass . |
| 3 | ( Kautsky warned them that capitalism now required large international markets with a single language which , in the Habsburg domains , would best be German ; retaining Czech would lead to the economic decline of the Czech people . ) |
| 4 | Do you like me Christmas frock , the , our David sent me some money from America |
| 5 | Marie gave me that hat — I do n't want it spoiled . |
| 6 | ( Jennifer Hornsby gave me this idea . ) |
| 7 | Andrea bought him , you know the big ja he 's g always got a pocket full any time at all ooh that jar Andrea bought him that Christmas full of toffees |
| 8 | The members walked to the ‘ handsome restaurant erected on the very summit of the Head ’ where Mr Burt gave them all lunch . |
| 9 | I am so glad that the hon. Member for Derby , North asked me that question — |
| 10 | When Wickham met him that evening he told a tale that shook the MacQuillan empire to its core . |
| 11 | Mr Blackadder tolled me this buk is ful of jokes that are abowt as funny as getting your bottom caut in a bacon slicer . |
| 12 | Alan showed me another way out of the bar , so we avoided Young Trotsky , and walked with me to the van . |
| 13 | We are delighted that Ibstock joined us this year . |
| 14 | Reader H. R. Vaughan-Williams sent us this collector 's item , which is probably prewar . |
| 15 | Do n't worry I 'll get this , Ray gave me some money , I 've got ten pounds so |
| 16 | But in 1976 , when Jean Darnall gave me this advice , I knew exactly what she meant and I knew that what she recommended was exactly what I wanted to do . |
| 17 | All she did was hold out her hand and say , Look , Ma , Bernie gave me another dime . ’ |
| 18 | Magda poured her another drink . |
| 19 | There Terauchi informed them that independence would be proclaimed . |
| 20 | 14.45 : Secretary informed me that Class Teacher had written a letter to parent of child with Head Lice to replace one written by Head . |
| 21 | The man with her demanded a double Scotch on the rocks and Emil told him that alcohol was available only after departure . |
| 22 | I had invited any of the hospital staff who had cared to come , and my ‘ Dawes Road ’ friend Miss Dorrie Pierce told me that church folk had organized a little wedding tea , and my husband-to-be had ordered and paid for a wedding cake . |
| 23 | And when Dr Greene examined her this morning he said the placental bleeding had completely stopped . |
| 24 | This task was for him somewhat infra dig , but until Burden and Sergeant Martin brought him some information he had little else to do , and this way he could , at any rate , be certain it was well done . |
| 25 | Gielgud gave him another chance , asked him to come back the next day and do it again . |
| 26 | She was pleased that Faye drank it that way , since without food value it would n't affect her blood sugar level or insulin intake and therefore did n't have to be regulated in quantity and timing . |
| 27 | When Penry rejoined her some time later Leonora was the centre of a group discussing the rival merits of various sailing craft . |
| 28 | Miss Honey sensed that Matilda wanted it that way . |
| 29 | A quarter of a century ago , Colin Buchanan told us that road-building , improved public transport and some limitations on the use of vehicles would not aloe solve the problem of traffic in towns . |
| 30 | Certainly the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda saw it that way and his long meditation ‘ The Heights of Machu Picchu ’ had ensured that the ancient city acted as a Mecca for all Latin American writers : |