Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [pers pn] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet it never occurred to John , as his mother aged , that she might be in need of any help , until a visitor from Johannesburg , who had known him as a boy , told him that she was hard up , after which lie made her an allowance . |
| 2 | ‘ Blessed art Thou , O Lord our God , King of the universe , who hast given us the Law of truth , and hast planted everlasting life in our midst . |
| 3 | 'E jus ' walked up ter me calm as yer like an' ses , ‘ Tell Mr Maitland 'is ole friends 'ave paid 'im a visit . ’ |
| 4 | I 've given her a draught . |
| 5 | I 've had , I 've had two hundred pounds worth , I 've given her a cheque for two hundred pounds |
| 6 | And , I 'd like to say that er , Diana er er , has been extremely helpful , and I 've given her a bit of he aid , in trying to raise that kind of money . |
| 7 | My Uncle Stan and Aunt Alice are very good to me and more than good to Carrie , they 've given her a start in life she would never have had here . |
| 8 | ‘ Seb , you 've given her the opportunity to live , not once but twice . |
| 9 | You 've given me a heck of a lot of ammunition . ’ |
| 10 | They 've given me a theatre for a season . |
| 11 | Now she came away thinking I 've got this secondhand car and they 've given me a warranty . |
| 12 | ‘ They 've given me a roomette or some such , but I take this thing seriously . |
| 13 | ‘ They 've given me a lot of furniture and other things that have been passed down through the generations . |
| 14 | You 've given me a lot . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I feel as if you 've given me a gift I 'm completely unworthy of . |
| 16 | ‘ If you are referring to Mrs. Channing , you 've given me no instructions to regard her as a client . ’ |
| 17 | It 's a compliment in itself that they 've given me the chance … ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And you 've given me the impression you wanted to see me , too . ’ |
| 19 | There was one little bit of leftover , as you 've given me an opportunity before I depart , and that was that erm we did discuss earlier today , under this heading the possibilities of erm their being sites on the inner edge or between the built up area , or there might become sites between the built up area and the inner edge of the greenbelt , I think the implication was they may be in Ryedale . |
| 20 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 21 | You 've given me an idea . |
| 22 | ‘ You 've given me an idea , Lee . |
| 23 | ‘ Dear God , woman , you 've given me an idea there . |
| 24 | ‘ You 've given me an idea . |
| 25 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 26 | We 've given them no bother as far the union is concerned — they 've had a free hand and we feel severely let down |
| 27 | It 's too easy , I think , to assume that women are n't aggressive and are sensitive and men are more aggressive and less sensitive because that 's the way society has wanted them to be in the past and children have grown up and lived up to those stereotypes , so I do n't think we can actually say yet that women can offer anything distinctive until we 've given them the chance to be themselves really . |
| 28 | Well would you perhaps like to give them a , a ring to , to say what I spoke about today then I 'll give them a ring , say if you could ring them tomorrow then I 'll ring them er er tomorrow evening a as well and then perhaps I can , you know , they , you 've given them the ground work to actually er for me to ring as well and then I can discuss with him and arrange an appointment to go and see him is that okay ? |
| 29 | And he said yes but it 's , it 's the accommodation we 've got , maybe it 's a Company move and they 've given them an apartment or something , seven months old , you know , that big , so by the time |
| 30 | You know they 're either set up now you 've given them an education and thrown them on the world squandering it now they 'll only squander it when they get their hands on it you might as well squander it on yourselves , let the kids squander it for you . |