Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly a coughing fit seized him and a stab of agony lanced through him from back to front . |
| 2 | Repetitive enough to appeal to Matthew , 4 , who asked for it at bedtime four nights running , and with sophisticated touches appreciated by William , 6 , normally a boy of the He Man persuasion . |
| 3 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 4 | 'E 's keen on 'er , and she seemed ti be fond of 'im till 'e asked for 'er in wedlock . ’ |
| 5 | Alexandra gazed about her with delight , folding the Burrows , the Pemberleys , the Chamberlins , the village , everyone , into the warm embrace of her grateful glance , and sang and sang . |
| 6 | Ruth gazed about her in awe . |
| 7 | Or had Washington and Moscow reached some grand design in which Iran divided between them as part of a plan for world condominium . |
| 8 | Like all actors with reviews , he checked through it for quotability , and decided that , with only slight injustice to the meaning , and the excision of a comma , he could come up with the very serviceable sentence , ‘ Charles Paris grows in stature through the evening . ’ |
| 9 | Now erm all the gifts that you give at Confirmation the whole idea of Confirmation in well one of the main ideas of Confirmation is taking on board for yourself what your parents promised for you in baptism . |
| 10 | His only source of superiority is that Frye fagged for him at school . |
| 11 | The gleam of insulating oil shone bright on the prominences of his face , dimming and brightening again as she moved past him to hunker down at his side . |
| 12 | The rain came as I reached the drive of the hotel , set amongst trees , and I ventured along it in search of shelter . |
| 13 | She saw that Stein exuded confidence ; it dripped from him like honey . |
| 14 | I began to see my environment in a new light as I connected the shapes and patterns I found in it with mathematics . |
| 15 | Her punishment for wanting that English Protestant , my father , who proposed to her by telegram . |
| 16 | ‘ I think I just proposed to you in front of most of Great Britain . ’ |
| 17 | Like many such groups , they have acquired a patina of legend : during the nineteenth century there were those who referred to them as Druid stones , others who thought they were of Roman origin , and yet others who asserted they must be the gravestones of Danish invaders vanquished by Banquo and Macbeth . |
| 18 | Er , our importance has er , frankly now been recognised by the Prime Minister , who talked about the voluntary organisations not very long ago and referred to us as cement , which holds society together , and I think if that 's right , and hopefully , the government may take a bit more notice of us . |
| 19 | The system enables users to collate information downloaded to them from point-of-sale laptop systems and also to act as a point of information transfer between staff in the field and the head office . |
| 20 | When the boy rose at him on foot , none too steadily but with grim gallantry , and dripping blood from the finger-ends of his mail gauntlet , Owen vaulted promptly out of the saddle to match him , and waved off his companions , who would have borne the young man down by sheer weight . |
| 21 | She yowled at him in complaint . |
| 22 | Evelyn gaped at her in amazement . |
| 23 | Molly passed a cup to Cornelius , who perched it on the palm of his hand and gaped at it in awe . |
| 24 | She came between them at speed , the air thunderous in her wings , which were more massive than any golden eagle 's he had yet seen or imagined . |
| 25 | He had been about four years old , and although he was younger than my brother , they always got on very well together and were heartbroken when the time came for them to part . |
| 26 | They had reached the hilly avenues of Lisbon when it occurred to her that he could be worried about how she might behave when the time came for them to part . |
| 27 | ‘ -if I knew of the lady 's death before Monday morning , I learnt of it from Monsieur de Craon . ’ |
| 28 | With a joy to his flight that evidently surprised and alarmed them he turned and stooped towards them at speed , not to attack them so much as show them that he was a golden eagle and could fly where he pleased . |
| 29 | They exploded against her like lightning bolts . |
| 30 | It was supremely indifferent , but , even as it burned into her like acid , her fingers were plunging into the midnight darkness of his hair as she invited his kiss again , the tumult of his mouth on hers and in it already a necessity , wildness running in her veins , the heavy aching beat of desire unchecked at the deep core of her womanhood . |