Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 2 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 3 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 4 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 5 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 6 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 7 | I 'd left you the full address , and the telephone number and a fully detailed map . |
| 8 | mm , like every thing else you told me you 'd finished it the other day |
| 9 | But they had all laughed and Meg , for the missing loaf , had punished him the usual way , locked-up thirsty in the room . |
| 10 | Mrs Bradford had given her the complete day off for her father 's funeral and she did n't have to be back at the house in Newcastle Place until six o'clock . |
| 11 | It would be typical of Jacqui 's naivety to believe that she was dealing with an honest man who had given her the only copies in existence . |
| 12 | Fortunately her upbringing had given her the social training to cope with these situations . |
| 13 | Adam pointed to a framed cartoon , which he had given her the previous Christmas : a startled businessman gazed at a ghost ; rising from his desk drawer , it said , ‘ I am the spirit of old notes to yourself . ’ |
| 14 | The temptation to put aside the bitterness and suspicion was great , but , after all , she was here for only one purpose , and now Luke had given her the ideal opportunity to pursue it . |
| 15 | That wonderful love they had shared and which had given her the precious gift of a son . |
| 16 | He disputed that Royan was at risk : he had given him the correct treatment and calm reassurance — which was the essence of his treatment . |
| 17 | She sometimes had given him the spare front door key but he denied having had the key on the day of her death . |
| 18 | Paris had given him the intellectual edge and the authority to do this . |
| 19 | ‘ I seem to remember that he never stopped talking and I had given him the cold fish eye . ’ |
| 20 | What with him moping round like a wounded jelly just because Koo had given him the old Dear John , he was no damn use to anyone at all . |
| 21 | as if he read Wickham 's mind , Shildon wrapped up the discussion , said he had given them the important stuff and the rest could wait . |
| 22 | She was a nurse at a hospital on the other side of the village , and Killion had met her the previous evening by simply walking into the hospital and asking the first girl he saw if she would come out with him . |
| 23 | He laughed softly , with pleasure , as if I had fed him the right cue . |
| 24 | A long , indented coastline , with many harbours on both the Atlantic and the Mediterranean , gave her easy access to the oceans and had made her the economic centre of the world . |
| 25 | On 29th January , 1855 , Aberdeen 's Government had been heavily defeated in the House of Commons on a censure motion criticizing its conduct of the Crimean War , but it was not until 6th February that Queen Victoria brought herself to appoint the seventy-one-year-old Palmerston as Aberdeen 's successor , although his prestige and popularity had made him the inevitable choice as Prime Minister . |
| 26 | He had offered her the front seat for the last leg , but she had turned it down . |
| 27 | Perhaps Lou had told him the monstrous lie that I did n't love him any more ? |
| 28 | But I was not sure that she had told me the whole truth . |
| 29 | Lisa felt the cold finger of panic momentarily touch her , just as it had when , over the phone earlier , the girl from the claims department had told her the awful truth . |
| 30 | She thought of the helpful policeman who had told her the wrong day for the train . |