Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prestigious Wedgwood name also made them a propaganda target for Hitler 's forces . |
| 2 | In Germany , in July 1932 , the Nazi party won 230 seats in the Reichstag , which made them the majority party , although Adolph Hitler was not able to become the Chancellor until January 1933 . |
| 3 | When I showed her she lent me a silk shawl to drape round my shoulders and over my breasts . |
| 4 | You got me a summer job in heaven at a time when it felt as if my life was hell . |
| 5 | The dressing-robot made me a wedding dress — we have robots for everything like that . |
| 6 | No , , it 's just a but he was , you know , I was fairly slow , and then I went on , I followed erm , I ended up slightly , as well , erm , then I went to college up to the age of eighteen , erm , and as soon as I finished college he made me a department manager . |
| 7 | She came and made me a ham sandwich and the maid just look at her to eat it now . |
| 8 | Which made me the family oddity . ’ |
| 9 | Later , when other countries wanted to make their own cloth from jute , the workers of Dundee made and sold them the textile machinery . |
| 10 | After a short time the Duke of Grafton sold them the Rope Walk , a building where the old village craft had been carried out and where Ted Smith 's coach garage is now , and so they moved . |
| 11 | Well they sold me an air rifle on my own . |
| 12 | They said they would not let my back into the village until I got them a ration card and some wheat . |
| 13 | ‘ The first time Jimmy Patino , who represented family interests on the board , came to a meeting , he read me the riot act about how of every £1 I was talking about , 51p was owned by the family , and of that 51p , 25p of it was his . |
| 14 | One day Mike passed me a demo record . |
| 15 | This owner called Judge , he got hold of me , promised me a motor car , a fur coat and I do n't know what . |
| 16 | The enclosed pamphlet continues to flatter me , explaining that since nobody ever promised me a rose garden , I went ahead and grew my own . |
| 17 | Page promised them a wedding night at Crathorne Hall Hotel and an invitation to a Boro game of their own choice . |
| 18 | The Banks promised them a career path which never materialised . |
| 19 | Schofield found them a rehearsal room at Middleton Cricket Club where his father was on the committee . |
| 20 | I promised you an executive briefcase did n't I ? |
| 21 | ‘ David did n't like them at all and promised her a clothing allowance , ’ said her friend . |
| 22 | Then husband Simon promised her an action replay if she could lose weight . |
| 23 | A brief greatness was now conferred on the place , when the Popes found it an island refuge in their struggle against the Empire : Count Pierre of Melgueil bestowed the county and bishopric on SS Peter and Paul and Pop Gregory VII in 1085 , Pope Urban II graciously granted it back as a fief for a mere annual ounce of gold , and in 1096 , on a visit , astonishingly declared the church ‘ second after that of Rome ’ , with arms of the two |
| 24 | On our way home via New York , some ‘ dear ’ friends ( as in generous ) , fixed us a stretch limo to take us to the airport . |
| 25 | But a few years ago , when they promised us the summer heat would last for months , she had it cut short . |
| 26 | Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable . |
| 27 | When I came out , they told me the court dates of when he was going to be adopted . |
| 28 | Check all the spellings , and I told you the horror story about the gentleman whose name was wrongly spelt . |
| 29 | Mr Holmes says he reported the matter to the ferry company , and they told him the air conditioning was n't working . |
| 30 | He showed Mr Utterson the broken stick and told him the servant girl 's story . |