Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Mrs Fawcett came rushing up to the hospital with the perfect solution : she lent me a battery-operated portable radio . |
| 2 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 3 | ‘ A girlfriend made me a wonderful big , bright red jumper which I liked so much that I asked her to knit me another . |
| 4 | Just drew them a whacking great circle round it and |
| 5 | The Collector 's chivalry was aroused by Miriam 's weakness , for the heart of a gentleman still beat beneath his ragged morning coat ; besides , he found her an attractive young woman in spite of everything , for she could still smile as sweetly as ever . |
| 6 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
| 7 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 8 | Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay . |
| 9 | A combination of clerical opposition and papal objections thwarted his attempts to tax the clergy directly , but to the king Winchelsey constituted a far greater problem than the pope who , susceptible to more and wider pressures , gradually modified his objections to Edward 's aims and granted him a papal tenth in 1301 . |
| 10 | He handed me a big brown envelope , and although he was obviously curious his training kept back any questions . |
| 11 | Duncan handed me a cracked Royal Wedding souvenir mug . |
| 12 | After take-off , a miracle I might have thought in other circumstances , the stewardess handed me a sickly sweet fruit drink and I tried to peer through the tight lattice of scratch marks on the window at the Andes , at the snow , at the jungle . |
| 13 | Faye whispered , her eyes misting and her throat going froggy as she showed them the tiny black-haired bundle cradled tightly in her arms . |
| 14 | Finally , he declared low ; I declared both ways ; and he showed me a concealed three . |
| 15 | So those but Fantasia passes are very similar , I just turned mine turned mine round she saw it and went she showed me a blank yellow so I did n't thought it perhaps a different pass but it was n't just turned it round on her . |
| 16 | He showed me the big green gabled home of Ireland 's Minister of Finance . |
| 17 | He threw her a final black look and proceeded to storm past her , then paused at the edge of the path that led back through the gardens . |
| 18 | He sank into a fireside chair and I poured him a small medicinal quart of Absinthe to steady his nerves . |
| 19 | A china light-switch , finger-flicked , showed her a narrow wooden staircase . |
| 20 | Beneath the shirt , the mirror showed her the small fine flowers of her delicate bra could be seen . |
| 21 | Tom handed him a large square bar of soap and showed him how to use it . |
| 22 | Shepherd poured the T'ang a fingernail 's measure of the dark liquid and handed him the ancient bowled glass . |
| 23 | When Anthony arrived spent and ill-looking from the hospital later that evening , Julia handed him the thin yellow sheet and was relieved to see a lightening in his dark grey eyes and a faint smile on his thin lips . |
| 24 | He handed her the double bladed paddle as she continued , ‘ I shall go down as far as Browns Mill , so could you possibly pick me up here about five thirty ? ’ |
| 25 | She fumbled for a handkerchief without success — and Elizabeth Mowbray handed her the capacious lace-edged one she wore for decoration at her girdle . |
| 26 | Courtesy of the UN , which paid her a handsome tax-free salary , she travelled widely , visiting exotic spots like Polynesia , Mauritius and the New Hebrides . |
| 27 | He poured her a long cool gin sling , and bade her sit . |
| 28 | He leaned forward and poured her a long cool glass of freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 29 | In this box she showed him a long thick green book , a little like an accounts book , with sombre marbled endpapers : |
| 30 | But others showed him a mere two or three points ahead . |