Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this he made them both some cocoa and began the first of the Just So stories . |
| 2 | Would that explain why he asked me so few questions , took my unlikely presence and knowledge so much for granted ? |
| 3 | Sean had a free ticket to the Smorgasbord as he was the driver but the waiter charged me only half price after hearing where we had been . |
| 4 | Names beat me sometimes these days . |
| 5 | Phoebe wrapped Maggie in her towel and called Rachel to come and hold her while she found them both some clothes . |
| 6 | She phoned me earlier this week and invited me to come down here to see her land . |
| 7 | It was as if , because she bore them so much love , the actions of her children had the power to anaesthetize some of her most cherished convictions . |
| 8 | Not just that we found him so many years ago . |
| 9 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 10 | Until I changed it earlier this year , the scheme had four essential elements : it met 50 per cent . |
| 11 | ‘ He drove me home that night . |
| 12 | They both agreed that if you could n't enjoy yourself on the way , what was the point in running a business that afforded them so much freedom to travel ? |
| 13 | A former Minister of the Republic of Ireland told me recently that sovereignty did not mean the same for the people of Ireland as it did for us . |
| 14 | My Norfolk grandmother told me too much education spoilt a girl for a good wife . |
| 15 | ‘ Jack told me so many things but what I remember most was him stressing that I should keep my energy and emotional levels the same throughout a round of golf . |
| 16 | I slept the sleep of the just till the chapel bells roused me late this afternoon . |
| 17 | We told you earlier this year about the Mabbott & Griffith Mini Vac ( January issue ) . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you too much sun was bad for you . |
| 19 | I told him either that file went up the Hill maybe with the list he 'd recruited or it all went in the shredder . ’ |
| 20 | we hired him so many times |
| 21 | I studied it carefully this monring , better to understand what is involved . |
| 22 | It is the overall speed of the articulation which was so surprising , and which caused us so much difficulty at the stage of transcription . |
| 23 | My son joined me later that year . |
| 24 | He allowed them just enough milk to supplement the grass they were learning to eat and then pushed them aside , replacing their mouths on the teats with his fingers , squeezing the milk in short squirts into a frothing bowl on the ground below . |
| 25 | He telephoned me late that evening — when they began to worry about her — asking if she 'd been here . |
| 26 | One of the financial figures , still smiling deferentially , poured them both more brandy . |
| 27 | When Charlotte had finished , emphasizing how vital it was to find the document the kidnappers wanted , Natasha poured them both more tea before she made any remark . |
| 28 | She embraced him with her eyes , pleased , and as she poured them both more wine , rewarded him with a view of her leg . |
| 29 | Mercifully , she said nothing , but silently handed me yet another package and my change . |
| 30 | I would n't live in it if you paid me twice that amount . |