Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 2 | I told him the price when he ordered them |
| 3 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I tipped him the wink after I left her , ’ went on the Patriarch , with an expression of lubricious meditation . |
| 5 | It grew to be a sort of gang , and we always called them The Gang when we talked about them privately , Anna and I. I felt so sophisticated and intellectual talking about Rimbaud and Baudelaire at two in the morning , to handsome young men with scholarships to the Sorbonne . |
| 6 | And we called it the man-killer because we had ridge and furrow land down there , and this darn thing they was taking , and nothing would come over the top for ages , and suddenly the whole lot would come over on top of you , of course it as well , and you had to that 's what we were doing . |
| 7 | And we called it the bull because it did n't cry , it sort of bellowed . |
| 8 | Her husband was the one who got her the job as well ! |
| 9 | I passed her the tissues as I always do . |
| 10 | Mm , we saw them the Saturday after we w Amy was born . |
| 11 | ‘ You gave me the right when you accepted my protection , sweetheart . ’ |
| 12 | Yes , he bought me the bar so I 'd be quiet and leave him alone like a good girl . ’ |
| 13 | Again , these gave them the advantage when it came to the swift ‘ attack-and-run ’ tactics which they frequently employed . |
| 14 | Still I think she gave you the sign for we are going out . |
| 15 | Nicklaus took note of Cathy 's instruction , and later gave her the credit when he found himself back to his old form in that week 's skins ' game . |
| 16 | ( Act 1 scene 3 ) And , only three lines after this , the theme of belief in the power of evil is shown by Macbeth when he says that the witches gave him the Thanehood when it was actually the king . |
| 17 | It was at last year 's parade that Elham gave him the idea when she said : ‘ I wish I could enjoy what I am experiencing here , but back in my mind there are too many innocent children left with no hopes and no future . |
| 18 | Davies says Saxton , who suffers from asthma , gave him the drug when he complained of having a tight chest . |
| 19 | Our customer certainly thought so — she gave us the cheque before we left ! |
| 20 | Major Hope left him the business when he died ; he 'd lost his only son through drugs , I think , and he more or less adopted my father . |
| 21 | Elliott Gabellah , vice president of the Rhodesian ANC , met us the day after he came back from the independence celebrations . |