Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lent me the money to get my second bike — that Triumph Speed Twin : it had a lot of poke for the size . |
| 2 | Wexford brought his beer and as he passed them the man got up as if to take his leave . |
| 3 | When it found him the mouth opened in a roar of triumph , lips pulling apart behind the vizor to reveal huge yellow teeth . |
| 4 | His only regret yesterday was to fail from seven feet at the last , where his solitary bogey cost him the chance to stand alongside Payne , the 1992 Rookie of the Year , who had a best-of-the-day 66 . |
| 5 | From the moment he entered it the wood seemed full of noises . |
| 6 | Yes Chairman , of the hundred and sixty thousand plus cost , erm , part of the contribution by the major servicing committee , and I understand that they advised me the balance has been made from local contributions , and charitable sources . |
| 7 | Any Romanian had learnt instinctively to expect the opposite of what the Party assured them the future had to offer . |
| 8 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 9 | Agatha phoned the next day and said : ‘ You never told me the Queen had been . ’ |
| 10 | This morning , as I cooked Crowe breakfast , he told me the story had ‘ national ’ written all over it . |
| 11 | Robson said yesterday : ‘ Bobby told me the atmosphere got to certain players last time . |
| 12 | ‘ I realised I had to stop putting it in though , ’ Kaye admits , ‘ when a friend of one of my sons told me the house looked more and more like a church every time he came round . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ When they told me the body had been mutilated and burnt I did n't think it was Brian . |
| 14 | ‘ Poniatowski told me the Party decided that silence was best . |
| 15 | Thing once told me the Ship flies very fast . |
| 16 | His father , foreman of the Headington Quarry morris ‘ side ’ for fifteen years , played him the morris tunes in the cradle , and later taught him the dances . |
| 17 | I know my father would raise a terrific stink if I told him the Headmistress had grabbed me by the hair and slung me over the playground fence . ’ |
| 18 | He fired again , and felt the lesser kick which told him the ball had only lodged half-way down the barrel . |
| 19 | The court heard evidence from a Nicholas Moody who said the next day Mrs Handy told him the machine had stopped working . |
| 20 | Residents then told him the sergeant had been seriously wounded , and they took custody of the suspect so the constable could help his colleague . |
| 21 | I told him the letter had been posted on to you and it was merely a matter of time before you got it . ’ |
| 22 | She felt the sudden weight on her legs which told her the cat had leapt up again . |
| 23 | ‘ But the driver told her the cost had risen by 1p the previous day . |
| 24 | Sheriff Paterson told her the charity had been devastated as a result of her actions . |
| 25 | That afternoon in free time the sergeant stopped her , and told her the work had n't been done properly . |
| 26 | Well it seemed it the bairn 's been in . |
| 27 | The champagne corks popped but then the reporter told us the house had been repossessed . |
| 28 | ‘ You mean you think we lent you the money to start the business ? |
| 29 | Another great spiritual advantage was that the people 's occupation allowed them the opportunity to read good books or to engage in godly conversation whilst they were working away at their looms . |
| 30 | ‘ Rats , ’ I told him , but he opened the cover on the drain outside my back door and showed me the trap to stop rats climbing up . |