Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People often asked me the time just to hear my voice so they could proclaim my gender to their friends . |
| 2 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 3 | He told me the story again as we sat in the campsite in Skaftafell . |
| 4 | They might have fared more comfortably had they sailed a longer journey — from Kingsburgh up to Waternish point , a journey which would then have taken them directly down into Loch Dunvegan — although local people told me the weather here can come up very quickly , and perhaps Allan Macdonald 's boat was not adequately large . |
| 5 | Dianne told me the score so anyway you 're like a friend can go with you . |
| 6 | ‘ Tell me , ’ he complained , ‘ what would be your reaction if I told you the moon just fell out of the sky ? ’ |
| 7 | She had obviously forgiven him now for all those cruel but necessary things he had said when he dropped her the year before . |
| 8 | Endill told him the plan so far , and they headed off to the sick bay , Mr Litmus taking his pile of notes with him . |
| 9 | I told her the number straight off . |
| 10 | If those , all of those contract temps are regarded as full time people it looks like full time people are working overtime , which is why I asked you the question yesterday erm what 's the overtime bill for quotes alone . |
| 11 | Martin who was directing pop videos at the time showed me the video just after leaving college . |
| 12 | Well I suppose I 'm sure Adrian wo n't mind if I paid him the day after or a week after or something . |
| 13 | er er you were going , you were going well with the , the pension you , you wanted him and your diagram was good and he was going for it but directly you showed him the diagram then you started on about this er |
| 14 | When the head of the Commissioners , Sir Malcolm Trustram Eve , who was no man to be trifled with , arrived a few days after the Commissioners approved the expenditure , the butler Alexander showed him the restoration already complete . |
| 15 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 16 | Mum was always thrifty , and able to stretch pennies to shillings ; once she proudly opened an old tea-caddy ( then utilised as a savings-bank ) and showed us the amount then accumulated : an unbelievable total of ten pounds . |
| 17 | She taught me the song later , and showed me how to control my voice , open my mouth wide and sing loud or sing softly . |
| 18 | When he returned home , she fed him the pie then kicked him out . |
| 19 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 20 | I rang her the night before to say what visual aid do you want , do you want the overhead projector , or the video or what would you like |
| 21 | Tremayne listened a bit and talked a bit and then gave me the receiver again . |
| 22 | He gave her the money then , and said it was part of his retainer for the season . ’ |
| 23 | She went to see Mr Bailey , the manager of the factory , and she was surprised and happy when he gave her the job immediately . |
| 24 | But it was the patronage of Sir John Coke [ q.v. ] , one of the principal secretaries of state from 1625 to 1639 , which lay behind his rise to complete control of foreign and domestic posts in the 1630s ; and it was that achievement which gave him the opportunity both to create a new postal service and to acquire an estate in Essex worth £800 a year . |
| 25 | I liked it the week before when they did that Halloween thing |
| 26 | Realizing the kicks that many men get out of listening to women mouthing obscenities , he set up a unique telephone service to cater for the need and gave it the name Just Filmz Inc . |