Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | NCT has given me such a lot as I have moved twice when each of my children was 6 months , and as I attended really brilliant ante-natal classes before I had … and now that I am starting out on my ante-natal teacher training which will cost the branch £250 ( This is actually the cheapest training offered by any charity e.g. a Relate counsellor costs £600 to train ! ) , |
| 2 | The sailors swarmed like ants over the rigging … she 'd seen them many a time . |
| 3 | Sure you 're a great guy in their eyes … you 've done 'em all a favour by writing yourself off the promotion list . |
| 4 | Steve Pyle has not only done us all a favour ; he has done you one , Mr Laing . |
| 5 | But perhaps the royal sisters-in-law have done us all a favour by chipping away at these hypocritical accolades . |
| 6 | She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . " |
| 7 | I 've given you all a choice , but you 're the only one who is getting it straight , all cards on the table . |
| 8 | He had told them many a fairy story and when they checked , they returned more furious than before , dragging him out of his dirty , fetid pit back into the great vaulted torture chamber to be questioned once again . |
| 9 | ‘ Surely Helmut would not have offered you such a trifle ! ’ |
| 10 | Ferryman had kipped down with him for a while , till one night , turning over in his sleep , Jackie had given him such a clout with the iron boot it nearly took his hip off . |
| 11 | I made one stipulation only to the Foreign Secretary , Sir Alec Douglas-Home , which was that my driver should not be the same amiable young man who had led me such a dance around Johannesburg . |
| 12 | Her lips clamped together and she stared at him in horror , unable to believe she 'd really asked him such a question . |
| 13 | In Fredegar 's narrative Childeric was exiled from the Franks for his sexual profligacy , but he arranged with his faithful follower , Wiomad , that he would return when the latter had sent him half a coin which they had divided between them . |
| 14 | Crossing to the Grand Gendarme , we hardly paused at the rock step that had given us such a problem earlier . |
| 15 | It has given us all a lift . ’ |