Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dotty was n't there to cosset him , and presently he went upstairs to the wardrobe , where Prue made him a cup of tea . |
| 2 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 3 | THE decision by Scotland 's Stephen McAllister 's to concentrate on rhythm and feel rather than technique brought him a rich dividend in the Balearic Open here yesterday . |
| 4 | I walk with a frame so Karen gave me a hand and took me round and introduced me to people . ’ |
| 5 | She smiled at Aggie ; although Aggie gave her no answering smile , but just said , ‘ Well , the day 's Thursday . |
| 6 | Another problem was his feathers : he was n't growing down quickly enough and he was always shivering , so Maureen made him a little coat out of cotton wool . |
| 7 | Adam lost his spiritual purity through eating the forbidden fruit , so God gave him the opportunity to reinstate himself partially through immersion in the original water which came from Eden . |
| 8 | Father 's Day , so Lois bought him a fish . |
| 9 | Skipper worked nicely on the flat , so John built us a six inch cross pole to trot over . |
| 10 | Yeah cos Ian gave me a prickly stick . |
| 11 | Cos Dr offered me the the other day , a nurse to do my leg . |
| 12 | This one was the grandfather of Robert Louis Stevenson , who was himself intended to be a lighthouse engineer like his grandfather , his father and his uncle , until circumstances made him an author instead . ) |
| 13 | If Joseph gave him an exhibition it could make a huge difference to Leary 's reputation , yet she wondered how likely it was that Joseph would help him . |
| 14 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 15 | ‘ We had found nothing until Oscar showed us the way . ’ |
| 16 | Although his eyes were red , the young man seemed calm — until Huy handed him a cup of beer . |
| 17 | Hunter-Blair took a lonely stand in British politics and until MacQuillan gave him a platform he was a nonentity . |
| 18 | What he could do , if Ritschl thought it a plan worth pursuing was put together a book of miscellaneous bits and pieces-part literary history , part " new ideas and views " ( neue Ansichten und Aussichten ) of an as yet unspecified nature , part textual criticism . |
| 19 | If Henry offered him a drink , Donald would compress his lips , lower his eyes , as if in the middle of a difficult diagnosis , and nod , slowly , responsibly , like a man burdened with some ghastly secret about the state of Henry ’ s insides . |
| 20 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 21 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 22 | We remain convinced that full merger is the best way forward and the amendment will e enable the project to make progress If the Lib Dems have changed their mind Chairman and do support the forthcoming Labour amendment erm th the worst aspect for me is that I 've lost a bet because Bob bet me a year ago that the Lib Dems would not last the distance and he 's been proved right . |
| 23 | Some of that hurt must have crept into her voice , because Mandy gave her a look loaded with sympathy . |
| 24 | ( Peter should have remembered because Howley sent him a six word telegram before his own big day . |
| 25 | He 'd picked up the baby and held her while Ma gave her the medicine , and his face had the same look as when Billy had fallen in the river . |
| 26 | He never was — which was just as well since fate brought him a series of posts whose functions were not calculated to endear him to the public or the party . |
| 27 | Tom flung himself back into the chair beside her , still without speaking , and Belinda stood there while Faye gave her a watchful glance . |
| 28 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
| 29 | He listened while Gabriel told him the day 's events . |
| 30 | Her mother and her husband usually made her feel plain and failed , while Constance gave her a feeling that she was , at least , adequate . |