Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been so badly injured that he was moved to the prison hospital , where I visited him every day . |
| 2 | At the Red Cross warehouse , we were met by Stoyaeka who drove us to her house where she gave us a meal of soup , bread , stew and dumplings , all washed down with a very palatable local red wine . |
| 3 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 4 | It was at , it was at the place where the football where you got us a grant playing with those little scum . |
| 5 | In the houses — never a window opened — in the cars , in the gruesome , echoing hypermarkets set in the middle of nowhere ( where they wished you a ‘ nice day ’ at 10 pm ) . |
| 6 | Er Sadly , although I sent you a letter with suggestions for discussion I forgot to keep a copy of it for myself . |
| 7 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
| 8 | You had a death in the family which I could understand , so I lent you a book , which you have n't returned . |
| 9 | He wanted work and to pay for the damage so I offered him a job . ’ |
| 10 | I asked her where she lived and she said Tower Hamlets , so I offered her a lift in the van . |
| 11 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 12 | After he left it occurred to me that Harrington and Lewis might also find my effort useful , so I took them a copy . |
| 13 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 14 | All the same , heavy coughing always meant the possibility of water on the lungs which in turn could lead to pneumonia , so I gave her an injection of vitamin K , to thicken the blood , a sleeping pill , some linctus which contained a tiny amount of morphine , and also told her , ‘ Take one of these pills every morning for a week . ’ |
| 15 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 16 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 17 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 18 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 19 | ‘ So I gave him a clip across the back and told him ‘ No ! ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Well he needed a refill so I gave him a hand to push his hand cart into Berkeley last night . |
| 21 | Brian needed to shit so I gave him a plastic bag and then left it in the bathroom . |
| 22 | He kept stealing Nigel 's food , so I gave him a bowl of his own every day . ’ |
| 23 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 24 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 25 | You were right , Bodo , saying to leave the matter alone — although you gave me a turn when you were so … so abrupt with the Sergeant . ’ |
| 26 | He begged her not to miss the party they were invited to on his account , so she made him a hot drink , turned on the TV and , making no bones about it , said she would be back in the morning . |
| 27 | She could have tried for goal , but Mike had an easier shot so she gave him a lightning , nearside , under-the-neck pass . |
| 28 | She wanted to wound him as he was wounding her so she gave him a charming smile and said , ‘ How did you feel , Fernando , when Maria Luisa slid into your bed at that hour ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 30 | Once she gave me a wink and she has even pinched my bum . ’ |