Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Creator gave me life , and the profit of it is I know how to curse ; he gave me feeling , and the profit of it is I know how to suffer ! |
| 2 | " My father left me land here , " Hasan said . |
| 3 | In the end I remember I said to him that I was just a spoilt Yank and my father sent me money so he need n't worry about a thing . |
| 4 | ‘ My father called me Breeze , ’ she added , as he seemed interested ; and as she said that her mind went back to the hot summer 's day when her father had given her the nickname which had been adopted by everyone . |
| 5 | Years ago , in 1909 , my uncle taught me rope-making . |
| 6 | They rarely lived in the countryside , but their investments brought them prestige as well as profits . |
| 7 | The way she tilted her head gave him access to her soul . |
| 8 | Betty thinks her socks brought him luck . |
| 9 | The children were still crying so their mother promised them ice cream and sweets from the city . |
| 10 | Thy shadow mocked thee night and day , |
| 11 | ‘ Yer niver knew me dad , did yer ? ’ |
| 12 | His reactions caused him pleasure , fury , deep repose or inner peace . |
| 13 | But his failure to attend a WRU coaching course ( a sin of omission shared with Ray Prosser , perhaps the finest coach of forwards Welsh rugby ever had ) coupled with his outspokenness denied him access to the magic circle . |
| 14 | His knowledge gave him power over the customers who came in ; they shied away from the jargon that Lewis used and Tim felt that he was acting as an interpreter in a foreign country . |
| 15 | His eyes had popped , but the sensors inside his skull fed him heat patterns that were clearer than any visual input . |
| 16 | After twenty-eight rounds Cribb was unable to come to scratch , but a ruse by his seconds gave him time to recover , and Molineaux retired in the thirty-third round . |
| 17 | His blade lent him power beyond mortal reckoning ; the eternal flame gave him the strength to use it . |
| 18 | His servant brought him tea and his letters , but he did not read them . |
| 19 | His rescuer named him Scruff because of the state he was in . |
| 20 | His family sent him birthday cards , but he never received them , he was already dead . |
| 21 | His family gave him control of his own finances again , so that he had to resume making budgetary decisions in his everyday life , such as choosing between a meal at Claridges or a physiotherapy session . |
| 22 | If you feel apprehensive on this , give a page of your notes to a friend and ask him to tell you which letters or words in your handwriting gave him difficulty in reading . |
| 23 | ‘ Your father bought me lunch once . |