Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah I did that at school we had to stay in most break times as a child cos I could n't remember , and I , I know that my mum bought me a books so I used to sit for days and days , then my mum going over and then my nan going over and I could n't remember if I wanted |
| 2 | Instead of buying us a present , from erm , my mum bought me a few bits and pieces when they went to France . |
| 3 | ‘ My sister gave me a book by this woman Anita something , the one that won the Booker prize , ’ she heard one of them say . |
| 4 | I still remember that day in the war when , as a very junior subaltern , my CO left me a little hand-written note admonishing me for appearing at breakfast unshaven . |
| 5 | My mummy brought me a bit and we 're going out on Saturday anyway . |
| 6 | Then my C.O. gave me a forty eight to sort out this Bella business . |
| 7 | My boss gave me a sweet and encouraging smile , balanced a mushroom on a piece of fried bread and conveyed it to his mouth . |
| 8 | Grinning as he peered down , my husband wished me a ‘ Happy New Year ’ . |
| 9 | MY HUSBAND bought me a watch as a birthday present , but it kept losing time and I returned it after the holidays . |
| 10 | But my elbow gave me a bit of concern . |
| 11 | My wife gave me a right old bo*****ing last night when I started shouting abuse at Keumann ( sp ? ) |
| 12 | After Murti had completed her statutory five minutes of dust re-distribution , my wife waved her a cheery goodbye . |
| 13 | ‘ My wife bought me a small kit to try out using wool — which is rather like painting by numbers — and I have not looked back since . ’ |
| 14 | My father made me a pair of wooden clappers and I used to rattle these and call out : |
| 15 | My father told me a joke once , about a man who marries an ugly opera singer because he loves her voice . |
| 16 | And er I started er with a doll , my father bought me a doll and it taught me how to er dress me . |
| 17 | My mother was hysterical and my father called me a lot of unpleasant names . |
| 18 | I was able to follow up that evening , for my father gave me a lovely chrysanthemum bloom from his greenhouse and the next day I took it to her home and asked her mother , who opened the door to my rather nervous knock , if she would give it to her daughter . |
| 19 | My lord offered him a place here in case those men cause any more trouble , but he refused . ’ |
| 20 | I held my option over until my manager played me a tape of a singer called Lola Thomas . |
| 21 | My uncle bought me a camera for my birthday . ’ |
| 22 | When my grandmother told me a little later on that my mother had gone away , I was glad . |
| 23 | And that euphoria lasted quite 4 minutes until the first siren wailed and a bile settled in my gut that lasted until my Commander-in-Chief sent me a signal : " Personal for Station Commander from C-in-C — Hostilities cease at midnight tonight . |
| 24 | My doctor offered me a course of anti-depressant tablets and by this time I felt my children were becoming immune to antibiotics . |
| 25 | No , in my hand cut me a jack and give me two . |
| 26 | ‘ When I was ten , my Dad bought me a guitar for Christmas , which I 'd asked for , but at the same time he enrolled me at the local golf club ! |
| 27 | As I sat down the man on my left gave me a brief nod . |
| 28 | a huge island in the middle , and erm went all the way round , and anyway I , I made a path out of flints from , taken from all the mud , and worked my way round , and then started to plant things , and a hawthorn hedge , bushes and shrubs , and erm my son gave me a boat and I was able to go across to the island . |
| 29 | When I got my period , my family made it a happy , celebratory occasion , in their own way . |
| 30 | My mother left me a property in Lesotho when she died , and they insisted that it must be in my husband 's name . |