Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The porter fetches it every morning . ’ |
| 2 | The porter brought me the message . |
| 3 | I was bending my brains to think of a way of introducing Brian Harley into the conversation when the television monitor in the corner of the tent gave me the ideal opportunity . |
| 4 | I read the Blues Brothers review and the soundtrack gave me an idea : why not have a soundtrack chart in ZZAP ! ? |
| 5 | In addition , his setting out the poet 's connection with the primitive gave him the status of a societal elder , one who , lecturing in America , would pronounce on literature and society as Arnold had done less than fifty years before him . |
| 6 | But the CO vetoes me every time . ’ |
| 7 | The fact that the ordnance survey map of Ben Lawers proudly declared a Visitor Centre at the base left me no choice in the route I was to take to the top . |
| 8 | It will take a great deal of money to do it properly and I 'm only interested in doing it if I have the support to give me a chance of winning . |
| 9 | HDS claims the award makes it the largest supplier of X-terminals for commercial applications in the business , a new area for the things . |
| 10 | I could have done without the ‘ vote of confidence ’ the Board gave me a month ago … every football manager knows what that invariably means . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ The board gave me a free hand with the retained list and backed me all the way . |
| 12 | Mother Francis would n't have the money to buy me a new frock . ’ |
| 13 | Sometimes , he said we used to take them motorway he said to junction whatever at Dover and they 'd be somebody waiting there with the money give us the car we 'd go back to London and they 'd just take it up the . |
| 14 | The midwife showed me a note that had been pinned to the baby 's jacket under the shawl . |
| 15 | To put it another way : when the cat is on heat ( which she has n't been since the vet gave her the unkindest cut of all ) , nevertheless when she was , she had very little time for chasing moths hanging unsubtly round the fridge or cuddling up for a neck scratch . |
| 16 | The vet gave him a strong dose of painkiller , and after waiting in vain for a while to see if the pain eased , she decided to pop back into town to fetch an x-ray machine . |
| 17 | There was just enough slope in the field to give him a decent run , though she felt sure it must be frustrating for someone so skilled to be stuck on what was little better than a nursery area . |
| 18 | Why was n't the computer telling me the answer ? |
| 19 | The computer asks you a question via a sound card and gives you a choice of options on screen , and you respond by pressing the relevant button . |
| 20 | NICRA also had a reasonable complaint that the lateness of the ban gave them no time to negotiate amy alternative date or route . |
| 21 | The referendum gave him a huge majority : 2773920 votes for and 2452 against the President . |
| 22 | The clerk handed him the envelope . |
| 23 | The Economist called it the Consumer-Credit Snowball and pronounced it well and truly rolling . |
| 24 | ‘ She always says the crossing gives her an opportunity to relax and study her scripts . ’ |
| 25 | As oil pastels are a very sticky substance , they grip the paper well and the paper colour will show through the sketch giving it a unifying effect . |
| 26 | Would erm , would the Chairman send me a , a , a report of this before the meeting ? |
| 27 | To make the implanting cut in the stock stem , drag a little soil away from the stem to give you a little more room in which to work , wipe away any mud splash with a wet rag and nick a T-shaped cut , ideally about an inch ( 2.5cm ) or so above soil surface level . |
| 28 | The cyclist gave him a parting kick as he pedalled off . |
| 29 | ‘ I hope and pray that the decision to give me the Nobel Peace Prize will encourage all those who pursue the cause of peace to do so in a renewed spirit of optimism and strength . ’ |
| 30 | A chance meeting with Dr Kathy Lang at a database user group and the subsequent investigation of Ventura led Tony Gamble to make the decision to give it a try . |