Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 2 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 3 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 4 | Then she said I could look and she gave me a piece of cloth with a few coins in it which my mother had saved for me — and the ring . |
| 5 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 6 | She has got in ( and out of ) problems with drugs , alcohol and a quasi-religious cult : ’ I was brainwashed and I gave them an enormous amount of money , ’ she says with a shrug . |
| 7 | Right , the problem is that I ca n't seem to get through on the telephone , I phoned and her secretary came back and said you 've to phone and she gave me a guy 's name like and I got a number for him so I phoned it , ah he works in our Edinburgh office I phoned the Edinburgh office . |
| 8 | His face tightened and he shot her a quick assessing glance . |
| 9 | ‘ I told him I did and he gave me a look which suggested that I should n't have kept it from him ! ’ |
| 10 | He chuckled and she gave him a light punch on the shoulder . |
| 11 | Mr Howe said : ‘ It was the only chance Arsenal had and it won them the match . ’ |
| 12 | " I wo n't be late , " he said and it took her a moment to remember that they were speaking of Miss Dallam 's wedding-breakfast . |
| 13 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 14 | His expression gentled and he gave her a slow smile filled with a conviction that was very male and utterly sure . |
| 15 | You see and they called it the , the church of Saint Constantine , and it shifted from here and they built one down at the and then they shifted from the to the present site in about seventeen forty . |
| 16 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |