Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 2 | During his lunch-hour I give him the last orange , a biro and three lollipops , all I can muster , and wish him a happy birthday . |
| 3 | In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago . |
| 4 | I mean I tried it out at work I show you the this is what they used at work . |
| 5 | In response to the unasked question she handed them the last cans . |
| 6 | ‘ No wonder they call us the black Irish ! ’ |
| 7 | We pay every week to get into the game ; this money goes to the manager and team , and in return they owe us a good afternoon 's entertainment . |
| 8 | The same story you told me the last time we met , ’ she said with a sneer . |
| 9 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
| 10 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 11 | Although mainly a director of low budget productions , he told me that before the war he concerned it a poor year if he did not earn six thousand pounds , quite a sum for those days . |
| 12 | And I was with Deborah he gave me a hard |
| 13 | Though engrossed in picking his teeth with a match he gave me a long appraising stare before addressing me in rich cockney . |
| 14 | ‘ With his left hand he snatched the gun from the Pole 's hands , and with his right he gave him a violent blow to the ear . ’ |
| 15 | During the night I visited him every three hours as my vet had told me that if his leg had broken completely it would n't be fair to leave him suffering . |
| 16 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 17 | Yes , all that rhythm , one day you have it the next you do n't , and er Lawrence has certainly got it today , you can tell by just looking at a bowler running in , if he 's easy and relaxed , Lawrence I suppose never really looks relaxed when he 's belting into bowl , but he 's clicked he 's , he 's right at the crease . |
| 18 | Oh yeah , I love the , the mixed of border you call it the mixed of border no , yes ? |
| 19 | At traffic lights she gave it a wary smile , slid into gear and played Nina Simone 's ‘ I need a Little Sugar in My Bowl ’ . |
| 20 | On the second day they gave her a rubber ball attached on a long elastic thread to a wooden bat . |
| 21 | They agree that theological discourse does not make sense in the terms of ordinary language , but whereas for one this effectively consigns theology to the dustbin , for the other it gives it the same sort of status as speaking in tongues . |
| 22 | After a while he gave her a sidelong glance under his enviable black lashes . |
| 23 | One night he brings me a huge bar of Old Jamaica chocolate and watches while I eat the whole lot . |
| 24 | Why we was paying the bill actually we paid to Sunday us connect us the following Friday |
| 25 | This morning I boiled her a nice fresh egg , and she ate the lot . |
| 26 | See the towels she gave me the last time . |
| 27 | Morality and religion open the door to oppression but in focusing so sharply on the woman 's role they make her the central symbol of the culture . |
| 28 | When you went to the Ideal Home Exhibition they gave you a hot sausage on a stick to eat — with pickle , not just a picture of one to look at . |
| 29 | Wisely , Roxburgh wo n't change it , but says : ‘ By including Durrant it gives me an added dimension and an option to our midfield play . ’ |
| 30 | I paused before replying to her , because if you pause before replying to people it gives them the foolish idea that you 've actually listened to what they 've said , and I said of course darling . |