Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the finest of these were on the walls of Puang Sangalla 's house , where Ranteallo took us the following morning to meet his dead father , and barely alive eighty-seven-year-old mother . |
| 2 | It was said that Gertrude gave him the final result . |
| 3 | After all , days before the invasion surprised President Bush , his ambassador , presumably not speaking just for herself , told Saddam in so many words that Washington gave him the green light on Kuwait . |
| 4 | It was such a desultory question that Ruth gave him the filthiest look she could muster . |
| 5 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 6 | He flitted about on this machine ( which obsessed him ) wearing a helmet and goggles so that Gabriel called him The Invisible Man . |
| 7 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 8 | So if God gave them the same gift as he gave us , who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ , who was I to think that I could oppose God ? ’ ' |
| 9 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 10 | Sandy and Dave had it the same . |
| 11 | But Michael called me the other day to say : ‘ I was n't getting anywhere until you contacted the insurance company and my agents . |
| 12 | He had gained a sense of humour , or perhaps of irony , since Blanche questioned him the first time . |
| 13 | The bus took a very long and roundabout route to Linby , through a dozen tiny villages and hamlets , but Cheryl thought the journey was worth it when Jessica handed her the promised signalling flags . |
| 14 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 15 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 16 | I was pleased to see his grin varnish when Mala gave him the vicious edge of her tongue for ignoring the Ardakkean request for discretion , causing the FedPol squad to visit Vadinamia . |
| 17 | ‘ He gave me twenty dollars when Sheridan shoved me the other evening . ’ |
| 18 | When I knit the waistband of a skirt ( using separate method ) , I return the skirt in two halves , but , as Val reminded me the other day , it is quicker to do it all at once and here is the method : — Join back seam ( sideways knitted skirt ) or all seams . |