Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun prp] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must be frightening for them to see Ryan on the bench . |
| 2 | Unfortunately living in Ireland I do n't see much of the team but I was lucky enough to be in Southampton a few weeks ago to see them beat Southampton about the head a little . |
| 3 | I wanted the sugar and rather than wait for the waiter to return or ask this boy to get it , I asked Harvey for the sugar . |
| 4 | We paused to watch a hawk hunting above one of the islands which splits the Vltava , and I asked Ladislav about the posters I kept seeing in windows . |
| 5 | Later , over a mug of tea , I asked Mick about the message he had for me . |
| 6 | I asked Joe about the heart attack and the changes that it had brought to his life as he settled down for his six hours ' daily practice at the Manor Leisure Club in Yeadon , near Leeds-Bradford Airport . |
| 7 | I asked László about the corso : ‘ Yes , it did exist here before the war and now , gradually , it is coming back , along the embankment by the international hotels . ’ |
| 8 | I asked Michael about the recent success of Benjamin Britten 's opera , Peter Grimes , in Paris . |
| 9 | Allow myself to be spirited off to Germany where I assassinate Hitler at the first opportunity ? ’ |
| 10 | I met Morag on the step . |
| 11 | You know an and I met Elvis at the chip shop and that stuff , I mean it 's |
| 12 | Although I met Theresa on the way back from erm school and she said Alec was at the doctors cos not the way back from school , way back from the library . |
| 13 | I 'd been officially blind for five years when I met Pete at the Guide Dog Centre in Wokingham , Berkshire , ’ Andrew Miles explained . |
| 14 | I met Jamie in the lounge bar of the Cauldhame Arms for lunch and we sat playing an electronic game over a TV table . |
| 15 | I met Susan on the stairs . |
| 16 | I met Herman at the FitzGeralds ’ [ the writer Kevin FitzGerald and his wife Janet — the latter had been Herman 's producer on the occasions when he broadcast on Woman 's Hour ] , and he says that there is less of Ivy every time he sees her . |
| 17 | Our son Mark , 24 , is a researcher at Pebble Mill in Birmingham , and I met Neil through the Beeb . |
| 18 | When I met Francis on the first occasion in that throne room , life had not turned sour for him . |
| 19 | ‘ I met Veronica at the Anglo-Catholic church in putney — St Mark 's . |
| 20 | You could get an extension , if you asked permission , on Saturday nights for a special occasion such as a dance , and then I met John at the carnival in Middleton . |
| 21 | Erm , I met Mr for the first time in the airport lounge at , erm er , er , Kennedy Airport erm , we discussed at great length and had a very interesting discussion erm , er , Pearsons erm , he accepted er , the job and h I , he has no obligation to me whatsoever and he is one of the er , members of the er , remuneration committee , and I actually take offence at what you 're saying . |
| 22 | As I met Charlotte on the path , |
| 23 | ‘ I met Elaine in the hospital Outpatients . |
| 24 | I passed Morpurgo on the way . |
| 25 | I was out of the flat before she could turn her head and as I passed Springsteen on the stairs , I said : ‘ You 're on your own , kid . ’ |
| 26 | I rode Drifter with the first lot in the morning and crashed off on to the wood chippings halfway up the gallop . |
| 27 | I clapped Jamie on the shoulder a couple of times and we made for the street . |
| 28 | Watched she sing ? , when I got Silcott on the |
| 29 | I got Daine in the chest , over the heart . |
| 30 | I got Toby on the second ring and explained Sally 's suggestion . |