Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was an association that made him an appropriate keeper at Loseley of Montague 's imprisoned son-in-law Henry Wriothesley , second Earl of Southampton [ q.v. ] in 1570 . |
| 2 | It was the therapy that gave me the strength to leave my girlfriend because through it I established the fact that I was prone to passivity , always waiting for other people to call the shots . |
| 3 | There have been many doubts that Gazza could n't make a come-back at club level or even contemplate straddling the international scene again with the outrageous talent that made him a folk hero . |
| 4 | But it was working as a computer specialist in the insurance industry that gave him the necessary experience , most notably the motor insurance experience , he needed . |
| 5 | And I chose a conception that promised me a child of certain defined personality characteristics as well as physical ones . |
| 6 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 7 | Peron needed the union movement for support and , indeed , it was the labour movement who brought him back from exile and won him the presidency . |
| 8 | She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . " |
| 9 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 10 | He borrowed someone 's press card and brought her a drink . |
| 11 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
| 12 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 13 | He waved the clerk to a seat and served him a cup of watered wine . |
| 14 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 15 | And he bou he bought me this top and he bought me a , a polo neck and bought me a C D and then we went out to supper and then we went to a pub and everything and erm , you know , had a really decent conversation with him and just talking to him makes me think , you know , and it dawns on me that he 's just a big he 's just a big child and he 's not , he 's never grown , he 's not , you 're not gon na grow up . |
| 16 | His purchase of the Kemsley newspaper chain was a step in the overall process of press concentration and gave him a Fleet Street prize , The Sunday Times . |
| 17 | No wonder his chairman , Sam Hammam , has hit the roof and called him a mosquito brain . |
| 18 | Having eaten it , he brewed some tea and took her a cup . |
| 19 | Megan unpacked the picnic tea and handed me a plastic cup . |
| 20 | He even made a pot of tea and poured her a cup when she got up for work . |
| 21 | The committee carried out a range of fascinating research and confirmed what the public knew already , namely that the ham sandwiches available in motorway cafeterias had a tendency to be ‘ thin , tasteless ham in soggy bread ’ . |
| 22 | I made sure I did n't put on too much weight and set myself a final goal — to get down to 13 stone . ’ |
| 23 | A brief encounter with the new range last week convinced me the changes have rejuvenated the car and made it the equal of anything from Munich or Stuttgart . |
| 24 | ‘ I always walked the seven miles home , but that day the Old Man and Peter Revers came past in the car and offered me a lift . |
| 25 | The young man closed the boot of the car and handed her the keys . |
| 26 | They each came in and looked expectantly at Gooseneck , who showed them to a table with great ceremony and handed them a newspaper . |
| 27 | I slipped into my jogging gear and handed him a sweater to wear . |
| 28 | So basically what happens is Mike Rutherford will ring me up after they 've done the album and sent me a tape . |
| 29 | But anyway , we finished the ‘ Space Oddity ’ album and promoted it a bit . |
| 30 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |