Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] [pron] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My thanks also to Sandra Burslem and Sue Thorne who kindly lent me their word processor . |
| 2 | ‘ One of the bosses lent me his Jaguar Sovereign XJ6 for a week when my car broke down , ’ said Pete . |
| 3 | I had n't been in your shop two minutes before she asked me my birth date and told me her hobby is astrology . ’ |
| 4 | The barman passed me my Jim Beam . |
| 5 | ‘ I told him your cover story and he swallowed it quite happily . |
| 6 | I told him my Vanessa story and he told me his and we 'd both heard them before ! |
| 7 | In the recent What Personal Computer reader survey we asked you what computer equipment you wanted to buy . |
| 8 | She handed me her powder compact , lipstick , and a comb . |
| 9 | At the end of the conversation , my lovely daughter handed me her tooth money and said : ‘ It 'll be all right , Mummy . |
| 10 | The staff in Peter Robinson 's knew her , and in case they queried the propriety of her being there alone , she showed them her wedding ring and told them she was married . |
| 11 | I showed them my birth certificate , but they still did n't believe me . |
| 12 | An urchin showed her which tenement house was his . |
| 13 | She handed him his dressing gown and then knelt to add some coal on the fire . |
| 14 | She handed him his denim jacket and swung her legs out of the car . |
| 15 | Damian walked back to her , handed her her brandy glass . |
| 16 | He handed her his breast pocket handkerchief and studied her carefully as she dabbed her eyes . |
| 17 | Getting out of bed , he shrugged into a bathrobe and handed her his silk dressing-gown . |
| 18 | Her heart went out to him , and she showed him her anemone arrangement and asked him if he liked it . |
| 19 | Part of the lease Arthur signed guaranteed him his brewing water free of tax or pipe money , and in this regard he had a long standing feud with the city authorities which lasted over twenty years . |
| 20 | He who was the effective prince of Wales spoke easily of ‘ the prince ’ , and never grudged him his courtesy title . |
| 21 | And got him his beer money for Christmas . |
| 22 | One of those held spellbound was the fairground owner , the Great Flaherty himself , who 'd lured her away from her Wall of Death rider and made her his child bride and business partner . |
| 23 | I lent him my air rifle and aimed it out the window and there was this car going by and he went and he smashed the back windscreen I was saying , You fucking dick . |
| 24 | On his first visit to Washington in September , the Second Channel demonstrated his piety by asking for a rug to pray on on the Friday evening ; Craig Coy , wonderingly , lent him his gym towel . |
| 25 | Sir Hugh Hastings of Fenwick seems to have been primarily Northumberland 's man , but his land in south Yorkshire had brought him into contact with Gloucester as early as 1471 , when the duke made him his deputy steward of Snaith , and to judge by his choice of feoffees Hastings maintained links with the duke 's circle . |
| 26 | Sir Hugh Hastings of Fenwick seems to have been primarily Northumberland 's man , but his land in south Yorkshire had brought him into contact with Gloucester as early as 1471 , when the duke made him his deputy steward of Snaith , and to judge by his choice of feoffees Hastings maintained links with the duke 's circle . |
| 27 | In 1552 Sir William Parr , Marquess of Northampton [ q.v. ] , appointed him his provost marshal in Surrey , praising his ‘ wisdom , modesty and circumspection ’ . |
| 28 | The kindly old chap who gave up his seat for me brought me my pint saying ‘ Drink this mate , you 'll feel better when tha 's supped that . ’ |
| 29 | Another lady who asked not to be named sent me her measurement sheet as well as the completed questionnaire . |
| 30 | Then she brought him her account book , which she had kept faithfully from the first day of opening her house , and showed him the state of things . |