Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 2 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 3 | I abruptly asked them the same question I had of Benjamin . |
| 4 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 5 | In his absence , I afterwards asked them the same questions , and they were able to explain quite adequately . |
| 6 | ‘ What I ca n't understand is that Helen told me the same thing . |
| 7 | ‘ I told you the same thing . ’ |
| 8 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
| 9 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 10 | Although she was anxious to be able to travel on the underground and in aeroplanes , she felt that the problem which caused her the most inconvenience was her inability to go into any large shop or department store without experiencing extreme panic . |
| 11 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 12 | ‘ She called him the former proprietor . |
| 13 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 14 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
| 15 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
| 16 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
| 17 | He gave me the most trouble by returning more potential Pathfinders than any other CO : hut not only — aircrew he walked about Gransden with a wad of railway warrants in his pocket , and anyone who offended got one on the spot . |
| 18 | I might have returned to match fishing , which never gave me the same enjoyment , even when I won , that a big fish always does , and , I hope , always will . |
| 19 | I wish there was still something to look at which gave me the same feeling . |
| 20 | That gave me the same charge as I remembered when I was a little kid and could memorise every record I had , who the publishing company was , how long the song was and what label it was on . |
| 21 | 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 ? ’ ' |
| 22 | If there was a delay , a ‘ cold trod ’ gave them the same privileges provided the retaliation was completed within six days . |
| 23 | Actually , both garments fitted her very well , and the boater gave her the same kind of perky look it had given Annie . |
| 24 | The rules and routines of the institution made her feel secure and offered her plentiful opportunities to do what gave her the most satisfaction , to comply . |
| 25 | He was then attacked by James , but gave him the same treatment . |
| 26 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 27 | But he could justify this because there were other Scots besides Elder , drawn from the ranks of the leading politicians , who gave him the same message . |
| 28 | After all , the chairman of a transport conglomerate which had tipped hundreds of thousands into party funds would not thank a prime minister who gave him the same reward as a Blackpool entertainer . |
| 29 | Eliot 's vision of the urbane savage was very different from Arnold 's , but gave him the same privileges as his Romantic predecessor . |
| 30 | I gave him the same answer I gave you . ’ |