Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An estimated 3,000 delegates from one faction claiming to represent the opposition Forum for the Restoration of Democracy ( FORD ) gathered in Nairobi on Sept. 4 and unanimously elected Jaramogi Oginga Odinga as FORD chairman and designated him the party 's presidential candidate . |
| 2 | Meredith asked , and lent him a handkerchief . |
| 3 | Just four years after Charles 's death , Archbishop Hincmar of Rheims , who had been an important political figure throughout Charles 's reign ( though not consistently close to him ) , wrote a treatise , The Government of the Palace , for the young King Carloman , Charles 's grandson , and lent it an air of authority by claiming to incorporate the work of Abbot Adalard of Corbie , who had died nearly sixty years before . |
| 4 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 5 | A civilian came up to the mousy man and asked him a question . |
| 6 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
| 7 | Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm . |
| 8 | Kenneth adores him and commandeered him the moment he arrived , allowing me to join them on a walk after yet another edible meal ( any more of this clever cooking and you 'll ruin your reputation ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’ |
| 10 | He is also the epitome of the New Man , and has been known to leave his office to arrive home in time to bath his daughter , Mary-Claire , and read her a story before bed . |
| 11 | I felt very proud of her and read her the letter . |
| 12 | He had let the dealer from Hadleigh come , a man called Evans or Owens , one of those Welsh names , and sold him a brass lantern and two little carved tables and the sherry glasses . |
| 13 | Managed to let him know about our Social and sold him a book of Christmas Draw tickets . |
| 14 | I called on the editor and sold him the idea that I should write the feature on my province ‘ Saskatchewan ’ , which I did , thus earning $30. towards the expenses of my Vancouver holiday . |
| 15 | In Pitham & Hehl ( 1976 ) 65 Cr App R 45 , a person took the two defendants to his friend 's house and sold them the furniture of his friend who was in prison . |
| 16 | Later , when other countries wanted to make their own cloth from jute , the workers of Dundee made and sold them the textile machinery . |
| 17 | The face disappeared from the pay booth and appeared again in front of us and sold us a packet of sweets . |
| 18 | She said goodbye to Jenny at the garage and made her a parting present of the Brownie Annual , which left Jenny almost speechless with delight . |
| 19 | The appearance of her ‘ rival ’ so encouraged Penelope that it was as if Rupert himself had come out of his house and made her a declaration of love . |
| 20 | Then he bathed her eyes and made her a cup of tea . |
| 21 | Often she did n't get up in the mornings , lying in bed while Emmie got breakfast and made her a cup of tea . |
| 22 | The war marked Japan 's acquisition of her first colonies , and made her a force to be reckoned with in East Asian affairs . |
| 23 | When I moved to secondary school , the PE master used to encourage me in my running and , when he saw I had some potential , he took me down the North London AC and made me a member there so I could train a couple of times a week . |
| 24 | The Royal Geographical Society approved my plans and made me a grant , as did the Percy Sladen Trust of the Linnean Society . |
| 25 | ‘ Colin Todd told me centre half was my position , but he listened to the crowd and made me a scapegoat after a Cup defeat at Aston Villa . |
| 26 | She came and made me a ham sandwich and the maid just look at her to eat it now . |
| 27 | He summoned Morgan back to England in disgrace , and made him a knight . |
| 28 | His uncle had entered him as a subscriber onto the Royal Exchange , Manchester , and made him a partner . |
| 29 | Mr McTavish , studying Nails closely , thought the boy was ill and took him into the kitchen and made him a cup of tea . |
| 30 | And the man to do that was John Bloomm , whose Rolls Razor company brought automated washing within the reach of ordinary people and made him a tycoon worth millions . |