Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | I ca n't recall who gave me the information . |
| 32 | ‘ You mean you think we lent you the money to start the business ? |
| 33 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 34 | Alexander 's method was brought about by his unique way of thinking which made him the genius that he was . |
| 35 | The arrogance remains which brought us the poll tax , centralisation in Britain and isolation in Europe . |
| 36 | said she phoned me the night before last and she said she 's been looking at flats I thought I 'd just ring you to tell you we 've been looking at flats and they range from two hundred and fifty to four hundred and eighty pounds a week for a flat |
| 37 | He said he told him the story and he said if you could just get back to Greentoft , he says , I would give you the best two cattle out of my byre . |
| 38 | He wished he knew what the time was . |
| 39 | The American admitted sleeping with the woman , but denied he gave her the killer disease . |
| 40 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |
| 41 | BASKETBALL star Magic Johnson is being sued by a woman who claims he gave her the Aids virus . |