Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 31 | Eventually he persuaded me to give him the name and address of my parents . |
| 32 | In that last summer before he died I read him the whole of Proust … |
| 33 | At least he knew I told him the truth . |
| 34 | No , it took she gave me the Times . |
| 35 | ‘ I persuaded him to sell me the rights to manufacture the Seven and I took over everything except the Lotus name . ’ |
| 36 | Your only hope is to find Madame V — and pray the letter Beatrix sent her contains what the kidnappers want . ’ |
| 37 | On Joe 's previous leave he had noticed how quiet and unhappy she seemed , and persuaded her to tell him the reason . |
| 38 | If the racket came right I felt it gave him the confidence to go for the shots . |
| 39 | The battles in Russia , Africa and Normandy became mere words , to be heard punctually from the loudspeaker at three or four o'clock , from the English news-reader if German security was sufficiently relaxed , or from anybody who thought he knew what the next allotment of words was going to be about . |
| 40 | He thought he knew who the tall young man might be . |
| 41 | Did I tell you the name They 're place is called , oh there , there was er couple of weeks ago , they had a strip show |
| 42 | did I bring you the second of that stupid one down ? |
| 43 | Did I give you the pools money ? |
| 44 | Now you 've got the vouchers , did I give you the vouchers ? |
| 45 | ‘ Well , well , ’ she says ( charmingly ) , ‘ you do have such an interesting point of view — by the way , did I show you the begonias ? |
| 46 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 47 | So , did you give him the number ? |
| 48 | Did you give him the milk ? |
| 49 | ‘ Did you give them the night off ? ’ |
| 50 | ‘ Why did you give me the map ? ’ |
| 51 | ‘ Why did you give me the impression that you were one of my father 's employees ? ’ she questioned without preamble . |
| 52 | All right erm did you give me the sixty minute or ninety minute do you know ? |
| 53 | Did you show you the bit where there 's the hanging pots ? |
| 54 | If you were unwilling to forward my small gift , why did you send me the gentleman 's name and address ? |
| 55 | Why did you call them the tramp ship ? |
| 56 | ‘ Did you know who the prospective owner was , ’ asked the Captain , ‘ when you discussed these plans ? ’ |
| 57 | What did she care what the Princesse thought , as long as she helped her . |
| 58 | when Mummy and Daddy went to Edinburgh last week , what two did we buy you the tyrannosaurus and the stegosaurus ? |
| 59 | He remembered her ripping it the day she 'd taken him to see the hens for the first time . |
| 60 | He rose , paced about the little room , stared at the oak bureau , remembered it in his old room , in the nursery ; it had come here with Matey — he remembered her showing him the secret drawer it held , quite capacious , and unthinkingly worked the mechanism which opened it — |