Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 John Morrissey put the home team ahead after eight minutes from a Kenny Irons pass and John Aldridge made it 2-0 eight minutes later after Irons rattled the bar .
2 Looking at it , Nutty realized you could use the Smiths ' bath without the Smiths knowing .
3 Alison met him in the same bar .
4 Charley asked him .
5 But perhaps a pink Cadillac and James Dean to drive you away are the most desirable extras .
6 Ghosts did n't have to be stupid and scary like in stories Mrs Mills read them .
7 Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand .
8 Devlin clapped him on the shoulder .
9 Colin asked her .
10 ‘ It is n't like that , ’ he began , but Ben interrupted him , a sharp edge to his voice .
11 For instance , when Oliver Reed made his now famous appearance with slightly more than a little Dutch courage inside him , he suddenly took it into his head that he wanted to sing .
12 One day Mr Brownlow asked him to come to his study for a little talk .
13 ‘ My name is Miriam Levy , ’ she said , her strong voice belying her embarrassment , but before she could continue Karlinsky interrupted her .
14 The thought of having anything in common with William horrified him .
15 Rowland sold it on to Murdoch .
16 Mary Pat Kelly met him first in the mop room of the convent where she was studying to be a nun .
17 Till the Union made them acquainted with English manners , the culture of their lands was unskilful , and their domestic life unformed ; their tables were coarse as the feasts of Eskimeaux , and their houses as filthy as the cottages of Hottentots . ’
18 Harvey passed me two New York numbers on the Hanover exchange .
19 Hirst admitted he was slightly disturbed by the bid at the time , but now says : ‘ The fact that we 're playing Manchester United means nothing special to me , nothing at all .
20 Houghton asked her to instruct Gregson to call him as soon as he could .
21 WADE DOOLEY has written to Stoke demanding they retract comments made by spokesman Tom Maskery amid accusations of violent play made against him .
22 Had Anna and Stephan led them in ?
23 The Nobel had afforded only a temporary alleviation of this condition : indeed , the abbreviated stay in Princeton , the rush back to England , and the trip to Stockholm made him feel worse rather than better .
24 He took charge of his third club in almost as many months after Alex Ferguson recommended him to St Mirren .
25 This hatred of Lloyd George on the part of both Baldwin and MacDonald made it very difficult for the Conservative or Labour Parties to contemplate either coalition with the Liberals , or even a tacit understanding with them to sustain a minority government ; and the politics of the 1920s can not therefore be understood without appreciating the widespread antagonism both to coalition and to Lloyd George personally .
26 After he had told this tale at the hearings , Representative Tom Foley asked him : ‘ Those were not normal public actions , were they ? ’
27 William realised he would have to handle the unloading alone if the van did not arrive in the next few minutes .
28 gave it to Tim and Tim holded it in the right he put it on the floor and Ian pricked him .
29 The other major discovery that Magnus made he called the ‘ righting reflex ’ .
30 But the lingering memory of the ghostly horse and a nervousness which could n't be denied at the thought of meeting the Danbys made her feel more than a little awkward .
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