Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His father then asked William what he should say to his school-fellows , to which the boy replied , ‘ Tell them to prepare to meet their God ; and tell them I said so ’ ’ |
| 2 | As he passed Garry he pretended to punch him in the arm . |
| 3 | Mr Rose asked Marcus what he thought of when he thought of home . |
| 4 | As she passed Pascoe he pressed play and a voice whispered ‘ … dead . ’ |
| 5 | Announcing his new Cabinet on Nov. 5 , Miyazawa made Watanabe his Foreign Minister , and gave posts to members of the Mitsuzuka faction , although not to Mitsuzuka himself . |
| 6 | When I asked Alison what qualities you need to be a marketing controller she said , ‘ you need to be able to establish immediate empathy with the people you are talking to as you may only have a short time to get the feedback you need . |
| 7 | Rebel Without a Cause had not yet been released , but suddenly every teenager made Dean their idol . |
| 8 | The story about the dinner was a fantasy , but I envied Harvey his welcome just the same . |
| 9 | Breeze soon began to feel better , and asked Chignell what had happened . |
| 10 | Later , I asked Will who he was . |
| 11 | I asked Fleischmann what was known about this and he laughed as he said ‘ Not enough ! ’ |
| 12 | On the outbreak of the civil war the navy rallied to Parliament , which made Warwick its lord high admiral . |
| 13 | " Another cup , Mr Willoughby ? " asked Lucy who , as hostess , was behaving impeccably . |
| 14 | ‘ Where 's Oliver ? ’ asked Linda who had grown as tired of hearing Harbury 's troubles as she was of Marilyn Duxbody 's . |
| 15 | Ri Rita said Ken said it was a Porshe , but when I asked Ken he said he did n't say it was a Porshe , he says I would n't know a Porshe if I 've seen one and I says yeah , that 's what Dave said , ha , ha , ha , cos you said oh Ken do n't know one car from another and , and that 's what he said |
| 16 | Sean passed Wainfleet his change and then Wainfleet dipped a hand into another pocket as he said : ‘ Sha n't whisper a word , not ethical to do so , but , on the other hand … ’ |
| 17 | By the time he met Eleanor he was in a really bad temper . |
| 18 | I asked Dennis his view and I was taken aback . |
| 19 | It was while she was at school/college/work , that she met Steven who was studying/working/travelling . |
| 20 | The Stavka , Russia 's supreme war council , asked Brusilov what he could do to take pressure off the Italians by preventing even more Austrian troops being taken from the Eastern Front to the Trentino . |
| 21 | At last he began to sense that when he entered Lincoln he would keep his end up in spite of the sketchy nature of his post — Pauline preparation for the Oxford Final History Honours School . |
| 22 | Indeed , if I used Tampax I might go hang-gliding this weekend . |
| 23 | It was Isobel who found Edouard his designer of genius , succeeding by chance where his head-hunters , in years of patient searching , had failed . |
| 24 | I promised Marie I would n't go out with Fullblast again . |
| 25 | When the Spanish conquerors entered Mexico they found that a special variety , the fire opal , having a clear orange or yellow body , was held in high esteem by the Aztecs . |
| 26 | He hardly ever tried Linda he wants to see more of that to pay it . |
| 27 | Last time we ‘ phoned Richard he was in the middle of roasting a duck for birthday meal with Roger and Katie ( his ‘ lodger ’ ) . |
| 28 | ‘ But I promised Marie-Christine I 'd be here for her wedding . |
| 29 | Hammer quickly responded when Dave Pappa 's long free-kick found Wright who headed straight into Wilson 's arms . |
| 30 | When they visited Texas he asked why the young men seemed so gloomy when there was so much to be happy about , and in Cambridge he publicly embraced his old friend , Conrad Aiken , moving Aiken almost to tears . |