Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In I gave the book to him or I gave him the book , him would normally be considered thematic in FSP theory . |
| 2 | William was just five months 11 days old at the start ; he had already sailed over 1,500 miles , was the contented centre of attention and was still fresh from triumph in the fancy dress competition , where he earned himself the prize of a furry whale for his appearance as a white mouse . |
| 3 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 4 | But although I asked myself the question , I knew the answer . |
| 5 | The famous sequence when the helicopters gather in the sky before the great attack has music with it — very familiar music ! — but , do you know , I was so gripped by the power of Coppola 's image , the helicopters , the music , that it was n't until many , many hours afterwards that I realized what the music was he had been using . |
| 6 | I happened to have with me the journal of Dorothy Wordsworth on my trip to the Dales as I had forgotten to return it to the public library , and you have my word that I dropped it the instant I was made aware that they were harbouring a drug addict . |
| 7 | He was the goalkeeper for Manchester United and I joked later that I threw him the bag of money and he dropped it ! |
| 8 | After drawing a blank on Rhodes , I had to write something that justified my travelling expenses , so I made you the villain of the piece . |
| 9 | What a relief it was when a couple of hundred other leeds supporters started going crazy , so I thought what the hell and joined in . |
| 10 | I went around being nice to children for a while , being a sort of modern Pied Piper , but I learnt that they 're a manipulative lot and crazy for money , literally crazy for it , so I gave them the elbow . |
| 11 | But Mary was out so I gave him the letter and began to tell him about the trouble at home . |
| 12 | It was when Lizzy was sipping her cider that she realised what the man with the leather jacket was doing . |
| 13 | ‘ So you gave him the key . |
| 14 | Once you knew what the routine was , it was much easier to fit in . |
| 15 | Then later , couple of months later when we found that list checked that we understood what the list meant and we presented that list to our church meeting . |
| 16 | And it was n't until we started analysing for zinc that we realized what the problem was . |
| 17 | He looked like a wild thing so we called him the Yeti . |
| 18 | Yes Chairman , of the hundred and sixty thousand plus cost , erm , part of the contribution by the major servicing committee , and I understand that they advised me the balance has been made from local contributions , and charitable sources . |
| 19 | Is he aware that they posed me the question , ’ Is anybody in the Government prepared to stand up and fight to defend the coal industry ? ’ |
| 20 | But anyway we , they must have been so impressed by the , the order that they got , that they gave us the agency for Galashiels and Selkirk for the Austin . |
| 21 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 22 | Another experience was when he was praying before the crucifix in San Damiano and it seemed to him that it gave him the message , " Build my church " , which he immediately interpreted quite literally as , " Save this church from crumbling into ruins " . |
| 23 | The loss should not fall on the totally innocent taxpayer whose only fault is that it paid what the legislature improperly said was due . |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Now that you know that it 's Luke , that he sent you the letter , what are you going to do ? ’ |
| 25 | I was n't sure if this was a reproach that he deserted her the rest of the year . |
| 26 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 27 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 28 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 29 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , as usual , except- ’ She stopped and she turned to look at him , but she could n't make out his face in the darkness of the wood , so it gave her the courage to say , ‘ I 'm worried , Charlie . |