Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Royal Geographical Society approved my plans and made me a grant , as did the Percy Sladen Trust of the Linnean Society . |
| 2 | When I met Jean-Claude I found something in his face , his speech and gestures , that alerted my heart and made it a gift to him . |
| 3 | Again they swallowed my story and gave me a year 's conditional discharge . |
| 4 | ‘ Certainly , ’ he said , as if he had never seen me before , took my money and gave me a ticket . |
| 5 | And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Just take these other duties off my shoulders and give me a day a week for the next year to attend a decent training course so that I can master it , and I 'm yours . ’ |
| 7 | I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look . |
| 8 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 9 | Eventually I fell on my knees and called him a fucking bastard , and he just laughed . |
| 10 | I jump to my feet and give her a hug , and she pats my back . |
| 11 | I unzipped the pouch round my waist and gave him the small jar of paint and the sawn-off paintbrush . |
| 12 | I ad-libbed for a few minutes while the re-take was set up and they warmed to me , which boosted my confidence and gave me the edge . |
| 13 | Thank you to the person who arrived unknowingly on my doorstep and gave me a really sympathetic cuddle while I cried for 10 minutes ( ? ) in relief that I had misunderstood the doctor . |
| 14 | Oh how I have longed sometimes to crouch with my head in my rucksack and give myself a squeeze of self-heating steak and kidney pudding , followed by a quick squeeze of hot custard and delicious spotted dick . |
| 15 | Such stories would have made a lasting impression on my father and given him an early interest in Abyssinia . |
| 16 | He read my amusement and gave me a twisted grin . |
| 17 | It is hard to describe the feeling I had as I persuaded her scaly old feet on to my finger and gave her a dose of my very own medicine . |
| 18 | He glanced across the table , saw me smiling , interpreted my thought and gave me a slow ironic blink . |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder if I can send Dick my love and wish him a speedy recovery through Guitarist … ? ’ asked Clem . |
| 20 | ‘ All you 've done , Dr Vaughan , should you be interested , is wreck my self-confidence and give me an inferiority complex about my looks . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What I 'd like to be doing is putting you over my knee and giving you the spanking you heartily deserve , ’ he said grimly . |
| 22 | Will I put you across my knee and give you a wee smack on the arse ! |
| 23 | ‘ Because if you do n't I may be severely tempted to put you over my knee and give you the thrashing you sorely deserve . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Jaysus is n't that great , if you were six years older I 'd take you into Shea 's and put you up on my knee and buy you a gin and it . ’ |
| 25 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 26 | But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work . |
| 27 | So I raised my arm and gave them a very big thumbs-down . |
| 28 | The owner was thrilled at my interest and gave me a guided tour of the premises , he gave his permission for these photographs to be taken and included in our magazine . |
| 29 | Love for another is one of the main derivatives of this awareness of difference ( two bodies in different skins ) and the accompanying gratitude when good things are provided : ‘ I love you because you are my mother and give me the good things I need . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Style , ’ she replied , throwing her long fair hair over her shoulders and flashing him the toothpaste smile again . |