Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 2 | One gave her a gold ring and one gave her a little dog . |
| 3 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 4 | Fortunately , it was easy to make a decision as Wayne Shelford was already at the club and he gave me an insight into what it was all about and what to expect . ’ |
| 5 | Willie tapped Zach 's shoulder but he had already read his mind and he handed him a couple . |
| 6 | working on the stage musicals then were n't er if you 'd not had your tea and you brought something the commissar would eat them . |
| 7 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 8 | This new venture seems to hold great promise for the future and we wish them every success . |
| 9 | The car of the future and they call it the ’ Urbanizer . ’ |
| 10 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 11 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |
| 12 | You get in your car and you start it every morning , you run around and come back , you start it again . |
| 13 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 14 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 15 | David Walton , 40 , who received the aircraft today from Air Commodore David Hurrell , said : ‘ The likelihood of the aircraft taking to the sky again is fairly remote but it will be preserved in its current condition and who knows what the long term future holds . |
| 16 | And then when the sc , we had a look at the script and we changed it a little bit , and then we all went , they were cutting out words , so we were doing , the first few all three ways , and we 'd look and say , okay , so it was a scrambled mess as we all looked through for three words and ended up with , and I got down on the floor , so we knew where we were . |
| 17 | Now correlation , in a similar way , measures something similar to association but it gives you a bit more detail . |
| 18 | I gather this is normal practice but I find it a little unreasonable . |
| 19 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 20 | On tonight 's match , Cooper said : ‘ There 's a lot at stake and it gives us the opportunity to put things right . ’ |
| 21 | They went over all , while they were doing this work and he gave us a sheet last week , we were doing all the questions this week and he went over all the questions with us ! |
| 22 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
| 23 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 24 | We stroll arm in arm to the nearest pub and I buy him a freedom drink and lunch ; a pint of stout and a Ploughman 's . |
| 25 | Two more of the nave lights had been switched on but the church was still dim compared with the harsh glare of the arc lights trained on the scene and it took him a minute to locate Father Barnes , a dark shape at the end of the first row of chairs under the pulpit . |
| 26 | Well I 'll never forget when we were younger , we had erm some Americans living across the road and they invited us er somehow I was in the kitchen , they were going to give me lunch and she gave me the most enormous |
| 27 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 28 | Well run councils will flourish as a result of this settlement and I offer them every encouragement to do so . |
| 29 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 30 | Erm the blacksmith and we give them a horseshoe nail . |