Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pron] [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One gave her a gold ring and one gave her a little dog . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | Willie tapped Zach 's shoulder but he had already read his mind and he handed him a couple . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 12 | 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 ! |
| 13 | Like all the members of staff , Miss Smith was dedicated to her work and she gave us a fine start in life . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 19 | At the door he turned and gave me a last despairing look and I saw him no more . |
| 20 | I , I can remember all the activity and er when it was erected there was a fella from the First World War , he lost a leg in the war and he was in charge of the billiards room and the tables , when they built the club itself the front part used to be devoted to card games and then they installed a billiards hall and the tables and as I say a chap named he used to live in Street , but he was , a lost a leg during the war and they found him the job of looking after the tables and marking |
| 21 | He was a gentleman doing his job and I bore him no malice . |
| 22 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 23 | And I said I said so I told her the registration and she gave me the room number but she said . |
| 24 | That gained her immediate attention and she gave him a shocked look . |
| 25 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
| 26 | So we asked council if they could get us a place and they offered us a flat at first over the other side , I do n't know what walk it was on , and they says , You can stay there until we get an house for you . |
| 27 | But one feels now that the man who stood on the soapbox and who made himself a target for eggs is ready for it . |
| 28 | Okay I actually went to a Beaujolais Nouveau evening the other evening and someone offered me a glass I said , Do n't be so bloody insulting who do you think I am . |
| 29 | A small boy gave her his wooden sword and she brandished it the way he had shown her . |
| 30 | Jenna 's cheeks flushed with embarrassment and he slanted her a look of dark-eyed amusement . |