Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 2 | ‘ The social worker at the hospital — she was marvellous — she put us in touch with a charity that keeps a list of all these types of Homes and she sent us a list and this one was more or less on our doorstep . |
| 3 | We got erm , got erm she bought me some Maltesers and she bought me a chocolate orange as well . |
| 4 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 5 | Christina climbed the pool steps and he handed her a towel . |
| 6 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 8 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 9 | Fran brought her thoughts back to the moment , forcing a slight , polite smile to her lips as she flicked him a quick sideways glance . |
| 10 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 11 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 12 | Mr Hobbs gave her back her teeth and she shot me a desperate little smile . |
| 13 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 14 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 15 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 16 | He 's worked on the site for 46 years and he knows what a heritage museum would mean to the town . |
| 17 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 18 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 19 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 20 | Well the aye , the quality of the cattle cos it gave you a better grass , better feeding before that you see they bought some clover . |
| 21 | Because it 's a national thing I mean it 's something the company is hoping to go forward with the time it 's a government initiative , if we are offering trainee managers when they join us an , an N V Q and they do n't get it at the end of their training . |
| 22 | And he said well my father is doing today I ca n't do today I 'll do it Friday and I shouted down the stairs but he owes you a day you should n't be going in . |
| 23 | He 's holding James and Richard 's reins while I bring you a bit nearer . |
| 24 | erm er and it involves going to the lab and sitting around for about a couple of hours while they feed you a bit of sugar and then take some blood tests every half hour . |
| 25 | And on the Monday morning my dad rang the doctors and he sent her a prescription and on the Thursday he had to call him out . |
| 26 | Albert Spanswick came from the old school of trade union leaders and I found him a more persuasive advocate for health service workers than Rodney Bickerstaffe . |
| 27 | Maybe we should listen to our friends when they tell us a few home truths . |
| 28 | I was put on the road with Lynyrd Skynyrd when they thought I was getting too big for my DMs , but they were real wild men and I liked them a lot and we got on very well . ’ |
| 29 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
| 30 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |