Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [art] " 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 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
13 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
14 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
15 | Mr Hobbs gave her back her teeth and she shot me a desperate little smile . |
16 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
17 | 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 ! |
18 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
19 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
20 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
21 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
22 | 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 |
23 | 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 . |
24 | It would be easier to work out the story of the Jingoes if we knew what the beginning was . |
25 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . |
28 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
29 | 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 . ’ |
30 | 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 . |