Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lowell had heard them a few times before on the Sundays when life was normal and they were just background music at the commencement of an ordinary day . |
| 2 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 3 | It has become a familiar complaint of managers this season , dissatisfied that the ‘ brave new world ’ of the Premier League merely offers them the same problems as the old . |
| 4 | Our parents live some distance away , she only gets to see them every few weeks , but I 'm close to hand , I 'm here to listen . |
| 5 | My father did in fact sneak up to see me a few days later . |
| 6 | They always bring them the same day so there 's not much point in looking anywhere else . |
| 7 | Simultaneously mythic and painstakingly real ( ‘ the giant Exxon sign/That brings this fair city light ’ ) , his cityscape was inhabited by characters whose lives were condensed into their names , a few gestures or scraps of dialogue ( ‘ Hey , Eddie , can you lend me a few bucks … |
| 8 | Three , six , nine twelve , can you lend me a few fingers ? |
| 9 | I would be glad if Miss Marsden could spare me a few moments . ’ |
| 10 | When the maid woke her she sat up in bed and said , ‘ Ask Sir Stephen if he can spare me a few minutes . ’ |
| 11 | I would be most grateful if you could spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm sure you can spare me a few moments of your time . ’ |
| 13 | Could you possibly spare me a few moments in private ? |
| 14 | You could make them the same overall diameter , you could even get the tensions to be the same , but when you play those strings they 're going to feel completely different because a string with a thin core and a heavy wrap is going to move more freely than one with a heavy core and a thin wrap . |
| 15 | As a lowly , poorly paid teacher and a member of Mensa , I wonder if RUNNING could put me in touch with sponsors and promoters who might make me a few million pounds over the next couple of years , even though I 'm not Canadian . |
| 16 | They should then be plugged into their holders , handling them no more than is really necessary , and avoiding any obvious sources of static electricity . |
| 17 | He might be my best friend but he will treat me the same as any other player and will only pick me for a Test if I am bowling well . |
| 18 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
| 19 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 20 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
| 21 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 22 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 23 | Because obviously if you had one particular factory on the tideway and another producing an identical product and identical effluent in one of the tributaries , you could n't treat them the same because they 're patently different cases . ’ |
| 24 | Conchis led me a little way to a deep fissure between two boulders , and there suspended a piece of white cloth on the end of a line . |
| 25 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 26 | Well they say the more you pick them the more they come is n't it ? |
| 27 | ‘ I want more than your body , ’ he said quietly , ‘ though lord knows it 's given me a few sleepless nights ! |
| 28 | He 's given me a few jokes but only ones he used a long time ago ! ’ |
| 29 | Now you 've given me the same answer for two different inputs , but that 's okay . |
| 30 | No , you make them the same as us ! |