Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If you would like me to forgive you the other half of your great debt , then fire the kiln tomorrow morning , well before dawn . |
2 | Then he called for the caskets of gold in which was the balsam and the myrrh which the Soldan of Persia had sent him ; and when these were put before him he bade them bring him the golden cup , of which he was wont to drink ; and he took of that balsam and of that myrrh as much as a little spoon-full , and mingled it in the cup with rose-water and drank of it ; and for the seven days which he lived he neither ate nor drank aught else than a little of that myrrh and balsam mingled with water . |
3 | ‘ Everyone thinks it a great idea , ’ Mrs Bean said happily . |
4 | He instructed me to meet him the next day at the Turkman Gate , soon after dawn . |
5 | Everyone writes it a little bit differently , with a personality all his own . |
6 | ‘ Will I make you a hot drink ? ’ he suggested . |
7 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
8 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
9 | This what I asked you the other week . |
10 | Someone passed her a fresh joint and she took a deep drag , feeling the smoke burn her throat . |
11 | Then I made him a little tent to sleep in , but for a few weeks I always took my gun to bed with me . |
12 | God knows why — I made him the same way I made the rest of you — but there it is . |
13 | You know given that life is as it is are you okay and he said yes so I went round the gardens and I came back to him and I had a friend coming for lunch and I thought this is ridiculous , I 'm going to have something to drink and I 'm going to have a meal so I made him an enormous great wad of cheese sandwiches and some apples and a piece of cake and some biscuits and a cup of tea and I went downstairs with the milk and the sugar and cup of tea and all this stuff and I went into the gardens and this poor child he looked very defensively a second time and I said well I thought you might like some breakfast and I wrapped the second lot up so if you 've nothing later on , why not put it in your pocket and eat later in the day and I did n't know whether you took milk or sugar , so I thought I 'd better just ask you and do you know I thought he was going to cry . |
14 | well any way look , if I made you a thin bit of steel straight across the centre like that |
15 | Yeah , I mean I The important thing is I think the children do recognize the differences , not that they do n't notice the differences , because they 're Like you say they 're capable of using the other if it if it suits them . |
16 | Sheridan Lorrimore , who was sitting at a table apart from his parents , demanded I bring him a double Scotch at once . |
17 | Well I actually rang them up to say , why why are you taking my wages into consideration , I did n't break up this marriage , I met him a long time afterwards an I was told by a C S A agent or clerk or whatever , that my wedding was nonessential spending . |
18 | ‘ I 've known Francisco for years — I met him the first year I came here , when Monte Samana was brand new . ’ |
19 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
20 | Yes , I make it the other |
21 | I make it the same size okay ? |
22 | I make you a good lasagne . ’ |
23 | Oh I got her a lovely cute little teddy . |
24 | I got you a wee ball of your wool for your mittens . |
25 | ‘ I got it a little wrong , ’ says Eva . |
26 | So I found him a small house called Kirk o'Field , outside Edinburgh . |
27 | Actually , I found him a pleasant companion . |
28 | I found him a fascinating , knowledgeable and eclectic artist , someone who thinks deeply about his work and is not content simply to record the bare facts of the world in front of him . |
29 | At first I found him a difficult subject to interview because , to paraphrase Donne , when he had done he had not done , he still had more ; and I had to learn to give him at least five seconds , grace before moving on , because his afterthoughts were often gems . |
30 | I found him a clean scarf to hold over his face . |