Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You could dye them the same colour , ’ said Betty . |
| 2 | Went to see them the other week |
| 3 | She came to see me the first night I was home , and we sat on the verandah , rather tongue-tied after such a long time , saying stupid things like : " Did you have a good trip ? " |
| 4 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 5 | I had someone come to see me the other week from the R S P C A because they said this cat was held forty foot in the air |
| 6 | They always bring them the same day so there 's not much point in looking anywhere else . |
| 7 | He sees the deviant group as creating its own circumstances to the extent that it makes meaningful the societal reactions to it , or better generates meaning for itself in a world whose societal reactions deny them the full status of persons . |
| 8 | On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day . |
| 9 | The assurance with which Gothic schemes were presented made them the obvious alternative to Second Empire , but large secular Gothic buildings of this type were an unknown quantity . |
| 10 | ‘ I think Chelsea offers me the greater chance of winning something than if I 'd stayed at Carrow Road . |
| 11 | Plus , of course , he admitted to himself wryly , the fact that the hours and the work do n't make me the ideal boy-friend , let alone husband . |
| 12 | My grandson asked me the other morning , when was I gon na die ? |
| 13 | It was De Gaulle who asked me the dumb question in the van-his condescension brought him down to what he imagined was my level . |
| 14 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 15 | When we got into the studio , I got Gibson to send a few guitars down for a try-out and I ended up using them the whole way through the album . |
| 16 | Bring me the bloody cheese grater in the ! |
| 17 | bring me the drowsy country thing ! |
| 18 | Bring me the little book , that might have it as well . |
| 19 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 20 | Be having another now cos he read them the other day . |
| 21 | Fate , thought Charlotte , gazing innocently back into his admiring , devoted , humiliated and furious face , has certainly given me the upper hand of you , my boy ! |
| 22 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 23 | Because he 's given me the greatest gift of friendship . |
| 24 | With horror I suddenly recognized one of them — it was the man in our village pub who had given me the two pound notes ! and strangely enough , during the journey I heard the prisoners talking about it . |
| 25 | Thanks very much Mark , you 've given me the hardest part . |
| 26 | I waved at the receptionist , who had obviously forgotten about me , as I left , saying : ‘ Sorry , the despatcher 's given me the wrong street . ’ |
| 27 | Now you 've given me the same answer for two different inputs , but that 's okay . |
| 28 | I 've been using RapidCad for a month or so and It 's not given me the slightest problem . |
| 29 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 30 | they 'd take a piece with them and that was all they had to sustain them the whole day . |