Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] [verb] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Jesus Christ , Mick , what does Mills Roberts want to see me about ? ’
2 Advice from England No 2 Lawrie McMenemy has helped me survive my first crisis as a manager .
3 Miss Macdonald had done me proud .
4 Today Edgar Linton has asked me to marry him , and I gave him an answer .
5 Mr Jaggers told me Miss Havisham wished to see me on business , so I said I would go the next day .
6 ‘ If Miss Havisham wishes to see me , ’ answered Mr Pumblechook , a little confused .
7 ‘ Now Bobby Gould has given me this new contract .
8 My preference is for the bigger man yet Andy Robinson has given me more difficult games that any other opponent .
9 Tried working through the Alekhine Paz had given me , but even chess filled me with disgust .
10 After reading of Helen Wright 's good fortune in September Amicus Ivan McNeill wrote to tell me of his luck in winning a three day family trip to Euro Disney in a free draw organised at his local Esso petrol station in Ballymena , County Antrim .
11 Miss Cress came to see me . ’
12 At an earlier meeting , Bobby Lawrence had asked me for my initial reaction to the management buying the company .
13 Below , on the terrace , Marie Claire had heard me open the windows .
14 But I am mindful in the midst of my own troubles ma'am that you are not in good health for Miss Blagden has told me so and I am sorry to hear it and to think of you unable to leave your room and I am sorry too that the Rome winter does not prove as gentle as you had hoped .
15 The wind resistant Tactel and Ebyl Thermovelours fleece helped keep me snug and warm on the few chilly days we 've had this summer .
16 Dr Allott has promised me I will . ’
17 Dr Kenneth has warned me I wo n't be able to go out until the spring .
18 The one person who should have been with her was absent , having ( as Aunt Nessy had told me some years before in bewilderment , and with a valiantly suppressed trembling of the lip ) written to say that she never wanted to see her again .
19 Yeah she said Aunt Jean tried to get me to work , but no !
20 Dr Markham did take me , but he was the obvious person to do so , especially as he works there . ’
21 As we ate , Dr Jaffery promised to give me a ring the following morning to confirm that the festival was going to be celebrated .
22 I 'm a second-year witch at the school , and this beastly girl called Ethel Hallow has changed me into a frog and I was — ’
23 But Mansell , who has clashed verbally and physically with the triple champion said : ‘ My boss Frank Williams has told me he ca n't stop people like Ayrton phoning him or coming to his room .
24 ‘ My suspicions were confirmed when Dr Kingdom stopped giving me material for Heather 's file .
25 One night during our charter , when we had been sipping whisky under the stars , Senator Crowninshield had told me that no fat man could ever again become President of the United States .
26 After they had shaken hands , he said : ‘ Dr Watson has told me everything , Mrs Lyons .
27 Simon Murison-Bowie has asked me to write to you to let you know the current situation regarding the Wonderworld artwork .
28 Paternas Bajamunde had welcomed me warmly .
29 ‘ Lima is now an Andean city , ’ Washington Delgado had told me , ‘ overcrowded with landless campesinos . ’
30 MAUD Smyth has asked me to thank the Rev Grindle and all who helped to make the memorial service for her brother Thomas , who had died in Canada , so beautiful and moving .
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