Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IAN McCANN cruises the mean streets of Kingston to find out what a crap fist they 're making of the great man 's legacy , and to talk to some of those who helped make him the Third World 's finest musical ambassador . |
| 2 | I promised to give it the fifty-one hours , so that 's , let me see , forty-five left . |
| 3 | I tried to ring her the other day as going to a seminar at my solicitors office nearby and had hoped to walk up plus dog , leave Bella for duration of seminar and pick her up again = kill exercise bird with seminar stone as it were . |
| 4 | We tried to make it the best school , and it was an outstanding girls ' school . " |
| 5 | So it was that her charisma and undoubted beauty helped to make her the first lady air correspondent in the world . |
| 6 | She did n't realise that she 'd given me the greatest gift of all . |
| 7 | She approved of my taste and I 'd given her the right amount of money for the red coat which I st ill have n't worn . |
| 8 | Erm now if I 'd given you the same thing and you 'd |
| 9 | As we 're roping up , who should arrive to tie on but the lad who 'd joined me the previous day . |
| 10 | And Jimmy [ Jewel ] came to see him the other day and we walked across the road to the pub . |
| 11 | 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 ? " |
| 12 | He came to see me the other evening . |
| 13 | " David Fairfax came to see you the other day , " Matthew went on . |
| 14 | Somehow she had imagined them both greeting Peter together , wrapped in each other 's arms , confirming what Peter had already imagined when he 'd rung her the other morning . |
| 15 | ‘ You might n't have thought so if you 'd seen them the next day , ’ said Toby . |
| 16 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 17 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 18 | There had been tears in her father 's eyes as he 'd handed her the satin-lined box containing the jewels and Emily , taking it , had felt a constriction in her throat for , with the gift , her father was recognizing she was now a woman . |
| 19 | You 'd travel down to the game on a Saturday , and if you met a Leeds fan at the train station , you could be sure that they were the best mate he 'd ever had , and they 'd tell you all the latest gossip that he 'd told them the last time they were out for a few pints . |
| 20 | When a priest came to give her the Last Rites , she gazed on the crucifix that he held before her eyes and felt her illness leave her . |
| 21 | Jesus , as the Alpha and Omega , the beginning and the end , Jesus , who came to give us the good news , news worth singing about . |
| 22 | I 'd left you the full address , and the telephone number and a fully detailed map . |
| 23 | mm , like every thing else you told me you 'd finished it the other day |
| 24 | Now , they consulted their executive committee , and agreed to give us the free use of an empty office . |
| 25 | Then our dance teacher began to teach us the basic steps . |
| 26 | But this did n't stick , and because his style was as I have said to always sit and wait , and never to make the first move , we began to call him The Older Man ; and then this became just Older , and finally just O. |
| 27 | We had a very good time , & good weather , for the rest of our stay , & I think Richard enjoyed showing us the many attractions of his area as much as we enjoyed seeing them . |
| 28 | Neither could I conceal that although I wrote to my parents once a week ( a school rule ) they scarcely ever wrote to me , and failed to send me the necessary supplies of toothpaste , stockings , etc. , so that I was always having to borrow from other girls ( strictly against the rules ) and getting into trouble as a result . |
| 29 | Zen decided to give him the only answer he had been able to come up with . |
| 30 | ’ There was even some guy in Minnesota or Detroit or somewhere who killed a load of people and they started to call them the Lost Boy Murders , but I did n't take too much notice of it all . |