Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got to hear about this " mad American " who had designed and built himself a magnificent villa in an almost inaccessible spot on the side of the mountain . |
| 2 | You 've come and read me a bed time story when I have n't been very well and I 've been in bed . |
| 3 | Of the two passengers , both women , one had turned and given them a glare , the other pretended nothing was going on . |
| 4 | The original wall survives at the base to a greater degree than we had realised and gives us a substantial footing . |
| 5 | Five minutes later , an Arab in a small blue van stopped and gave me a few kilos of tangerines . |
| 6 | I wished we might have stopped and offered her a lift . |
| 7 | When an old woman on the mountain curtseys to Marco , when a priest takes the boys to the cave where loyalists have gathered and shows them a portrait of the historic Ivor , the story rises to a climax , but not to the final climax . |
| 8 | Notify the press of your efforts to get a conservation area designated and send them a copy of the booklet you have prepared . |
| 9 | Wilson found it hard to believe Mr Landor had ever written poetry , that he had ever been judged a great poet , but Miss Blagden , who had moved into the Casa Guidi for the winter , swore that he had been much admired and gave her a whole list of his published works . |
| 10 | The two sisters were both in their fifties , both ex-nurses , neither ever married ; they 'd taken on the restaurant as a late-life decision when their father had died and left them a shared inheritance . |
| 11 | It is very much appreciated and gives us a competitive advantage . |
| 12 | She invited them to be seated and offered them a drink . |
| 13 | The primary purpose is to express concern for the individual involved and to give them a listening ear . |
| 14 | ‘ You gone and got yourself a posh accent , just like Mrs H herself . ’ |
| 15 | He said but she 'd be considered along with all the others but she ai n't gon na get a job with terminal full time when her contract runs out on May the eighteenth if she does n't get her finger out and get dr driving test passed and buy herself a car . |
| 16 | Er , obviously on a more serious note , er it was very disappointing that we had such a severe er downturn in profitability last year after several years of steadily rising profits , and so what I want to do this morning was tell you a little bit about what happened in the last part of the year , since we met at the time of the interim results presentation last September , tell you the actions that have been taken and give you a little bit of insight as to where we stand at the present time . |
| 17 | And in fact what I did do was erm went and bought her a secondhand wardrobe , took it to her , and she was really pleased because apparently she thought it was a better one than the first one . |
| 18 | Now she saved her animus largely for the council , which seemed unfair , since it had permitted her to buy for almost nothing the house which her mother had rented and given her a grant for improvements . |