Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 2 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 3 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
| 4 | The woman at the door raised weary , gold-lidded eyes and gave her an anonymous welcoming smile . |
| 5 | I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look . |
| 6 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 7 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 8 | Buddie had been very angry , but everyone else had laughed at Frankie and called him a snivelling cissy . |
| 9 | He ripped open one of the little silver foil packets and handed her the lubricated ring of rubber . |
| 10 | And thus I was brought , by the gracious providence of God , to that place which had the chiefest of my labours and yielded me the greatest fruits of comfort . ’ |
| 11 | They shared a commiserating smile , and Mick put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a friendly hug . |
| 12 | He shrugged his broad shoulders and gave her a warm smile . |
| 13 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 14 | I think it 's about time we actually put that word back into the dictionary and made it a good word to have . |
| 15 | She cocked her head on one side and gave me a long scrutiny , almost as though she had never seen me before . |
| 16 | Just as we were about to leave , Frank Dick called me to one side and gave me a blistering reprimand . |
| 17 | In one act at the exhibition hangar gave NAM ‘ back ’ its workshop , enabling the restoration of Anson C.19 VL348 to come on apace ; it allowed several of their exhibits the luxury of a controlled environment ; gave the Museum an ‘ all weather ’ visitor capability and made them a suitable location for the RAF Museum to loan them their Airspeed Oxford and North American Harvard — see the August issue . |
| 18 | Some grain of self-preserving sense must have penetrated Rickie 's skull , for he suddenly dropped on to his heels and offered me a placatory grin . |
| 19 | Eventually I fell on my knees and called him a fucking bastard , and he just laughed . |
| 20 | As their eyes met , Yanto sensed a spart of recognition and gave her a broad smile to help her recollect . |
| 21 | He looked back at Kim and gave him a small bow . |
| 22 | Then he went to his improvised bar and poured her a stiff whisky . |
| 23 | The robot finished its work and showed me a little animal . |
| 24 | Thacker put his hands back in his pockets and gave her a pitying look . |
| 25 | She did , however , slip next door to May and gave her a rough sketch of what had happened , right up to the Syrup of Figs . |
| 26 | Vietnam was left to decide its own fate , and in 1975 , North Vietnam took over the South and declared it a Communist state , causing thousands to flee from the South as boat people refugees . |
| 27 | On Friday at school he passed Nutty in the corridor and gave her a fierce stare to remind her about their appointment and she said , ‘ I have n't forgotten , ’ in an aggrieved voice . |
| 28 | I hired a karaoke machine , went down the pub and gave 'em a few numbers ; ‘ Girl From Ipanema ’ , ‘ I Write The Songs ’ . |
| 29 | The retort earned a laugh and gave me a split second to stop my heart from racing . |
| 30 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |