Example sentences of "[adv] he [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he gave her a rueful grin . |
| 2 | MARTIN LYNCH ( Cool Ground ) : ‘ Basically he gave me a great ride . |
| 3 | So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral . |
| 4 | And the longer he held her the weaker she felt . |
| 5 | There was a cruel smile on his mouth as once more he gave her a comprehensive survey . |
| 6 | Two days later he granted me a private audience , a remarkable consideration during those eventful days to his youngest and least important guest . |
| 7 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 8 | Not only was he engaged in his publishing work , his meetings of the Moot and the Chandos Group , and his visits to Oxford for the Christian News Letter , but also he set himself a punishing schedule of conferences , talks and lectures ; in the first week of January 1941 , for example , there were six full days of such conferences . |
| 9 | Well he gave you a hundred . |
| 10 | ‘ A week ago he sold me a second-hand car that he said was almost new . |
| 11 | Nowadays he teaches them the cowardly art of aggressive selling to the elderly and disabled . |
| 12 | For several moments he made no reply , then he sent her an enquiring glance as he said , ‘ May I ask a favour ? ’ |
| 13 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 14 | That you have a map of an island ; that there 's crosses on the map to show where treasure is ; and that the island is — ’ Then he told us the exact place . |
| 15 | And then he gave her a great , a great big bouquet did n't he ? |
| 16 | The designer 's brows drew together and then he gave her a grudging smile . |
| 17 | He said what a waste of bloody time and then he gave me a five-pound note . " |
| 18 | It was then he gave me the old papers I have read to you . |
| 19 | Doubtless he gave her a good dowry when she married another burgess , John Kempe . |
| 20 | Yet he gives us an authentic account of his epoch and of its medical habits . |
| 21 | England captains must not do things like that , but they had not been able to sack him at the time because of the provocation he had been under ; now that he had stepped out of line again he gave them a heaven-sent opportunity to administer the axe . |
| 22 | Occasionally he found it the tiniest glint of deep blue . |