Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the rebels formed a provisional National Defence Junta a week after the start of the rising , Franco was not a member , although he became one a few weeks later . |
| 2 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 3 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 4 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 5 | An extra bottle of wine and some spare grub and he had himself a harmless court jester whose sallies were guaranteed to shock or amuse . |
| 6 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 7 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 8 | But Lindner said yesterday : ‘ I talked to Doug Laughton this afternoon and he told me a two-year contract was in the mail and everything was fine . ’ |
| 9 | But he was OK and he sent her a big kiss . |
| 10 | And he sent me a lovely Mother 's Day card |
| 11 | His face tightened and he shot her a quick assessing glance . |
| 12 | ‘ I thought he was laughing at me , that he did n't want to see me , but then he stopped me and he made me a little bow , just like a real gentleman , and gave me a present , as if he did care . |
| 13 | The word seemed to be torn from him , laden with reluctant decision , and he flung her a savage look . |
| 14 | Already the young men in Harare have been coming to Arthur , knowing his record in Mount Darwin and sensing a kindred spirit ; and he offers them a better way than stone-throwing and kidnapping tactics . |
| 15 | The main point is this : Flaubert thought democracy merely a stage in the history of government , and he thought it a typical vanity on our part to assume that it represented the finest , proudest way for men to rule one another . |
| 16 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 17 | The engine fired on the fourth kick and he flashed her a victorious smile . |
| 18 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 19 | And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard . |
| 20 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 22 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 23 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 24 | And he gave me a little master glass in cinema acting which I 've never forgotten |
| 25 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 26 | ‘ You walk alongside of me , ’ and he gave him a gentle push into the field , and swung the gate behind him . |
| 27 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 28 | She squeezed his hand underneath the table and he gave her a darting smile in response . |
| 29 | She looked pointedly at the stairs behind him , and he gave her a thorough scrutiny , as though trying to work out exactly what was on her mind . |
| 30 | And he gave her a proper snog . |