Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] i [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 3 | 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | And he sent me a lovely Mother 's Day card |
| 8 | And he brought me an American train , complete with a cowcatcher and a figure-eight track . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . |
| 10 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 11 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 12 | And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard . |
| 13 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 17 | And he gave me a little master glass in cinema acting which I 've never forgotten |
| 18 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 19 | Finally , he declared low ; I declared both ways ; and he showed me a concealed three . |
| 20 | I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’ |
| 21 | " What if he asks me a direct question ? " |
| 22 | I was certain he did n't know I was following him , but he led me a pretty dance almost as if he was trying to lose me . |
| 23 | One eveing I dared to stretch out my hand to his plate , but he struck me a sharp blow over the back of my fingers . |
| 24 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 25 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 26 | ‘ But he sees me the other way — he spoke of another photograph — he was telling me that … ’ |
| 27 | I may have made an unconscious movement towards him because he gave me a last malevolent grin and disappeared into the crowd . |
| 28 | I remember him taking me for a drive in his car when he told me the joyful news about his forthcoming marriage to Rosemary and feeling so happy that he was going to be happy . |
| 29 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 30 | So I was not surprised when he rang me a few weeks later to say that Dorothy was in hospital . |