Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twisted herself sideways in frenzy , screaming still and trying to wrench her wrists free and then he moved both her hands to one of his and gave her a light stinging slap across her cheek . |
| 2 | Alan 's ideas were so good that the Creative Director could n't believe they were his and set him a difficult test which had to be carried out in the agency . |
| 3 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 4 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 5 | She raised an eyebrow at me and gave me a wry smile . |
| 6 | He opened up more the love of God to me and gave me a livelier apprehension of the Mystery of Redemption and how much I am beholden to Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 7 | Bunny saw me and gave me a brief nod , then went back to talking to a young black dude wearing a blue trenchcoat and nursing a colour-co-ordinated Filofax . |
| 8 | That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task : to be crucified . ’ |
| 9 | Election and investiture had been accomplished in a confused way when the king nominated him and offered him the pastoral staff , round which the bishops pressed Anselm 's resisting fingers . |
| 10 | She came down to him and made him a hot drink and felt his forehead which was burning hot and covered in drops of sweat . |
| 11 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 12 | A young woman who was dressing the female dummies in the lingerie department window Steven was looking at frowned at him and gave him a suspicious , disapproving look which he noticed her just in time to see . |
| 13 | Anyway , Benguiat made up to him and gave him a big kiss and then the next day things got bad again because Parkinson was going to in room number two above this floor to sort out his slides and Benguiat had been in there and evidently he had just decided to tuck his shirt in and loosen his trousers and while he was tucking his shirt in Parkinson came in and says aha , caught you with your pants down , and Benguiat storms out of the room . |
| 14 | As soon as he entered the first field to be cut his mates up-ended him and gave him the same treatment which stopped only when he shouted ‘ Beer ! ’ . |
| 15 | Inspector was standing there and George came up behind him and threw him a beautiful salute . |
| 16 | ‘ We obedience-trained him and found him a new home . |
| 17 | He smiled at her and gave her a little wink . |
| 18 | Luke looked down at her and gave her a grim look . |
| 19 | He showed concern for her and gave her an old , baggy sweater of his to put over the other garments . |
| 20 | The Americans went nuts over it and awarded it the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film . |
| 21 | People walked round it , a pram wheel caught it and dragged it a little way . |
| 22 | The Ferrari was on the ideal line for the bend , Brett Lunger came through , struck it and pushed it a hundred yards down the track where it burst into flames . |
| 23 | As it has often done in the modern period , the experience of war had given those who had taken part in it and survived it a new and more confident awareness of their own worth and standing . |
| 24 | I pulled back the glass panel between us and gave her the ritual Belfast greeting . |
| 25 | Bedelia was busy roasting dandelion roots , I thanked her for having us and gave her the royal wave . |
| 26 | He told them the only way we could agree to a news-blackout was if they co-operated with us and gave us a free hand in the investigation . ’ |