Example sentences of "[adv] and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |
| 2 | The scriptwriter — a trim , balding man in his fifties with a moustache — squeezed Dexter 's hand a little too warmly and gave him a serious smile of appraisal . |
| 3 | She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses . |
| 4 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 5 | he come , he come yesterday and brought us a twenty two |
| 6 | But they met anyway , in part because in their early childhood one or other of their parents , usually but not always the father , had taken them aside and told them a great responsibility would fall to them : the carrying forward of a hermetically protected family secret , and in part because the Society looked after its own . |
| 7 | ‘ What would you do , ’ Wexford said to his wife , ‘ if I brought a young girl home and offered you a thousand pounds to let her stay ? ’ |
| 8 | ANDY ORKNEY ( Old Applejack ) : ‘ He jumped really well and gave me a tremendous ride . |
| 9 | After relaying the message to Ng , Gooseneck looked over at Amiss and gave him a long , slow wink . |
| 10 | Then she half rose from the desk , leaned across and gave me a dead fish handshake , and with a glazed stare directed somewhere over my left shoulder , she rattled out , all in one breath and with no punctuation , ‘ Thankyouverymuchforallyouhavedonegoodbye . ’ |
| 11 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |
| 12 | He leaned forward and poured her a long cool glass of freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 13 | She opened her mouth and closed it again and gave me a hard look . |
| 14 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |
| 15 | Before she could move he dragged the drapes of the four-poster even wider apart and gave her a raking glance . |
| 16 | She smiled wanly and gave him a quick sidelong glance . |