Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 2 | Robyn snorted impatiently and threw him a look of disgust . |
| 3 | Tony arrived home and poured himself a large whisky . |
| 4 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 5 | I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He leaned forward and poured her a long cool glass of freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 8 | She smiled wanly and gave him a quick sidelong glance . |