Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We spent the morning raking gently , and he told me a long and obscene story about a girl called Tina Jelly from Aldershot . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | But he was OK and he sent her a big kiss . |
| 6 | And he sent me a lovely Mother 's Day card |
| 7 | His face tightened and he shot her a quick assessing glance . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | The word seemed to be torn from him , laden with reluctant decision , and he flung her a savage look . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 13 | The engine fired on the fourth kick and he flashed her a victorious smile . |
| 14 | His eyes opened and he gave me a weak smile . |
| 15 | And he gave me a bad ticket , bastard . |
| 16 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ And he gave me a big cuddle even though I 'm 16 , which made me feel tons better straight away . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I 'd go for it if I were you , ’ he said , and he gave me a little peck on the cheek . |
| 20 | And he gave me a little master glass in cinema acting which I 've never forgotten |
| 21 | who is a tough and widely experienced chap and he gave me a few more ideas to mull over . |
| 22 | ‘ You walk alongside of me , ’ and he gave him a gentle push into the field , and swung the gate behind him . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | She squeezed his hand underneath the table and he gave her a darting smile in response . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | And he gave her a proper snog . |
| 27 | She made no pretence of hiding her eagerness , and he gave her a wry smile . |
| 28 | Father immediately suggested that Jenny go and sit on his lap and he gave her a big cuddle . |
| 29 | She blew the darkness away and he gave her a quick smile as the last doubt faded . |
| 30 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |