Example sentences of "[coord] he [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She blew the darkness away and he gave her a quick smile as the last doubt faded . |
| 32 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 33 | His expression gentled and he gave her a slow smile filled with a conviction that was very male and utterly sure . |
| 34 | ‘ You have the appetite of a horse , ’ she told him , and he gave her an answering grin . |
| 35 | ‘ He is without doubt their greatest danger and he gave us a few problems last week . ’ |
| 36 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 37 | Bacchus song loves Bacchus and Bacchus loves songs , says Milton , and he gives us a whole stream of classical precedents , Ovid , Anacreon , Pinder , the whole lot to show that a poet naturally will love the good life . |
| 38 | Finally , he declared low ; I declared both ways ; and he showed me a concealed three . |
| 39 | She 'd er Mrs had asked James to close the cupboard and he called her a stupid idiot . |
| 40 | And he called it the long-term stewardship of a precious natural resource . |
| 41 | I 'll give you one , ’ and he handed her a heavy gold watch . |
| 42 | 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 . ’ |
| 43 | And he did it the right way , he did it the hard way , always in the first two , always having a cut at and jump , jump , jump , you know . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | 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 . |
| 46 | He was ever so sorry not to see you but he wished you a merry Christmas . ’ |
| 47 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 48 | But he gave me a good smile and a big goodbye when I left him so . |
| 49 | But he gave me a hard time . |
| 50 | There was enough dirt on his knees to grow potatoes , and his short trousers obviously belonged to someone at least three years younger , but he gave her a toothless grin , slid back in his seat and picked his nose . |
| 51 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 52 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 53 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 54 | ‘ But he sees me the other way — he spoke of another photograph — he was telling me that … ’ |