Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made us some fine sets of playing cards and a neat Monopoly board . |
| 2 | And he went to the bank and he got him three thousand pound ready and he got this beautiful car , he had n't it eighteen months before he wrapped it round a tree . |
| 3 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 4 | I got on bus here and he charged me thirty five P ! |
| 5 | After cooking supper that was more like a banquet than an ordinary meal he played us some medieval things on the organ and then some Elizabethan things on the clavichord . |
| 6 | He told them another long joke and won a laugh out of Bella that sealed the success of the evening for him . |
| 7 | ‘ He told me some extraordinary facts . |
| 8 | He told me some hair-raising stories of the casual , careless way in which bodies can be handled at the undertaker 's and in transit , the most common being losing the coffin on the way to the funeral because the doors have not been properly secured or the wrong name-plates having been attached , resulting in great distress to the relations of the deceased and confusion for the minister concerned , all of which made our dealings with Nigel seem positively reverential ! |
| 9 | He told me this foolish theory many times , but really he was just telling it to himself : the less of a woman be made me out to be , the less of a lover he would need to be . |
| 10 | I waited patiently while he told me forty different ways to get there . |
| 11 | Well he told you twenty four hours did n't he ? |
| 12 | He told us some harrowing stories of life on a bomber aerodrome which had ‘ main force ’ squadrons , always carrying heavy loads of high explosives and incendiaries , and impressed on us how lucky we were to be on a Pathfinder station . |
| 13 | He advised me that normal meningitis , the kind that affects young kids , is much worse . |
| 14 | ‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site . |
| 15 | He poured her some black coffee . |
| 16 | He fed her this first taste of himself in absolute confidence that she would accept it , and an anguished sound came from deep in Maria 's throat as she accommodated him , mindlessly obedient to the command of his mouth . |
| 17 | He hit me that whole car park on the ground . |
| 18 | When I was writing an article on Pottz he sent me three large studio portraits : one of Potter and two of himself . |
| 19 | He refused to eat , the stupid man , and he sent me some angry letters . |
| 20 | He wore his one good suit , grey with a white chalk stripe , and he had brought with him Lyn 's birthday present in an unwieldy brown paper parcel . |
| 21 | And he brought me these forty baskets of tomatoes this Friday night . |
| 22 | Redmond received many messages of sympathy and he answered them all last night when he promised : ‘ I will run again . |
| 23 | He gave her some more champagne and she asked if he had children . |
| 24 | He gave her another terrible smile . |
| 25 | I told him about the defenestration of Ramsey Everett and he gave me five hundred pounds . |
| 26 | He gave me two good reasons for moving to the city . |
| 27 | He gave me few specific directions , but I could pour out my hopes and fears and failures and be reassured and restored . |
| 28 | He gave me some good news . |
| 29 | A farmer friend of mine came to look the place over shortly after we bought it and he gave me some useful advice : that , whatever happened , we must enjoy doing the work . |
| 30 | Yeah he gave me some more maths sheets to do . |