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 | 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 . |
| 3 | He told them another long joke and won a laugh out of Bella that sealed the success of the evening for him . |
| 4 | ‘ He told me some extraordinary facts . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I waited patiently while he told me forty different ways to get there . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | He advised me that normal meningitis , the kind that affects young kids , is much worse . |
| 10 | ‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site . |
| 11 | He poured her some black coffee . |
| 12 | He hit me that whole car park on the ground . |
| 13 | When I was writing an article on Pottz he sent me three large studio portraits : one of Potter and two of himself . |
| 14 | He refused to eat , the stupid man , and he sent me some angry letters . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He gave her another terrible smile . |
| 17 | He gave me two good reasons for moving to the city . |
| 18 | He gave me few specific directions , but I could pour out my hopes and fears and failures and be reassured and restored . |
| 19 | He gave me some good news . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | For instance , when Petrarch met the Emperor Charles IV at Mantua in 1354 he gave him some Roman coins with the words , ‘ Look , Caesar , on those whom you have succeeded ; look on those you should strive to emulate . ’ |
| 22 | Ferguson added : ‘ When Eric joined Leeds last season , he gave them that extra bit which enabled them win the title . |
| 23 | He did not mention the patients charter , but he gave us some other insights into his approach to the problems . |
| 24 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 25 | Yeah granddad he had er an operation on his , he had it all fucking lamp-shade , light bulb , he 's gone |
| 26 | ‘ Even so — ’ he shot her another curious look before concentrating again on his driving ‘ — I 'm sure there were plenty of other openings in careers more obviously suited to a woman . ’ |