Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pers pn] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He found it an impossible spectacle to watch , and walked up and down the corridor for nearly two hours . |
| 2 | But hard as John Meaney tried he found it an uphill struggle against Hughes , who was firing on all cylinders , and his great ‘ cool ’ blessed with a wide repertoire of shots saw him a worthy winner 4–0 from seven frames . |
| 3 | His finger was fast on the dial pad , his blue gaze unwavering as he lifted the phone to his ear , as he cast her an oblique glance . |
| 4 | ‘ There seemed to be some doubt in your mind about my exact gender , ’ Maggie put in drily , and he cast her an irritated look , his dark eyes running over her again as she sat facing him , her hands in the pockets of the loose shirt . |
| 5 | He showed me an underwater grotto , a light-shafted nave of pale-blue shadows , where the large wrasse floated as if in a trance . |
| 6 | He threw her an angry look over his shoulder . |
| 7 | How dared he called her an arrogant bitch ? |
| 8 | ‘ I reckon Hatton was right when he called you an old woman , Cullam . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ As far as I could judge , he thought me an incompetent idiot who ought to be minding his own business . |
| 10 | First , he thought it an unspoken part of the 1931 bargain that MacDonald should not be discarded as soon as the immediate crisis was over . |
| 11 | Even as Felix drifted into sleep he thought it an evil omen . |
| 12 | He sent her an enquiring glance . |
| 13 | For several moments he made no reply , then he sent her an enquiring glance as he said , ‘ May I ask a favour ? ’ |
| 14 | And he brought me an American train , complete with a cowcatcher and a figure-eight track . |
| 15 | He gave her an intent look , stroked the softness of her cheek . |
| 16 | He gave her an unhappy smile and excused himself , flopping off his stool and lumbering towards the gents . |
| 17 | He gave her an impatient shake . |
| 18 | He gave her an admiring grin that was very reminiscent of the senator 's beguiling charm . |
| 19 | He gave her an amused smile . |
| 20 | ‘ You have the appetite of a horse , ’ she told him , and he gave her an answering grin . |
| 21 | He gave her an abstracted look . |
| 22 | He gave me an impassive glance before , like passing trains in a relativity experiment , belonging to separate frames in the universe , we went on our opposite ways . |
| 23 | He gave me an odd look as if I was telling strange stories . |
| 24 | He gave me an orange card that advertised his status as PROFESSIONAL SURFER. but he was still a child at heart and surfing was still a game . |
| 25 | He gave me an evil grin , knowing just what dissension he had sown in Wavebreaker 's crew , then he was gone . |
| 26 | He gave him an affectionate pat on the bottom . |
| 27 | ‘ O.K. ’ He gave them an incredulous glance and said sarcastically , ‘ stop me if I 'm boring you . |
| 28 | He gave us an official letter to show the military commanders we might bump into along the way , and sent one of his high-ranking aides down to the dock to see us off . |
| 29 | On 24 February 1947 , he wrote me an interim letter in which he said he thought I had tended to ‘ overwhelm the reader by a tendency to say too much at once ’ , and that the material might need some reorganization . |
| 30 | She stared at his profile , trying to see in him her old hero , and he shot her an intrigued look as he felt her eyes on him . |