Example sentences of "he [vb -s] [pron] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He offers everyone a serious comparison of Keaton and Charlie Chaplin ( with Harold Lloyd and Fatty Arbuckle trivia thrown in for good measure ) , revealing that Keaton was , for him , the true genius on account of his invention and comic daring . |
| 3 | I rarely comment on Irish affairs , not because of lack of interest but because the Irish communities would reject any opinion or suggestion if they considered it a ’ Brit ’ suggestion or opinion , but , in this instance , the circumstances are so hideously distressing that I feel compelled to comment and to ask the Minister whether he thinks it a heavy irony that last Friday 's incident followed successive discoveries of large caches of arms and whether perhaps it was a desperate attempt by the IRA to reassert some degree of authority . |
| 4 | He has everything a swashbuckling hero needs — except good looks . |
| 5 | he needs me a new home |
| 6 | He says its a private service . |
| 7 | He hands me a different picture . |
| 8 | He hands me a brown manila file , and a handwritten invoice which I imagine he is giving to me now while the connection between the reams of faxes and the many noughts , in local shillings , of his invoice is still fresh . |
| 9 | He hands me a white envelope . |
| 10 | He hands me a folded Guardian so we can work the indoor drop . |
| 11 | In his exchange with Nastasya he reveals himself an underground man who has wandered into a nineteenth-century naturalistic novel , a bohemian Hamlet . |
| 12 | And this way he gets him a good life . |
| 13 | " What if he asks me a direct question ? " |
| 14 | No finer example of this can be seen than Castle Acre Priory , 1935 , in which the gaunt power of the medieval ruins is starkly silhouetted against the sky , and he permits himself a rare range of tonal contrast . |
| 15 | Wanting to keep her for himself , and not wishing to give away her identity to his colleagues , he gives her a male name : ‘ Bob ’ — to the delight of the audience , who then laugh each time he uses the name . |
| 16 | He gives her a warm smile . |
| 17 | ‘ Defenders do n't like playing against him because he gives them a rough time but he knows what to expect from me . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Now it is the most dangerous , ’ says Carl Howorth , co-ordinator for CARE , as he gives us a guided tour of the city . |
| 20 | In today 's programme he gives us an exclusive interview , the first since his heart attack four months ago . |
| 21 | Yet he gives us an authentic account of his epoch and of its medical habits . |
| 22 | Lear is evidently pleased with what Goneril has said , since he awards her a rich part of England , and moves on to the second movement , where again two daughters speak . |
| 23 | He promises himself an easier workout tomorrow . |
| 24 | He considers you a safe proposition . |
| 25 | One night he brings me a huge bar of Old Jamaica chocolate and watches while I eat the whole lot . |
| 26 | And every year he brings me a red rose and a note with the words written : Rudolf — Flavia — always . |
| 27 | ‘ Every sort of potato , ’ Spencer laughs , ‘ roast potatoes , mashed potatoes , baked potatoes … ’ his humour shines through constantly , of course he knows what a narrow escape it was , but he is well passed the haunting of it . |
| 28 | He knows what a good nan you are , he knows what a good nanny you are . |
| 29 | He knows what a good nan you are , he knows what a good nanny you are . |