Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] [art] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He made me a much better player and he must go down as one of Dalglish 's best signings . ’ |
| 2 | He slanted her a thoughtfully challenging look . |
| 3 | After the war ended he found himself a completely free agent , suddenly removed from the safety of neutral Switzerland ; he was shaken , disturbed ; his true self was born . |
| 4 | But he found it a very happy time . |
| 5 | His job was to go out into the bush to take samples and he found it the most unspoilt area on Earth he has ever been to , areas the size of Wales in which no white man has ever set foot . |
| 6 | He says its the most marvellous thing in his life . |
| 7 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 8 | He allows himself a carefully selected smile , humorous , equal to equal , and goes on , the ease of his words belied by the hurry of his delivery and the force of his grip on her arm . |
| 9 | I think he thought me a pretty unlikely applicant . |
| 10 | He had never taken part in a ransom drop personally before , but he knew what an extremely delicate moment it was . |
| 11 | ‘ No , but he offered me a very good deal . ’ |
| 12 | He gives me a completely guileless smile . |
| 13 | He gave her a surprisingly warm glance of approval . |
| 14 | He gave her a very mocking bow , his smile gleaming white and taunting against a tanned face , and Maggie fled , ignoring his final instructions to put on some sensible shoes and tell Ana . |
| 15 | Dino Tremiti , the number-two driver , was sitting next to Mike , his eyes amused as he gave her a very comprehensive survey . |
| 16 | Apparently she agreed to marry him and he gave her a very valuable ring . |
| 17 | ‘ He kicked and punched her , knocking her to the ground , shouting abuse at her , ’ said Mr Wynn , ‘ He gave her a very hard blow to the nose which caused it to bleed profusely . |
| 18 | He gave her an absently unfocused look . |
| 19 | ‘ A female Solomon , ’ said Neil , sighing , and then he gave her the most charming grin , and through the ruin of his face she suddenly saw what Matey must have known — the handsome soldier-boy he had once been . |
| 20 | Frank Bloomfield worked most of his life with Ransome , Sims and Jefferies the famous Ipswich firm of agricultural engineers ; and he gave me a very modern illustration of this quality of a serrated edge . |
| 21 | Incidentally , he gave me a very nice parting gift — two hundred and fifty pounds . ’ |
| 22 | The man was perfectly cool , but he gave me a very evil look , which made me feel sick in my stomach . |
| 23 | He gave me a faintly hurt look then , smiled and said , you must leave me some loophole . |
| 24 | So , briefly : Flaubert teaches you to gaze upon the truth and not blink from its consequences ; he teaches you , with Montaigne , to sleep on the pillow of doubt ; he teaches you to dissect out the constituent parts of reality , and to observe that Nature is always a mixture of genres ; he teaches you the most exact use of language ; he teaches you not to approach a book in search of moral or social pills — literature is not a pharmacopoeia ; he teaches the pre-eminence of Truth , Beauty , Feeling and Style . |
| 25 | The other major force was Mauro Forghieri , the Ferrari engineer , of whom Niki writes that ‘ he has the psychological finesse of a sand viper ’ and that ‘ when the Ferrari went well and all was perfect , he considered me a very good driver , perhaps the best . |