Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She twisted herself sideways in frenzy , screaming still and trying to wrench her wrists free and then he moved both her hands to one of his and gave her a light stinging slap across her cheek . |
| 2 | Alan 's ideas were so good that the Creative Director could n't believe they were his and set him a difficult test which had to be carried out in the agency . |
| 3 | ‘ He rang me and offered me a door for £250 . |
| 4 | Finally , J. got tired of my everlasting complaints , took pity on me and made me a small electric fire . |
| 5 | Simon had swivelled back to me and handed me a piece of paper with an address in Theobalds Road . |
| 6 | I began to feel something sharp coming through the roof of my mouth and went to Mr Grover , who X-rayed me and showed me a pretty picture of that fateful root still there despite the hammer and chisel . |
| 7 | He opened up more the love of God to me and gave me a livelier apprehension of the Mystery of Redemption and how much I am beholden to Jesus Christ ’ . |
| 8 | Zak flashed a glance at the crew , saw me and gave me a thumbs-up sign . |
| 9 | What he did was relatively harmless , yet somewhere deep down it damaged me and gave me a streak of recklessness that is still having consequences even today . |
| 10 | She raised an eyebrow at me and gave me a wry smile . |
| 11 | Bunny saw me and gave me a brief nod , then went back to talking to a young black dude wearing a blue trenchcoat and nursing a colour-co-ordinated Filofax . |
| 12 | One of them hailed me and gave me a fiver to take them to a private clinic in Harley Street . |
| 13 | He said : ‘ The selectors showed a lot of faith in me and gave me every chance to prove my fitness . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ The selectors showed a lot of faith in me and gave me every chance to prove my fitness . |
| 15 | That is why God pitied me and gave me the easier task : to be crucified . ’ |
| 16 | And after two and a half hours , the doctor made the decision for me and gave me the epidural . |
| 17 | Sometimes he was angry with me and called me a ‘ hard little thing ’ or ‘ a cruel spirit ’ , but I preferred that to being called ‘ my darling ’ . |
| 18 | Instead , hoping to expedite matters , he squatted down beside them and gave them a hand . |
| 19 | But he said it was for you and gave me the phone back to take a message . |
| 20 | She unlocked the car herself and handed me the keys without comment . |
| 21 | Election and investiture had been accomplished in a confused way when the king nominated him and offered him the pastoral staff , round which the bishops pressed Anselm 's resisting fingers . |
| 22 | The Oxfam man took pity on him and brought him a pair from stock . |
| 23 | But the farmer was kind to him and taught him a lot . |
| 24 | That hurt him and taught him an even sharper lesson . |
| 25 | She came down to him and made him a hot drink and felt his forehead which was burning hot and covered in drops of sweat . |
| 26 | Kenneth adores him and commandeered him the moment he arrived , allowing me to join them on a walk after yet another edible meal ( any more of this clever cooking and you 'll ruin your reputation ) . |
| 27 | it was n't good because erm I did n't love him and right so , so if I kissed him and met him the next day would I , would I snog , would , would he , he 'd give me the hat so I said yeah sure , you know , whatever , so he goes okay and he like prepared himself and goes no I ca n't do it in here and so I had to go outside with him , snog him , got his hat and pissed off , never saw him again . |
| 28 | Minos 's daughter Ariadne fell in love with him and gave him a ball of string to unwind on his way to the creature 's lair at the centre of the maze . |
| 29 | So they took off after him , caught him and gave him a hiding . |
| 30 | ‘ You know the story about Gerhard , looking as he usually does , standing on the steps of Horseguards after a Cabinet Committee , when a kindly person sidled up to him and gave him a quid to buy himself breakfast ? ’ |