Example sentences of "[conj] he [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or he gave them the impression that he wrestled , with limbs contorted , in the effort to seize hold of what truth could be found . |
| 2 | It was touching to me to see how she would sometimes act helpless because she loved him being , as he often was , masterful with her , as well as tender ; and for his part it was easy to see that he thought her a wonderful woman and admired every inch of her . |
| 3 | She had to admit that he worried her a lot . |
| 4 | There followed a time of uncertainty and bloodshed which was eventually resolved when the republic developed into an empire with Augustus as its first emperor from 27 B.C. The Augustan period from then until his death in A.D. 14 was one of the great and successful ages of man and , architecturally , this is reflected in the many great buildings which were erected under the auspices of Augustus whose boast was that when he came to Rome it was a city of bricks but that he left it a city of marble . |
| 5 | He said , ‘ Now that you know that it 's Luke , that he sent you the letter , what are you going to do ? ’ |
| 6 | He told me that he meant me no harm , but was a magician , who had made the music play around me , and wished to have my hand in marriage and live in my castle , with me and my brother , in peace hereafter . |
| 7 | First impressions are that he offered them a recipe of component parts from many different guitars and the result is a sort of nouvelle cuisine which leaves this weary plucker scratching his head . |
| 8 | I was n't sure if this was a reproach that he deserted her the rest of the year . |
| 9 | Ricky was so furious with Perdita for deliberately sabotaging her scholarship that he gave her the sack . |
| 10 | These days she was glad of any invitation to proximity , and curled up beside him so promptly that he gave her an amused sidelong glance as he took her hand in his . |
| 11 | Frankenstein created a man but he was so disgusted by its sight that he gave it no name . |
| 12 | She felt certain that he intended her no harm and her fear began to recede , its place taken by a surge of excitement and anticipation . |
| 13 | For me , it was sufficient satisfaction that Eliot had approved my essay ; that he considered it the best thing I had done ; and that I had been one of the few to express opinions which had his total concurrence . |
| 14 | He told her that he was well and that he missed her a lot . |
| 15 | Er racking damage , Carrie 's who in bay one and two , came to me this morning and said the the racking that he checks it every morning when he comes at six or wh Six seven , whenever he starts . |
| 16 | Ms Armstrong considers Mr Fallon to be sexist : the reason appears to be that he called her a woman . |
| 17 | One day I suggested to my father that he buy me a pair of binoculars . |
| 18 | ‘ So he got me a few gigs round the Irish pubs , and I had to learn off some traditional Irish ballads quickly for the sort of audiences you got there certainly did n't want to hear me singing songs by James Taylor or Simon and Garfunkel . |
| 19 | To mark his disapproval of my doing so he gives me the wrong ticket and some change , of which the amount , as far as I can see , bears no relation to any previous transaction between us . |
| 20 | He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start . |
| 21 | She declined There was something else she needed from the van so he gave her the keys . |
| 22 | Tom could see this so he gave me the key to his hotel room and told me to have a shower and put on some of his clothes . |
| 23 | I have looked after his books for forty years and that 's all I know , so he gave me the capital to start and here I am . ’ |
| 24 | Some , however , did receive Him and believed in Him ; so he gave them the right to become God 's children . |
| 25 | Once he sent me a paperweight , the very paperweight which had sat on his desk . |
| 26 | He describes his other grandmother as ‘ a wee frail woman ’ in a mob cap , smoking a long clay pipe and ‘ stroking my hair as I lay down at her feet with my head in her lap ’ , while her railwayman husband also ‘ had a great liking for me , and when he could spring to a halfpenny or an apple or some nuts for ‘ whiteheaded Benny ’ , he did it , Once he gave me a shining white metal watchguard ’ , a symbol of work efficiency which he wore proudly to school , ‘ swanking ’ with it hung across my chest . ’ |
| 27 | We met nearly every day , and he taught me a lot about books and poetry and writers . |
| 28 | He did , however , acknowledge that it would be neither responsible nor sensible to ignore the existence of the Action Committee , and he offered them the opportunity of a meeting with representatives of the council . |
| 29 | I told him , about seventeen pounds a week , and he offered me a pound a week less with no payment , but free petrol . ’ |
| 30 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |