Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While nineteenth-century Catholic teaching had been suspicious of ‘ human rights ’ discourse , John embraced it eagerly and made it a central theme , greatly extending the range and number of ‘ rights ’ , including those of minorities ( 95–7 ) and refugees ( 103–8 ) . |
| 2 | The scriptwriter — a trim , balding man in his fifties with a moustache — squeezed Dexter 's hand a little too warmly and gave him a serious smile of appraisal . |
| 3 | Robyn snorted impatiently and threw him a look of disgust . |
| 4 | She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses . |
| 5 | Of course , we had many political differences but the twin oppressions of being Irish lesbians and immigrants brought us together and gave us a strong framework upon which to build our own movement and within which to begin articulating our anger at English feminism . |
| 6 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 7 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 8 | What goes on here ? ’ 'I did n't ask you here and I do n't want to see you and I have nothing to say to you , ’ I said , showing her the door but , alas , she seemed to have no intention of going through it , so I capitulated rather too easily and offered her a drink from the mini bar . |
| 9 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 10 | he come , he come yesterday and brought us a twenty two |
| 11 | But they met anyway , in part because in their early childhood one or other of their parents , usually but not always the father , had taken them aside and told them a great responsibility would fall to them : the carrying forward of a hermetically protected family secret , and in part because the Society looked after its own . |
| 12 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |
| 13 | ‘ What would you do , ’ Wexford said to his wife , ‘ if I brought a young girl home and offered you a thousand pounds to let her stay ? ’ |
| 14 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 15 | and I bought her but when I came out the loo he is playing with the bus going wheeee , he was having a great time with that , I looked at him and I said got to give that to Charlotte , no , no , I do n't like it I want the house , meaning the garage , so I 've gone out now and bought her a circus |
| 16 | Maud detached the girl rather roughly and gave her a shake . |
| 17 | ANDY ORKNEY ( Old Applejack ) : ‘ He jumped really well and gave me a tremendous ride . |
| 18 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 19 | Miles Lessingham is here and gave us the details . |
| 20 | After relaying the message to Ng , Gooseneck looked over at Amiss and gave him a long , slow wink . |
| 21 | Porterfield added : ‘ We started well but lost it a bit and I was happy to be level at half-time . |
| 22 | Then she half rose from the desk , leaned across and gave me a dead fish handshake , and with a glazed stare directed somewhere over my left shoulder , she rattled out , all in one breath and with no punctuation , ‘ Thankyouverymuchforallyouhavedonegoodbye . ’ |
| 23 | I looked across and gave them a wave and wondered if they would still be alive next time I visited Breville . |
| 24 | ‘ Disney executives flew me out there and gave me the kind of treatment I 'd always dreamed about when I was an actress … bouquets , champagne , limousines , ’ says Lynda . |
| 25 | Her aunt lives there and gave her a room , so as to avoid the strife here . |
| 26 | ‘ Listen , Kate , maybe someone took her there and gave her the drugs … . ’ |
| 27 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |
| 28 | He leaned forward and poured her a long cool glass of freshly squeezed orange juice . |
| 29 | She opened her mouth and closed it again and gave me a hard look . |
| 30 | Selim shook hands again and gave him a second look . |