Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And lastly he showed them the stars and the clouds and the moon and all the winds of heaven . |
| 2 | Suddenly he gave her a rueful grin . |
| 3 | MARTIN LYNCH ( Cool Ground ) : ‘ Basically he gave me a great ride . |
| 4 | Only he knew what an effort it cost him to climb down from a helideck onto a drilling rig . |
| 5 | So he swallowed her small cries , but in the end it was not the safeguard she had sought , because in doing so he fed her the taste of himself once more and left a hunger in her which she sensed would last a long , long time , if not an eternity . |
| 6 | Colonel our form commander was not sure he would be here about a month ago and so he sent me a statement that I would like to read . |
| 7 | So he told her a little about the early months of the war ; of the friendship and the camaraderie , of the optimistic feeling of the times . |
| 8 | so he offered me the moon to get me |
| 9 | So he set himself an exercise . |
| 10 | So he bought I the watch . |
| 11 | So he gave me a baler and I did all of Ork around about Birsay and Sanday and round the area here and baled their hay to them . |
| 12 | So he found them a tiny cottage just south of Orvieto , in the grounds of the villa of some Italian friends of his who had departed for the northern mountains , a villa with a pool and a shady veranda along one side and an unspeakably romantic view down the steep hillside towards the floating cathedral . |
| 13 | I could see that he was rather cross with me , and soon he told me the reason . |
| 14 | And the longer he held her the weaker she felt . |
| 15 | And then when he 'd won he offered Heseltine the had of friendship and promptly he gave him the Poll Tax , which will finish him for ever . |
| 16 | There was a cruel smile on his mouth as once more he gave her a comprehensive survey . |
| 17 | Two days later he granted me a private audience , a remarkable consideration during those eventful days to his youngest and least important guest . |
| 18 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 19 | Not only was he engaged in his publishing work , his meetings of the Moot and the Chandos Group , and his visits to Oxford for the Christian News Letter , but also he set himself a punishing schedule of conferences , talks and lectures ; in the first week of January 1941 , for example , there were six full days of such conferences . |
| 20 | Jackson 's family tradition in politics was Whig–Liberal ; now he styled himself a Conservative ‘ opposed to all rash and hasty innovations ’ . |
| 21 | Now he fancied himself a connoisseur of the smell , able to distinguish between its elements . |
| 22 | Well he got you a . |
| 23 | Well he gave me the ! |
| 24 | Well he gave you a hundred . |
| 25 | ‘ A week ago he sold me a second-hand car that he said was almost new . |
| 26 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |
| 27 | Then very slowly he put her a little away from him , his hands holding her steady until he was sure she could stand alone . |
| 28 | When he was posted abroad he gave me a copy of ‘ The Way to Healthy Manhood ’ . |
| 29 | Then he spilled himself a puddle of wine and , dipping one gloved finger in the puddle , drew a plan of his mother 's estate-village in relation to the deserted plague village . |
| 30 | For several moments he made no reply , then he sent her an enquiring glance as he said , ‘ May I ask a favour ? ’ |