Example sentences of "he [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He resented the implied criticism , and defended himself by saying he merely gave her a book which he happened to have with him , rather than one he felt suitable for such a person . |
| 2 | No he , he only told me the two things , I wrote them down . |
| 3 | He erm , he left school , he only told them the day before . |
| 4 | And when I worked for her boss he only paid me a fiver ! |
| 5 | Mr Rochester was in such a hurry that he only allowed me a short time to put on my wedding dress and veil . |
| 6 | He just handed me the photograph of Sam , then took the letters and walked away . |
| 7 | He did n't dislike the man ; he just found him a bore . |
| 8 | The vicar , Charles Fry , taught me elementary Greek on Saturdays in my latter years at school , and in return I wrote some letters at his dictation , for which he generously gave me a shilling an hour . |
| 9 | For many years we sought access to him and the inner sanctum of his medieval palace , until in 1981 he finally gave us the first filmed interview ever granted by one of his line . |
| 10 | I told him my story and he promptly offered me an unsalaried post as a life insurance salesman . |
| 11 | She sometimes wondered if he ever gave her a thought between departing from Taipei early on Monday mornings and his Friday evening returns . |
| 12 | She wondered how he saw her — that was , if he ever gave her a thought , apart from in her official capacity . |
| 13 | He still thought her a traitor . |
| 14 | He still owed her a fiver more than he had on him , she complained . |
| 15 | PETER NIVEN ( Rubika ) : ‘ Mine just was n't fast enough to stay with the leaders but he still gave me a wonderful ride . ’ |
| 16 | As she smiled smugly — she 'd suspected he would n't — he deliberately threw her a frosty glance . |
| 17 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 18 | He once made her a beaded jacket so beautiful she told him she wanted to be buried in it . |
| 19 | He once bought me a Louis Vuitton handbag . |
| 20 | He also made her a piece of toast . |
| 21 | He also made it a condition that she be treated by a psychiatrist for a period not exceeding one year . |
| 22 | Might I just point out that that he did send his apologies , and er he also sent us a a donation of twenty pounds . |
| 23 | He also taught them the arts of circumcision and sub-incision , used to produce the traditional tattoos sported by Aranda menfolk . |
| 24 | He also showed me the passage in Captain Marryat 's Mr Midshipman Easy where Easy Sir , having invented a machine to alter the bumps on his head , tries to improve his personality ; with fatal results . |
| 25 | He also gave him an overcoat . |
| 26 | And whatever he may have tried to gain from me , he also gave me a great deal . ’ |
| 27 | He also gave us the name of an excellent brickie who had worked with d-i-yers before and was to give us some good advice , as well as building straight walls . |
| 28 | He smilingly proffered me a cup of watered wine in one of the goblets I had hidden away the previous evening . |
| 29 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 30 | He kindly gave me a lift home en route to get his bike : he had a nasty fall off it last week and so it had to be repaired . |