Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he agreed to give her the camera , show her how to use it ; he 'd make sure the family were out the afternoon she came round to get the film developed . |
| 2 | So he agreed to call it a day . |
| 3 | When he got to know her a bit better , he was further excited by her strength of will , her independence , her commitment to the Irish nationalist cause , and — best of all , he reckoned — her utterly straight-faced enthusiasm for his explorations of the Celtic spirit-world . |
| 4 | He tried to sell him a picture . |
| 5 | He tried to sell me a Pottz picture . |
| 6 | Changez , being at heart a traditional Muslim , explained the teachings of the Koran on this subject to her , and then , when words were not sufficient to convince her , he tried to give her a whack . |
| 7 | He dismissed the question as so much supposition , but when he tried to give her a reassuring hug she wriggled free and went out on to the balcony to join the others . |
| 8 | He took care never to stay with her for more than twenty minutes , obeying both the spirit and the letter of Anthony 's orders , but he tried to give her a clear account of the eight days Kesselring had spent in the witness box , watching her face all the time for signs of boredom or exhaustion . |
| 9 | Wycliffe wanted her to talk , not merely to answer questions , and he tried to give her a new lead . |
| 10 | He only mentioned his wife to tell me he 'd just bought her something new to wear and he tried to give me the impression his brother-in-law was something of a poor fish because he could n't make ends meet . ’ |
| 11 | And then he tried to give us the slip and run off . |
| 12 | She 'd found her wallet of credit cards and flourished it under his nose , every fibre of her being poised to defy him if he tried to deny her the right to pay . |
| 13 | Indenbaum knew how badly Modigliani needed money so he tried to offer him a sum within his means for the beautiful oil , but Modigliani was offended and obliged Indenbaum to accept the portrait as a present . |
| 14 | Assuming he was in trouble , he stopped to give him a lift … but the attacker threatened him with an iron bar and forced him to take tablets which made him unconscious . |
| 15 | He promised to give me a silver coin every month for doing this . |
| 16 | He promised to bring me a few notes from which I could prepare a draft but he never did . ’ |
| 17 | He promised to send me a card . |
| 18 | He promised to send me a fucking picture postcard . |
| 19 | He promised to send me a list , but I told him not to bother . |
| 20 | He 'd given her a few sugar pieces , which she 'd taken , and even offered several pinches of snuff , which she had n't . |
| 21 | He 'd given her a string of cultured pearls as a wedding present . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've had a devil of a job tracking you down , ’ he said after he 'd given her a big hug . |
| 23 | She was already dutiful and anxious to please him , and she looked so pretty in a dress of sprigged cotton he 'd given her the money to buy for the wedding . |
| 24 | He reminded her of the day he 'd given her the locket and ring . ’ |
| 25 | Staring blankly at the rubble , all that remained of the cottage , she tried to remember the exact words Leo had used when he 'd given her the cheque . |
| 26 | But it was after he 'd given her the ring that the cracks had begun to appear in her façade . |
| 27 | ‘ I rang him — he 'd given me a list of all the Grands Prix contact numbers — but when he came to my hotel the next morning it was of his own accord . ’ |
| 28 | Perhaps he thought that , and he 'd given me the slip . |
| 29 | ‘ What are you grinning at , Cambridge ? ’ he demanded — he 'd given me the nickname after some reference I made to my own past ; it was an affectionate pan of coals for my head — ‘ It 's perfectly true . |
| 30 | I said ’ Oh yes ’ and I saw the and he 'd kept the collar on , and of course he 'd given me the one that tossed his head up did n't he ! |