Example sentences of "accepted [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He encouraged them to turn back to God and accepted them with a forgiving spirit . |
| 2 | The House of Commons accepted him as a quiet , agreeable member of some substance , not the sort of man who would ever dominate in debate , or who would lead a school of thought , but a man who with three or four others might constitute a very effective block within his party to a course or an individual of which or whom they did not approve . |
| 3 | She was watching the chief inspector 's face as she said it , and she knew that he believed her , and accepted her as a good witness . |
| 4 | They accepted it as a general statement of how things were in the past . |
| 5 | Joyce accepted it as a necessary tactic by Hitler . |
| 6 | At the time I accepted it as a marvellous background for the all-important hunting , though too young really to appreciate this privileged glimpse of Indian court life . |
| 7 | Young couples took their children to it as soon as their legs were long enough ; old people accepted it as the first of their last climbs and many beery pledges were made to the mountain in the Deeside pubs . |
| 8 | " The Corporation at that time felt that the offer made to them was an act of great liberality , and accepted it with a clear understanding that the connection between the Goldsmiths ' Company and the School ( excepting the large annual endowment of £290 which the Company agreed to pay was concerned ) was at an end . |
| 9 | Jonas handed out the cups of tea and she accepted hers with a tight smile , not yet ready to forgive him his duplicity . |