Example sentences of "[adv] he [vb past] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly he gave her a rueful grin . |
| 2 | MARTIN LYNCH ( Cool Ground ) : ‘ Basically he gave me a great ride . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There was a cruel smile on his mouth as once more he gave her a comprehensive survey . |
| 8 | Two days later he granted me a private audience , a remarkable consideration during those eventful days to his youngest and least important guest . |
| 9 | ‘ Come on , old girl , ’ he shouted , ‘ calm down ! ’ and later he found her a scientific paper to read , which she liked . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Jackson 's family tradition in politics was Whig–Liberal ; now he styled himself a Conservative ‘ opposed to all rash and hasty innovations ’ . |
| 12 | Now he fancied himself a connoisseur of the smell , able to distinguish between its elements . |
| 13 | " Girl I knew — Holy Roman she was , Irish — she used to say God thought it up as a joke , and when he found people taking it serious instead of laughing , he was so put out he made it a sin . |
| 14 | Well he got you a . |
| 15 | Well he gave you a hundred . |
| 16 | ‘ A week ago he sold me a second-hand car that he said was almost new . |
| 17 | As I handed my music to the organist , I shook so badly he bought me a brandy and made me drink it . |
| 18 | Then very slowly he put her a little away from him , his hands holding her steady until he was sure she could stand alone . |
| 19 | When he was posted abroad he gave me a copy of ‘ The Way to Healthy Manhood ’ . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | And then he told me a hilarious story about the way in which the chairman of the committee , I 'm not sure quite what particular branch in the world he 'd come from but he was looking at the figures , I suppose it was an accountant looking at the , the figures saying now why is it that the amount spent on district nurses has gone up ? |
| 22 | One came round and sold me sheets and then he offered me a loan . |
| 23 | He told her she was a fool , and wished her luck — then he gave her a gold sovereign and a bottle of champagne as a farewell present . |
| 24 | The designer 's brows drew together and then he gave her a grudging smile . |
| 25 | Then he gave her a smile so chill , so filled with cunning , that it drove the blood from her face . |
| 26 | And then he gave her a great , a great big bouquet did n't he ? |
| 27 | Then he gave me a smile and a playful punch on the arm : ‘ You were pretty good last night , you old sex maniac . ’ |
| 28 | He said what a waste of bloody time and then he gave me a five-pound note . " |
| 29 | Then he poured me a cup of coffee , poured another for himself , and sat back . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , at least he dealt you a tranche de bonheur while he was there . ’ |