Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb past] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She put her lips together and blew him the tiniest of kisses . |
| 2 | After saving up my hard-earned wages for the past four and a half years I managed to scrape the 1750 or so quid together and bought myself the most stunning quilted maple P.R.S. Custom you ever saw . |
| 3 | Philip pushed him away and gave him the torch to hold while he did up his lace . |
| 4 | The prowl-car boys handed me downstairs and gave me the hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car routine while they frisked me . |
| 5 | I 'm surprised I 've had so few reactions but its holiday time and I guess a lot of people have smiled anyway and remembered its the ‘ silly season ’ ! |
| 6 | He nodded politely and showed me the palm of a gloved hand . |
| 7 | When Evelyn was judged fit to go back to work , Rose took her aside and gave her the story . |
| 8 | James bowed ironically and offered them the document ; Alexander Menzies pretended to think about it for a full five minutes and signed it with extraordinary flourishes that made the pen splutter and seemed to say , ‘ Very well , I will humour your ridiculous ritual . ’ |
| 9 | Reflecting on the new and indeed unlikely scenario Collie Curran said : ‘ PJ McGowan came in three years ago and showed us the way ahead . |
| 10 | Miles Lessingham is here and gave us the details . |
| 11 | ‘ Disney executives flew me out there and gave me the kind of treatment I 'd always dreamed about when I was an actress … bouquets , champagne , limousines , ’ says Lynda . |
| 12 | ‘ Listen , Kate , maybe someone took her there and gave her the drugs … . ’ |
| 13 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |