Example sentences of "and he [vb -s] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 2 | Revenge would be sweet for him tonight , and he feels the current Rangers side can make the final . |
| 3 | And he suspects the stolen car has now long disappeared across the border . |
| 4 | Nature is grinding down man , or will grind down man , has no regard to him , is cruel , all this kind of language is used of nature , and he depicts the only posture of the rational man as a kind of , if such a thing is possible , a rather emotional Stoicism . |
| 5 | And he plays the menacing scenes that follow over-lightly , winking at his wife , giving his half smile and making quips . |
| 6 | John Carwelti argues that certain types of formula-stories , ‘ Adventure , Mystery and Romance ’ , must be judged by their own standards and conventions and he deplores the literary assumption that this type of writing is ‘ subliterature ’ . |
| 7 | Faldo spent almost 30 hours between Thursday and Sunday either playing , hitting shots on the range or working on his putting and he hopes the back-breaking labours pay off next weekend . |
| 8 | That 's what the Deutsche Bundespost Telekom said , but the reality is even worse : Postal Minister Wolfgang Boetsch said on the radio that he would not accept the plans to raise the cost of local calls from 1995 — and he gets the final say . |
| 9 | Luke is most anxious to make this clear and he uses the Greek word parthenos twice in the opening sentence . |
| 10 | His uncle was fend of French fries and he tells the empty corridor for the hundredth time that they are called chips over there and they are eaten with vinegar . |
| 11 | Krimsky was well placed to observe key individuals and groups in action and he tells the local story vividly . |
| 12 | As the bemused straight man , however , Broderick does his usual competent job and he handles the sentimental scenes showing the growing father-son relationship between Kellog and Sabatini with real skill . |
| 13 | And he supports the long-floated idea that road tax should be scrapped , with the equivalent revenue drawn from petrol duty . |
| 14 | In an interview with The Independent , he aligns himself with critics of the proposed timetable of change in the National Health Service , and he questions the Prime Minister 's ‘ sceptical ’ approach to the European Community . |
| 15 | And he mistrusts the public attention mountaineering offers , preferring to stay out of the limelight . |
| 16 | Unix must be leveraged into a volume player attractive to ISVs and he believes the generic Unix brand UI recently proposed is part of the answer ( UX No 415 ) . |
| 17 | By the time he retired from his post eight years later 8,000 new jobs had been created and he believes the artistic opportunities presented by Theatr Clwyd played its part . |
| 18 | There is no reason , and he declines the verbal advice he has been given by his Inspector , so this has now become an ‘ order ’ . |
| 19 | Rambo the lamb is now a week old … and he dwarfs the other youngsters around him . |
| 20 | His eyes resemble dish-telescopes that seem to look right through his friends , and he sees the psychic energy people emit as an astrophysicist 's radio-telescope ‘ sees ’ sounds bounced off distant galaxies . |
| 21 | And he sees the promo-tional side of playing for Leeds as almost as important as the game itself . |
| 22 | He 's a good listener , who learns very quickly , brings others into the game and he links the whole team together . |
| 23 | And he wants the Liberal Democrats to make the third world a high priority if they play a part in government . |
| 24 | That is why my right hon. and learned Friend continually puts forward those proposals , and he has the full support of the companies in my area , which understand those problems . |
| 25 | And he has the full backing of his bosses . |
| 26 | The former Master golfer should know , having partnered David Llewellyn to victory in 1987 , and he has the added incentive of trying to equal Jack Nicklaus 's record of three individual crowns . |