Example sentences of "and he [vb past] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Protagoras found gender assignation in Greek inconsistent and illogical — for example , there were cases when two words referring to the same thing had different genders — and he went so far as to advocate reform ( he was ridiculed for this by Aristophanes , and the attempt was unsuccessful ) .
2 The dog landed awkwardly on its hindlegs , losing its balance , and he looked away sharply as it tumbled under the wheels .
3 It was his profession that had brought him that shaft of insight , and he felt mildly safer because of it .
4 ‘ At 15 , he looked more like 12 ; a skinny awkward kid of 93 pounds in tattered black high-top sneakers , he looked slow and he ran even slower than he looked . ’
5 The Bible for him , however , contained many truths , and he understood far better than many theologians that you must never tamper with the mythology of scripture .
6 Once he had settled into the right-back position he was impossible to move from the Palace first team ( unless illness or injury intervened , and the career chart shows that there was only one season when that happened to any serious degree ) , and he appeared there regularly until the 1st World War brought an end to competitive football and threw everyone 's affairs into confusion .
7 And er and because we call him he spoke there and he spoke very well because and erm that 's it .
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