Example sentences of "and he [vb past] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something sprang to the floor and he mashed it with a large flying-boot . |
| 2 | ‘ When we played my school a bloke managed to wangle some dry ice from work and he dropped it into a bucketful of warm water . |
| 3 | His cigarette burned his finger and he dropped it under a boot heel . |
| 4 | And he treated me like a lady , too , not a shop-girl . |
| 5 | Dad , dad used to use it for the bonfires but when he , when he did n't have any petrol he used to use it on the bonfire and he had it in a secret bottle and erm he got it too near and he did n't realize and all of a sudden it goes really really hot and he threw it and everywhere . |
| 6 | It roused her violently by its unexpectedness , and she made no protest when his arms went round her and he kissed her with a force and a recklessness that she met with equal need . |
| 7 | The scar goes right up to his elbow and he got it in a fight just like the scar he 's going to have round his throat . ’ |
| 8 | There , I asked the proprietor if there were any really old places I could visit and he directed me to a farm called La Valdieu . |
| 9 | His face was still covered in coal dust and he looked anything but a gent . |
| 10 | Fortunately , the landlord had n't seen our arrival and he served us with a smile and an offer of menus . |
| 11 | Woolworth chief Geoff Mulcahy 's shares cost £374,000 — and he sold them for a £1,037,000 profit . |
| 12 | He was delivered of an ultimatum and he accepted it with a smile and good grace , although he went away cursing the interference and audacity of Fred 's young wife . |
| 13 | A bullet cracked inches above his head and he flung himself behind a row of metal dustbins , the Browning clenched tightly in his hand . |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway , Charlie made it really simple for me , there were two guys at the back who could n't stand up and he laid it on a plate for me . |
| 15 | And he led them in a weary canter down to the Rorim . |
| 16 | Where was Um Al-Farajh , I asked him , and he led me to a large square of fir trees and pointed to the earth . |
| 17 | They strolled outside again and he led her to a relatively quiet spot and they drank and shared the cake between them . |
| 18 | Albert his name was , and he greeted her with a kiss when he opened the door to us . |
| 19 | And he attacked it with a relish and enthusiasm which surprised even himself . |
| 20 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 21 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 22 | And he asked us in a group to suggest some things that we might think of as being important . |
| 23 | It was a defiant challenge , and he met it with a frown . |
| 24 | He did n't understand but he heard the word ‘ spider ’ and laughed , and she laughed too , until she saw how the light slid over his cheekbones and dropped luminous on his hair like Ember 's , then she was crying into the warmth of his shoulder and he took her through a linden-scented night to a place where her tangled feelings speared through tawdry lust into oblivion where she was n't alone . |
| 25 | One of the Ness men was acting as guide and he took us to a rock bothy which the men use during their stay . |
| 26 | She blew smoke out , coughed , and handed him the cigarette and he took it without a word . |
| 27 | Flustered , she handed him her case and he took it with a strong hand , his face hard . |
| 28 | And he took it like a hero . ’ |
| 29 | And he took it from a man . |
| 30 | Before getting in , Melissa put out a hand and he took it in a firm clasp . |