Example sentences of "and he [verb] [art] [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But how does a young American lady — ’ and he stressed the last word slightly ‘ — come to be alone and seeking work in London ? ’ |
| 2 | Several clubs from the Football League sought to tempt Harry away from the Palace , but without success , and he became the first Palace player to be awarded a Benefit by our club — it was the Southern League encounter with Coventry City at the Palace on 12 October 1912. 9,000 fans turned up and the Palace won 3–0 . |
| 3 | In fact he could n't get them all in , and he acquired a second box , a small tea chest he found , with metal corners . |
| 4 | His heart was thudding hard against his ribs and he felt the first droplet of perspiration pop onto his forehead . |
| 5 | Such a male has a territory so much better than that of neighbours that a ‘ polygyny threshold ’ is surpassed and he gains a second mate . |
| 6 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 7 | By 1848 the Count had become an important figure in the administration of Hungary but the prospects of civil war and revolution led to his nervous collapse and he spent the next decade in an asylum . |
| 8 | but , with , with this walk down into this , this dip so I had to get underneath and I said where 'd you park ? and he said the second floor taking the piss , so apparently three of his other mates who were well dressed up as well , and he , he said race ya , so I started off fucking , so he , he started off running through the thing right , cos said race yeah , he went , apparently I just climbed up the outside of the building climbed up two fucking flights of floors , you know , I ca n't remember anything about it though . |
| 9 | His reading of the First Symphony is second to none and he includes the first movement exposition repeat . |
| 10 | Panic leapt up in his breast and he swallowed the last quarter of an inch of his coffee , muddily tepid . |
| 11 | David Rees is Chairman of the Law Committee , and he introduced the first morning session , which dealt with the new rules for Administration Orders in personal insolvency . |
| 12 | Connelly was about to push the door when it was opened from the inside and he found a third man there . |
| 13 | His voice had dropped lower and lower , until he was almost whispering , and he let the last question hang in the silence . |
| 14 | Powell , taking a quick penalty , fed skipper Gander on the burst and he broke the first line of defence to surge clear . |
| 15 | Graham 's back arched agonizingly and he used every last ounce of inner strength to keep himself from wrenching his hand off the pad . |