Example sentences of "and he [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |
| 2 | She caressed his anxious dick with growing skill , and he responded to the gentle stroking of her fingers . |
| 3 | He found a certain amount of fossil evidence that the time planes were not parallel with the lithological boundaries and he came to the general conclusion that the facies to the north are in the main younger than those to the south . |
| 4 | Madden got shifted from that division — you only got shifted if you were in trouble — and he came to the same division as myself . |
| 5 | Mr Steven Hadley , defending , said Williams 's wife , Andrea , 30 , died of cancer and he went to the medical centre in Pinner armed with a knife intending to make his wife 's GP , Dr Patricia Carson , apologise for what he felt was a wrong diagnosis . |
| 6 | and the boy would next morning would pass on the outside of the gate offering a reward of five pounds to anyone who would in other words five pounds for Oliver Twist I never in for this in my life said the in the white , white coat as he locked the gate and he went to the next morning . |
| 7 | I did go out with one of me mates once and he was going burgling and I needed to do one 'cos I had no money or nothing , strung out , and he went to the Old Hall Estate and broke into a house and I got in through the window with him and I just looked around and saw all these photographs of , y'know like , the family that lived there with the kids and that and I just got this horrible feeling , so I just got out the window and walked away , even though I was strung out and I did n't pick nothing up , I just left him to it ‘ cos , like , though all the burglaries I 'd done , they 'd all been shops . |
| 8 | the bell to get the bus to stop and he goes to the next flaming stop ! |
| 9 | In a speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Feb. 12 , Menem claimed that Argentina had left behind its Third-World status and non-aligned past [ for Argentina 's September 1991 exit from the Non-Aligned Movement see pp. 38458-59 ] , and he appealed to the European Communities ( EC ) not to become isolationist as they pursued economic and political union . |
| 10 | His debut album ‘ Brand New Star ’ was released recently on CD in Japan , he tours extensively here , across the water and into Europe and he travels to the Far East for the first time in December . |
| 11 | They started drinking that evening and the man who 'd been fired started talking about life in Vietnam and posing as a veteran , and he said to the other one , ‘ The only place to go after hours is Tan Son Hut airport because they have marvellous chinese soup there ’ and they wanted to sober up . |
| 12 | And he pointed to the nearest cow . |
| 13 | We have never had a more dangerous enemy than the one who is lying out there ’ — and he pointed to the great marsh that was all round us . |
| 14 | She went to the window , that window , ’ and he pointed to the french windows that led out on to the terrace . |
| 15 | " No you were n't , you were fast asleep , and he turned to the young officer and enquired : " Did you see him asleep , Sir ? " |
| 16 | And he leapt to the other side of the road pretending to be terribly frightened , to such an extent that he thoroughly convinced himself that he was ! |