Example sentences of "and [conj] he [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But he was surprised that Holmes had no luggage and that he appeared so unexpectedly .
2 And although he stood there openly as a preacher , as a religious man , she still felt afraid of him .
3 Even though objectively , he had all the strength on his side , and if he 'd only stubbornly insisted , the allies would have had to accept the fourteen points , because there was no way that they just did n't have any erm , any clout really when when finally settled in peace .
4 ‘ that a person who has entered into the contract may either affirm or avoid such contract after the duress has ceased ; and if he has so voluntarily acted under it with a full knowledge of all the circumstances he may be held bound on the ground of ratification , or if , after escaping from the duress , he takes no steps to set aside the transaction he may be found to have affirmed it . ’
5 ‘ Whatever the truth of it , ’ said the earl with assurance , ‘ you have him safe in hold , you need only wait , and if he has indeed more and worse to tell , you may get it from the lad himself .
6 He did it because he wanted to , because he was n't going to be her victim , and because he cared very much for Arthur .
7 He was never brought to justice , and since he has long since died himself , we shall leave the matter there .
8 Old Q injected a further £2,500 for old times sake , and when he died shortly afterwards he left her £500 a year .
9 But she did not pull away , and when he moved nearer still , holding her as though she was infinitely fragile , and turned her so that she was fully in his arms , her head on his shoulder , he did it so slowly that Sally-Anne felt not fear , but reassurance .
10 Joe had been at the pub that evening , and when he arrived home just before ten , he found her on the floor .
11 The consultant psychogeriatrician in the London Borough of Newham was one of those approached , and as he responded most quickly and positively , Newham became the second area in which the project was to be set up .
12 Despite the assurances of the Director of his Department that he was favourably looked upon , and despite the fact that there was no doubt that at his office he was being treated with a subtle air of respect , nothing formal or official about his promotion had been announced ; and as he knew very well , a change of Directorship , a shift in Government economic policy , even a chill wind in international relations , could mean the end of his hopes .
13 And the reason that rents in Cambridge are higher than in those in surrounding areas , or the eight that the councillor is talking about is because the rent levels which er the government require us to raise to are historically based on right to buy values and as he knows as well as I do , house prices in Cambridge have been relatively consistently higher than they have in surrounding areas .
14 Northamptonshire signed him for four years he shared digs with Colin Milburn and though he progressed less spectacularly than his former Durham colleague , Scott proved an able bowler .
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