Example sentences of "and he [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thing is , he was christened that way , and he hates the whole moviestar bit . |
| 2 | Katherine divorced him and he married the Italian girl , Yolanda . |
| 3 | Revenge would be sweet for him tonight , and he feels the current Rangers side can make the final . |
| 4 | ‘ Ta , ’ said Willie gratefully and he touched the soft wool of the pullover . |
| 5 | And he touched the thick-ribbed beer mug , brought it to his lips and drank again , sour , brown English beer . |
| 6 | And he suspects the stolen car has now long disappeared across the border . |
| 7 | He recognised the man with the white handlebar moustache sitting high in a ridiculous Japanese jeep , Health Physics branch , and he heard the sharp horn blast before he saw that the road ahead of him was clear . |
| 8 | The outbreak of war saw Bennett still in the navy blue of Imperial Airways and he heard the Prime Minister 's broadcast , declaring war on Germany , with much the same feeling as most of us who remember it . |
| 9 | He felt great , he worked with class and he had the right attitude . |
| 10 | The thing is you 've got to it 's it 's like Nigel , I mean , he works for my uncle erm and he had the other guy Mark working for him for a few years and then he employed Nigel , but Mark was n't a fully qualified plumber and Nigel was and he 's ooh I do n't know about I think he 's about nineteen or no he 's about twenty three I think , yeah |
| 11 | He was up for a western , and he had the long hair , but after school he went to a barber and had his head shaved . |
| 12 | And he had the strange feeling that he was moving in a dream . |
| 13 | Sir Walter Scott , however , had no such constraints upon him fifty years later , and he had the added advantage of seeing Lady Grange 's journal . |
| 14 | His uncle , John George , owned a highly successful cotton agency which was one of the largest in Manchester , and he had the wealthy lifestyle that his nephew craved . |
| 15 | His iron-grey hair was parted in the middle and he had the mutton-chop whiskers of a bygone age . |
| 16 | And he condemned the Liberal Democrats for refusing to accept the need for minimum wages . |
| 17 | ‘ Bobby was the people 's captain and was extremely proud to lead his club and country and he achieved the ultimate goal of raising the World Cup in the summer of 1966 . |
| 18 | Gaunt was determined to defend Wycliffe , and he ordered the new Marshal , Henry Percy , to arrest anyone who opposed his heterodox protégé . |
| 19 | It only needed a quick glance to see that he had been rebuking her , for her face was flushed and angry and he wore the grim look that made him appear so formidable . |
| 20 | Nature is grinding down man , or will grind down man , has no regard to him , is cruel , all this kind of language is used of nature , and he depicts the only posture of the rational man as a kind of , if such a thing is possible , a rather emotional Stoicism . |
| 21 | Close by , at SPY HILL , pentices were remembered by the late Mr Armer , who was a neighbour , and he told the present owner of his recollections . |
| 22 | ‘ The old man was a damn good listener when it suited him and he knew the right questions . |
| 23 | His was the first correct solution selected and he knew the Premier League teams who have not played in European competitions are Crystal Palace , Wimbledon , Oldham , Norwich , Sheffield United , Middlesbrough and Blackburn . |
| 24 | The sight of Fred and Daisy after the first night added to his nerve , and he scooped the skeletal Peaseblossom out of a dressing-room full of tulle to take her out to dinner with them . |
| 25 | Somehow that triggered the Doctor , and he interrupted the old man . |
| 26 | And he resurrected the symbolic pattern she had found in him , the amber , the velvet , the musk and acceptance . |
| 27 | This one was done for driving without due care and attention and he got the maximum fine . |
| 28 | Tshwete was a supporter of rugby unification and he got the old South African Rugby Football Board and the South African Rugby Union together at the conference table ’ , said French . |
| 29 | dad 's go and he got the wrong weapon , he crossed out the wrong one on his list |
| 30 | And he plays the menacing scenes that follow over-lightly , winking at his wife , giving his half smile and making quips . |