Example sentences of "[verb] and he [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the dashboard in front of him the radio crackled and he picked it up . |
| 2 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 3 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 4 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 5 | I found it hard to find Mill 's arguments for this , although he seems to be , he seems to be arguing the point over several pages , but erm we get pretty much rhetorical claims and evidence and so he wants us to consider those states which have been ruled by despots with those contemporary states which have been democracies England versus Spain say and he thinks it 's obvious which type of system we ought to prefer . |
| 6 | She had tried to get out of the car when he was driving and he considered it lucky that they had n't been killed , but as he and I were together more I came to admire her resolution and good sense . |
| 7 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 8 | ‘ The PCC would n't give him a bean towards getting it repaired and he said he 'd spike their guns and do it himself . ’ |
| 9 | He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world . |
| 10 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 11 | So it was , the prophecy was written then by Daniel for our , for our time and it just happened in our , because you know er , when he was er , when he finished the book write written and he said I have seen the , the , the erm visions and I 've heard the voice , but I , and I 've written down what I was told to do , but I do not understand and then the voice said to him well close that down , that book is not for you to understand , the generations that it 's written for , it 's written for the end of the times , they will come to understand it , and you see we actually witnessing what 's happening |
| 12 | He 'd got all the er information about it when he came and he said it was the best type of covering if you 've got dogs or cats . |
| 13 | Like Ruth , we were strangers , we were aliens , we were outside , we had nothing to say , well I 've got some right , we had no right at all but he came and he took us and he brought us in , and he has made us , who were nothing , something . |
| 14 | Then one of the others came and he helped me rehang the curtain and move the damaged screen . ’ |
| 15 | Maggie quietly told him all that Ana had said and he heard her through in silence . |
| 16 | ‘ We met and he showed me some excellent photos he had taken at the crash site . |
| 17 | The Waters agreed and he telephoned me . |
| 18 | Well , they always said it was the only way to go and he believed it . |
| 19 | ‘ I turned to go and he hit me . |
| 20 | I see you 've got no carpets down anywhere the door 's not painted and he said you 've been living here for two years ! |
| 21 | She did n't answer and he followed her into her office . |
| 22 | Elizabeth had won the essay competition and was just about to stand up when Jessica got up and she walked up to Mr and she asked and he asked her what magazine she wanted for the year and she said Rock Seventeen Jessica knew what magazine Elizabeth wanted and she just said Rock Seventeen . |
| 23 | I knew he was irritated and he knew I was ashamed . |
| 24 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |
| 25 | But this young one , a very spiritual guy , like a leftover from The Deer Hunter with a black headband and black jersey , said he wanted to shoo these journalists ; he had a revolver with him all the time , he is licensed to kill and he says he 'd shoot them if they came near , and I said ‘ No , please do n't do that , I 'll get in more trouble , ’ and he said , ‘ I ‘ ll just hit them in the knee . ’ |
| 26 | It was not his plan , but he 'd been outmanoeuvred and he knew it . |
| 27 | The space behind him clears and he uses it , knowing it 's there without turning to look . |
| 28 | For a moment Ben could n't understand what was going on , then one of them turned and he saw it was the captain , a man called Rosten . |
| 29 | where it has n't , the plane has n't , he said he can see and he tells you how |
| 30 | She nodded and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her , then waved his finger in her face and said : ‘ And no drinking whisky ! ’ |