Example sentences of "and [adj] [vb past] he [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | His obsession with the social history of the Twenties and Thirties led him to Wilsford Manor , Tennant 's home , in 1986 , where he wooed the eremitic inhabitant with chocolates and orchids . |
2 | And this sent him into sudden-death against Anders Forsbrand where Jamie again produced the magic wand , and downed a 20-foot birdie putt for victory . |
3 | And this stood him in good stead when he moved to the Darlington area . |
4 | Walter also developed models that mimicked brain systems and this involved him with Norbert Wiener and others in early work on cybernetics . |
5 | They were made of metal and this presented him with a major problem . |
6 | He had held a greater ambition for some years , however , and this dominated him until the summer of 1952 — he wished to be President of the United States . |
7 | When six years later a son was finally born , his new family simply threw him out and the poverty is so great in the region that one month spent begging and homeless brought him to death 's door . |