Example sentences of "and he [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Bernard made two critical decisions ; for the first time he organized some advertising and he hired a new shop manageress . |
| 2 | His hair was braided with flowers and he smoked a large joint . |
| 3 | He 's got a really big nose and he smokes a horrible smelly pipe . ’ |
| 4 | And he employs a zig-zag training sprint which involves a series of passes before the player finishes off by flinging himself at a rugby tackle bag ! |
| 5 | The winner is the one who jumps and crawls for the longest time , and he receives a blue ribbon to wear round his waist . |
| 6 | April 8-10 Baker visits Israel at the start of his second Middle East tour ; discussions are centred on the concept of a " regional conference " , and he receives a tentative Israeli agreement to attend a " limited " conference [ see p. 38167 ] . |
| 7 | The air was balmy , his spirits high , and he carried a large bunch of grass and greenery from the hedges as a present for Daisy , the milker , and Dulcie , the younger goat . |
| 8 | He finally managed to light up as they reached the main road , and he blew a sidelong stream of blue smoke behind the Brigadier 's head . |
| 9 | The embassage had a trumpeter , and he blew a resounding flourish . |
| 10 | I explained the situation to him and he arranged a single loan to pay off the store cards . |
| 11 | It then stood easily and he chose a larger box and stuck his model on the top . |
| 12 | When he received news of his success a couple of months ago , Brian was elated … and he breathed a big sigh of relief that he could relax from his schedule of intensive studies . |
| 13 | ran away from it you see and then when he came back he came to us and he growled a few times at it , so , but erm , backed off you know |
| 14 | And he raised a plump hand to summon the girl . |
| 15 | His eyes narrowed ; Claudia 's face mirrored her shock , and he raised a cynical eyebrow . |
| 16 | These , he maintains , are the likely examples which relate to the Florentine cantasi come prints ; and he presents a strong case for the performance of the polyphonic models , and not the monophonic ones as Giulio Cattin suggests . |
| 17 | Grant 's hand darted for his torch , but even as his fingers touched it , the floor shook under him and he heard a tremendous rumbling crash in the corridor he had just left . |
| 18 | As his fingers closed round the gun , movement caught the edge of his vision and he heard a harsh bubbling moan from behind him . |
| 19 | He was in Arras when the last great German offensive began in March 1918 , and he wrote a vivid description of the bombardment of the town in his last book , Notes of a Camp Follower on the Western Front , published in 1919 . |
| 20 | John knew he could manage — he had n't borrowed much money and he had a solid regular customer base . |
| 21 | She held the young man 's prick — and he had a long and a thick one … ) |
| 22 | His left Achilles tendon became badly shortened , making it difficult for him to put his foot to the floor , and he had a strong positive supporting reaction in his foot . |
| 23 | Now also on the site working there was a man kneeling down like this , and he had a black beard , Do n't have n't got the question yet . |
| 24 | he was late and he had a good car so he snubbed |
| 25 | And he had a good time with the assembled newshounds , especially when one got him off and running with a question about how he felt about winning a national championship . |
| 26 | One day , when they were together and he had a good career , when he had his own house and a car and did n't need to walk and could afford taxis if he wanted them ; he 'd take that same route just for old times ' sake , try to recapture the uncertain ecstasies of that dark , early morning trek . |
| 27 | The time UP is right , he had the opportunity and he had a good motive : with Sir Thomas out of the way , he could get the girl and her money . |
| 28 | Robin Denny , defending , said Riley was a man of otherwise good character and he had a good work record . |
| 29 | He had a , he had a , he had a , a lot , he had a he was quite nippy and he had a good scu you know , good goal |
| 30 | Nothing perturbed him , and he had a sphinx-like face , with amber eyes which seemed to look into your soul . |