Example sentences of "and he [verb] [vb pp] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had said , in revulsion at the intimacy his words implied , that he could do what he liked , I did n't care ; and he had taken this as evidence of a previously unsuspected sophistication in me . |
| 2 | And he 'd organized this erm professional theatre company it was , to come |
| 3 | And er anyway , when I got in from work last night , he 'd done carrots , sprouts , cabbage , mashed potatoes , and he 'd done this pie . |
| 4 | and he 'd remembered this spiel and he 'd got it word perfect and he 's reeling it off as his one objection |
| 5 | And then the Ricos-omes who wished ill to the Cid , had the way open to do him evil with the King , and they said to the King , Sir Ruydiez hath broken your faith , and the oath and promise which you made to the King of Toledo : and he hath done this for no other reason but that the Moors of Toledo may fall upon us here , and slay , both you and us . |
| 6 | We 're still having trouble getting insurance , and er , anyway I phoned , and I wrote him again yesterday , and he 's given this number , who er , who he 's with . |
| 7 | I know what his car 's like — it 's yellow , and he 's got this sticker on the back window . |
| 8 | I thought it was really very funny , this long straggly black hair , he looked absolutely miserable , he thought he was now spiritually calm and spiritually sane and he 's got this peculiar thing on his head that makes him look so daft . |
| 9 | He 's sold that big and he 's got this now , a Cavalier , what they say they want to do |
| 10 | Yeah , exactly , you know , but er he just reminds me of Robin like , you know , and he 's got this brilliant way of ducking |
| 11 | if , if , if he says I 've done it in class and I do n't want to finish it off at home , that 's fair enough , but what 's gon na happen when he gets to secondary level and he 's got this idea that if he does n't finish it in class , that 's it , he does n't do it , he wo n't finish learning the topic |
| 12 | Erm and he seems to think that er er , because he 's got this freedom and he 's got this street cred that like er , wo women will just fall over him . |
| 13 | READER Patrick Stubbs is a Green supporter and he has written this week about policies on key issues . |
| 14 | Peter Laslett , for instance , has attempted to show that the average household size from the late sixteenth century to the twentieth century was 4.75 persons ( that is , always ‘ nuclear ’ ) , and he has used this data to challenge the notion that the nuclear model is a product of ‘ modernisation ’ . |