Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | To give him his due , after the quip about illegal topless bathing , her rescuer had helpfully hunted round the saloon and found her a large rather battered white canvas jacket to wrap herself in . |
| 32 | Unlike Hitler , however , the Americans were anxious for Franco 's consent and found him a reasonable interlocutor . |
| 33 | ‘ We obedience-trained him and found him a new home . |
| 34 | The head waiter , enchanted to see Ricky after three years ' absence , kissed him on both cheeks , enquired after his elbow , and found him a quiet corner . |
| 35 | I have met Mr. Watkin , and found him a lively and stimulating character . |
| 36 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 37 | Just by chance I happened to have the opportunity of watching yesterday morning and found it a prayerful , joyful experience with so many of the parishioners of very generation actively involved . |
| 38 | I found my way to a temperance hotel advertised in the guide-book and found it a homely house . |
| 39 | We made the locks at Gairlochy on Saturday evening and found it no great hardship to lay there throughout the following Sunday . |
| 40 | Over 100 members attended last year and found it an enjoyable and informative day . |
| 41 | The Sinn Fein man claimed two plain-clothes men approached Mr Fox in Thomas Street , Dungannon on September 2 and promised him a new house if he agreed to work for them . |
| 42 | I patted Armstrong 's stubbly radiator and promised him a good clean-out . |
| 43 | Then Sir Alfred pulled in in his Bentley and promised me a free hand to design a car that worked . |
| 44 | And er so this student came to and I organized a conference and took the chair for him you know and er and helped him every possible way . |
| 45 | Nissen took a personal interest in Constanze 's crusade on behalf of Mozart 's music , and helped her a great deal . |
| 46 | The waiter brought two tall glasses and filled them a good way up with Courvoisier . |
| 47 | However , some remnants of the latter ( the Citizen Army and Sinn Fein Volunteers ) seized Dublin in 1916 and proclaimed it an Irish republic . |
| 48 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 49 | The widow claimed to be particular about who she let to and told her a great deal about the other lodgers ; a musician and a German student , both women , and one man , a writer . |
| 50 | Then Tess went up to her mother , put her head on Joan 's shoulder , and told her the whole story . |
| 51 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 52 | But they met anyway , in part because in their early childhood one or other of their parents , usually but not always the father , had taken them aside and told them a great responsibility would fall to them : the carrying forward of a hermetically protected family secret , and in part because the Society looked after its own . |
| 53 | Nick , who had feared a torridly emotional hour or so was relieved by this ; grateful , he had shared half a bottle of brandy with Martin and told him a great deal about the behaviour of adolescents in certain African tribes , a safe subject , and one he was apt to enlarge on when drunk . |
| 54 | Drinking half her cup she put it down , twisted round to face him , her chin resting in her hand , and told him a strange story . |
| 55 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 56 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 57 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 58 | Frequent travel made his leg swell up , and caused him a considerable amount of discomfort . |
| 59 | Mechanics pushed our aircraft into a hangar and machined us a new stud for our exhaust pipe . |
| 60 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |