Example sentences of "and he [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She died in 1909 and he married in 1910 Lorina Elizabeth , widow of A. Shield , a member of the Stock Exchange . |
| 2 | He was leaving behind the other children , the only friends he had , and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world . |
| 3 | He calculated that 10,000 women lost their lives annually due to this rite and he campaigned with many others for it to be banned . |
| 4 | He came rapidly to the conclusion that blood-letting , enemas and emetics weakened the already ill patients and could in no way help towards a cure , and he campaigned against such practices for most of his life . |
| 5 | Dr Johnny Birks has been studying mink for many years and he admits with some reluctance that this extremely successful marten may have contributed to the vole 's decline . |
| 6 | Hill loathed the idea of betting shops , which were legalized in 1960 , but rivals moved in and he followed in 1966 . |
| 7 | He took their biggest manual model , and he tipped at both ends , the ideal customer . |
| 8 | And he suffered from moral gaucherie also : he disapproved , he reproved . |
| 9 | Mozart 's final illness lasted 15 days , during which time his body swelled , he vomited intermittently and he suffered from high fever . |
| 10 | So he phoned up and he had to redial two or three times before he started . |
| 11 | and he had about four bowlfuls and he was |
| 12 | We could n't get him and he had about this much off . |
| 13 | On this ground the proceedings of the licensing court were either reduced , or the pursuer 's averments were held relevant , in the following circumstances : when two of the members of the court had been employed by the applicant as part-time barmen for a number of years , without remuneration apart from money gifts at holiday periods : McDonald v. Fin lay ( supra ) ; when three of the members of the court were shareholders , and one was a director , of the company owning the property for which the certificate was sought , and when that company was closely allied with another company , the officials and directors of both being the same persons , on whose behalf the certificate was applied for : Blaik v. Anderson ( 1899 ) 7 S.L.T. 299 ; when a member of the court had recently been a shareholder of the company on whose behalf the certificate was applied for , and he had on previous occasions himself been the applicant on the company 's behalf , he being an avowed and pledged advocate of the company : Ower v. Crichton ( 1902 ) 10 S.L.T. 271 ; when members of a court had , in their capacity as members of a local authority , and with a view to street improvement , taken an active part in negotiating the purchase of licensed premises from brewers , who agreed to pay a sum of money to the local authority if a new licence were obtained for other premises , such as the subject of the application : R. v. Sunderland JJ. [ 1901 ] 2 K.B . |
| 14 | Wylie 's desire to maintain a more traditional notion of religion as a matter of truth and falsity ( where those with the truth have an obligation publicly to denounce falsity ) brought him into conflict with the state and he responded to that challenge by standing for election to the council . |
| 15 | but at least he does decorate , good morning , he does decorating and things and he helps like that , |
| 16 | He upset the Tories , who had so vigorously defended his right to the succession , by attacking the Anglican monopoly in worship and education , and then by punishing recalcitrant Anglicans in a specially erected Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes ; he enlarged his standing army , appointing a number of Catholics to prominent positions of command ; and he interfered with local franchises and borough corporations in order to try to secure the election of a Parliament which would be subservient to his wishes . |
| 17 | and he talks like that and sh what the hell are they saying ! |
| 18 | Sunday 's the only day off and he wakes at 4:30 most mornings … |
| 19 | He took a step towards Fincara , but the floor inside the Tower was the same slippery glass , and he fell to one knee . |
| 20 | I went through these areas that I wanted to work in and I argued with Jeremy that we had n't allowed for ‘ things visual ’ , that we had a visual medium , that Britain was profoundly under-educated visually , so that we should actually use television for visual education and he fell for this . |
| 21 | The first came in 1977–8 against Australia and he began with fifties in his first three innings , only to join the Packer brigade and miss out for a couple of years . |
| 22 | Put hens in his bed and he come in one night and there was a s a man a stray man you ken an effigy of a man like and it was hanging by the neck from a rafter in the house . |
| 23 | Guilty or innocent , it did not matter ; he wanted her back , and he knew at last that , whatever he had felt for Angela Deverill , it was not this . |
| 24 | His future was assured now , and he knew with equal certainty that he wanted Carrie to be a part of that future . |
| 25 | She could not possibly have known the misery such a revelation would cause him , because now he was forbidden to call her by any other name and he knew from painful experience that Tom Fish would not relent until he had his way . |
| 26 | His trouser legs were scorching from the fire and he twisted to one side . |
| 27 | I put this theory to Walter Avrili , mortgage expert with John Charcol and he agreed with one proviso . |
| 28 | Anton , his rolling bobbing head , in and out : and his mouth was ghastly , streaming blood and he bit at random , where he could : a cannibal feast , and there seemed no end to Parker , elephant big , but soft and white and easy to bleed , full of smells ; he could , heightened senses , whiff the slightest reek , the ebb and flow , as might a jackal , the strength drawn out of Parker . |
| 29 | The mechanisms by which elites maintain their rule is a matter of great interest to Pareto , and he discusses in some detail how the differing kinds of elite ( predominantly those relying on force or consent ) interact and replace one another . |
| 30 | Then indeed , after a long time , Childebert considered what ought to be added , and he instituted from 78 to 83 , which he is known to have imposed worthily , and so he transmitted these writings to his brother Chlothar . |