Example sentences of "and he [vb past] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we all left , and he locked the door behind us , the murderer committed his crime . ’ |
| 2 | His design theory was based on the belief that natural forms should be abstracted and made geometric for use in ornamentation , and he likened the designer 's mind to ‘ the vital force of the plant ever developing itself into forms of beauty ’ . |
| 3 | Then , when the family heard of it , they packed him off to Ireland , arranged fur the marriage to be annulled , and he married the Connor girl . ’ |
| 4 | It was long since Adam had thought of him so , and he gathered the warmth of their recollection to him as gratefully as if he had salved one bleached and solitary bone of the beloved right hand out of the Severn , and laid it back in holy ground . |
| 5 | And he realized the boy 's terror : he could feel the imprint of the boy 's feelings as strongly as if they were his own . |
| 6 | You know his father had started the company and the men , the older men in the quarry had been there from day one with him , you know from when they were producing next to nothing to being quite a profitable concern , and he realized the value of these men , and that you could n't just say , oh because they disagree with you just well , down the road pal . |
| 7 | Then , when Albert Dawes moved to Luton Town , Jack became our leading goalscorer and he topped the Palace 's scoring charts in 1936–37 and 1937–38 ; almost certainly , his most satisfying strike for us was the goal he scored in Palace 's 3–1 win at Shepherds Bush against his old club on May Day 1937 in the last match of that season . |
| 8 | This gentleman was told of the deplorable state of the lady and the even worse state of her husband , and he recommended the couple to Samuel Young . |
| 9 | These were recorded on charts and he recommended the appointment of speed and feed men who would ensure that the optimum rates were adhered to . |
| 10 | To Charles he was an indispensable source of wisdom and experience and he relished the time spent in his company . |
| 11 | She went to the door and he recited the words until she had gone out and shut the door behind her . |
| 12 | Claims that the English tests had not been properly prepared were dismissed as being ‘ without any validity at all , ’ and he stressed the importance of the tests in identifying pupils with reading difficulties at an early age so they could be given extra help . |
| 13 | Moments later it opened and he unfastened the chain securing the two doors together and eased one of them open wide enough for him to slip inside . |
| 14 | General Wade built forty bridges up here inside a decade : and he carried the metaphor of his construction over into his administration — ; under his command , military rule in the wake of an insurrection proved less brutal , more instinctively communal , than the savagery of the butcher Cumberland who followed him . |
| 15 | I 'll make sure she ca n't talk , ’ Sapt said , and he carried the King away . |
| 16 | It was a marvellous triumph for Price and his caddie Jeff Medlen , who was loaned out last year because Nick had to pull out of this tournament — and he carried the bag of winner John Daly . |
| 17 | His views on the nature of astigmatism were important and he improved the treatment of acute glaucoma . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , that 's her , ’ and he replaced the sheet . |
| 19 | He thought of saying , ‘ Hello , Irena ! ’ but it would have been a rude interruption and he replaced the phone . |
| 20 | This latter piece of logic was the clincher and he dropped the idea as soon as he sobered up , the following week . |
| 21 | So anyway she had the er settee and brought a friend with her with a well I think it was one of these Range Rovers that you can seat erm , you know , about seven and he dropped the seats down and got the settee in , I do n't know how he managed it . |
| 22 | On privatization [ see below ] , only the ethical orientation of the programme would change , and he guaranteed the stability of economic rules , promising that no arbitrary measures would be taken . |
| 23 | And he followed the princess out of the castle . |
| 24 | Above it the Plough was tilted and he followed the line of the two stars at its end until he found the Pole Star . |
| 25 | Reacher confirmed he had thought about possible replacements for Clough , and he admitted the job would probably go to a Forest insider . |
| 26 | The 32-player tournament is Korda 's first as a top seed and he admitted the pressure affected him . |
| 27 | It was the same old-fashioned type as Miss Tuckey 's and he unscrewed the mouthpiece carefully but found nothing extra inside . |
| 28 | He did specify , however , that the principal obstacle to elections was the civil war in the south , and he announced the establishment of a Peace and Development Foundation for the region . |
| 29 | Brizan claimed that the budget , coming so soon after the general election , could only be a " holding operation " until the NDC administration was able to undertake reforms , and he announced the creation of a committee to review the fiscal policies of the previous Blaize administration . |
| 30 | On April 30 de Klerk had told parliament that political prisoners still in prison would be freed within days , and he criticized the ANC for allegedly failing to provide a list of those it regarded as political detainees until April 25 [ see p. 38131 ] . |