Example sentences of "and he [vb past] 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The embassage had a trumpeter , and he blew a resounding flourish . |
| 6 | I explained the situation to him and he arranged a single loan to pay off the store cards . |
| 7 | It then stood easily and he chose a larger box and stuck his model on the top . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | And he raised a plump hand to summon the girl . |
| 11 | His eyes narrowed ; Claudia 's face mirrored her shock , and he raised a cynical eyebrow . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | As his fingers closed round the gun , movement caught the edge of his vision and he heard a harsh bubbling moan from behind him . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | John knew he could manage — he had n't borrowed much money and he had a solid regular customer base . |
| 16 | She held the young man 's prick — and he had a long and a thick one … ) |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | he was late and he had a good car so he snubbed |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Robin Denny , defending , said Riley was a man of otherwise good character and he had a good work record . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | Nothing perturbed him , and he had a sphinx-like face , with amber eyes which seemed to look into your soul . |
| 26 | Agnes often thought about the disparity in wages : while she was getting fifteen shillings a week , Arthur Peeble only got a pound , and he had a young family to bring up on that , and Nan Henderson 's wage was a niggardly eight and six for a long-day week . |
| 27 | He was already King of Scotland , and he had a young wife , Queen Anne of Denmark , and three young children . |
| 28 | And he had a nice voice . |
| 29 | His specialities were country houses , churches and vicarages , and he had a great love for bricks , which he used brilliantly and ingeniously . |
| 30 | Again I think if Freud and Bullitt were here today , they 'd say , well look we did , in fact , have quite a lot of data , because I , Bullitt knew Wilson intimately for several years and worked with him , and er , Freud had rarely the stuff in erm , in all papers of Woodrow Wilson in the library of Congress or wherever they were , and he had a great deal of data . |