Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [adv] and he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Jim came along and he says what did you say ? |
| 2 | Maggie asked softly and he gave a strange laugh , leading the horse out into the sunlight and locking the door securely again . |
| 3 | He was bent in the act of locking the car as Maggie came up and he straightened to a considerable height , dark eyes running over her in astonishment . |
| 4 | His 1954 marriage to Born Free star Virginia McKenna broke up and he hit the bottle . |
| 5 | ‘ Do n't tell Ana , ’ Maggie said urgently and he spun round to glare at her . |
| 6 | Ruth sat down and he looked across at her . |
| 7 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 8 | He put four big suitcases in the car then Minnie and Dympna got in and he drove off . ’ |
| 9 | Then brother Jack strolled in and he wasted no time in chatting them up . |
| 10 | Jenny dozed off and he switched on the autopilot . |
| 11 | Thus , in the following , he can naturally be interpreted as referring to whoever it is that John refers to : ( 39 ) John came in and he lit a fire We will return to anaphora , but just note here that it is perfectly possible , as Lyons ( 1977a : 676 ) points out , for a deictic term to be used both anaphorically and deictically . |