Example sentences of "he [vb past] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived and died in Königsberg , never venturing beyond the province , and had the reputation of being the contented bachelor from whose afternoon walk it was possible to set one 's watch . |
| 2 | Walthamstow , Julia Black : adaptation of a William Morris design ; he lived and worked in Walthamstow . |
| 3 | A-Team star George Peppard 's second wife , actress Elizabeth Ashley — whom he met and fell in love with when they made The Carpetbaggers in 1964 — claimed that he assaulted her and came at her with a hot frying pan , an allegation that Peppard has always strongly denied . |
| 4 | His women fans still remember he had an affair with screen goddess Brigitte Bardot before he met and fell in love with Olympic skier Francine Bound . |
| 5 | Lambarde continued living at the Palace until 1598 and during this time he maintained and kept in repair the buildings . |
| 6 | From 1940 , when he made his first broadcast as a quiz-master in the BBC radio series Ack , Ack , Beer , Beer , he was a constant broadcaster and in 1943 , by then stationed at the Air Ministry in London , he created and wrote with Squadron Leader Richard Murdoch the long-running radio series Much Binding in the Marsh , a take-off of a fictitious RAF station . |
| 7 | Maybe Carter 's — ’ He stopped and looked at Marcus . |
| 8 | ‘ He stopped and looked at Sister Cooney . |
| 9 | Once Jack had passed the back of the Monument and reached the green slope that overlooked the factory , he stopped and gasped in astonishment . |
| 10 | ‘ Going about , ’ he shouted and watched in amazement the crazed proficiency of the little cocaine addict leaping back into the cockpit to winch the genoa sheet in . |
| 11 | Angel proceeded to put on an incredible display of histrionics , peacock-blue eyes flashing , nostrils flaring above his furiously pouting mouth , as he shouted and swore at Alejandro . |
| 12 | about three years ago he uprooted and went to Guildford . |
| 13 | He ate and drank with relish , pointing out a fishing boat leaving Sligo harbour , remarking how Rosses point across the bay had safe bathing while here you could n't stand in the water without feeling the currents pushing the sand out from under your feet . |
| 14 | He came and stood in front of her and looked down . |
| 15 | He came and stood in front of her . |
| 16 | With remarkable skill he identified and presented for selection a group of some of the leading statesmen concerned with their welfare . |
| 17 | His practice was an entirely common-law one : he advised and appeared for parties on libel actions ; he advised on contracts and similar matters dealt with in the common-law courts . |
| 18 | She twined her arms so tightly round his neck that he almost choked , pulling him down so that he overbalanced and fell on top of her . |
| 19 | He turned and looked at Dorian Gray with the eyes of a sick man . |
| 20 | He turned and looked at Dinah lying on the bed , her shoes kicked off beside it , her hair out of its pins for comfort , her gown unlaced . |
| 21 | He turned and looked at Cranston , noting how the fat coroner 's face was dewed with drops of sweat . |
| 22 | He turned and stared at Corbett and the clerk glimpsed madness dancing in his eyes . |
| 23 | When at last he placed the phone down he turned and gazed at Joe , saying in a bewildered tone , ‘ It 's Harry ; they … they want me to go at once . ’ |
| 24 | The victory was sealed in the 83rd minute when Jones found Holdsworth in the box and he turned and shot past keeper Bryan Gunn . |
| 25 | He turned and grinned at Maeve . |
| 26 | Round the corner of the drive he turned and grinned at Meryl , who had kept her face down , striving to maintain a deadpan expression . |
| 27 | He turned and yelled at Hugh de Riveire and his men , who had launched on a private war at his back . |
| 28 | At the door he turned and spoke to Newman . |
| 29 | He turned and smirked at Elinor . |
| 30 | He turned and smiled at Adam . |