Example sentences of "and he [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he hates me for giving in to them , and for seeing how he 's shrunk . |
| 2 | He was pleased with the result and wanted to use it for something for himself and he adapted it for designing colour patterns for Sandra to knit on her machine . |
| 3 | I gently pushed him aside and walked in and he followed me around reading with great enthusiasm while I poured the contents of my shoes down the sink , removed my coat and made us both a hot drink , interjecting now and again with , ‘ Fancy that ! ’ |
| 4 | And he conned me into posting his mail ! |
| 5 | A constable brought his coffee and he drank it without noticing . |
| 6 | ‘ I hate cocaine , ’ he said finally , and he surprised me by saying it for the Maggot had always struck me as one of life 's rebels . |
| 7 | A severe attack of pneumonia a few weeks before the entrance examination destroyed his university hopes , and he resigned himself to working on his father 's farm . |
| 8 | And he hailed it for providing an ideal environment in which individualism can flourish . |
| 9 | He was holding a lady 's girdle and he swivelled it like moving hips . |
| 10 | Then , when I was eleven , he had a friend who owned a music store and he talked him into letting me work Saturdays . |
| 11 | Small , jerkily spasmodic movements stirred her whole body as she strained towards him , and he steadied her by sliding an arm about her waist , still intent on the proud thrust of the breast he was ravishing with such devastatingly effective skill . |
| 12 | As Pip has realised that Magwitch is Estella 's father and he comforts him by telling him that his daughter is still alive and that he is in love with her . |
| 13 | He claimed that he was sick of this ‘ Steffi is Great ’ attitude and he accused you of showing favour towards Steffi . |
| 14 | ‘ I think , for perhaps the first and only time in his life , William had been trying to shake off his obsession , and he did it by getting as far away from temptation as possible . |