Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] and he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I complied and he bellowed ‘ Five months , I 've been waiting for my telephone . |
| 2 | ‘ I wo n't , ’ I promised and he went off to find his mates while I made my way home to start the chores . |
| 3 | I nodded and he continued , ‘ You 've only just arrived on the island . |
| 4 | I nodded and he turned back to mutter something into his talkback before handing me the mike , taking my hand and leading me to the stage . |
| 5 | So he went at me , but I ducked and he hit the shelf — he broke his thumb in two places ! |
| 6 | " I prayed and He changed things . " |
| 7 | I bowed and he looked surprised . |
| 8 | I waved and he raised both his arms in an outlandish hieratic gesture , one foot slightly advanced , as if in some kind of primitive blessing . |
| 9 | I asked him what the time was when I rang and he said |
| 10 | However , I insisted and he ushered me into the Captain 's sea cabin . |
| 11 | I insisted and he put out his hand , asking me if I was sure . |
| 12 | w well not over her but , but really , really really chummy yeah , and I thought and he 'd just been saying how pretentious she was most of the evening most of the afternoon I mean . |
| 13 | And he went and I went and he said yes I am . |
| 14 | Erm oh I asked him about that when I went and he said it were nothing to worry about , it 's just |
| 15 | And I went and he offered me erm to start the next month and I just could n't believe it . |
| 16 | I auditioned and he hired me . |
| 17 | on my er lesson before my test , and he said just push the brake down a minute and I did and he said oh , you try it again , yeah , oh , hang on a minute , he fiddled about some more and he said right now do it again ah right that 's working now . |
| 18 | But I did what I did and he died as he died . ’ |
| 19 | I did and he did . |
| 20 | ‘ I told him I did and he gave me a look which suggested that I should n't have kept it from him ! ’ |
| 21 | Anyway I smiled and I wheedled and he let me be without the gag and he let me look round . |
| 22 | Lie down , ’ I said and he eased himself back on to the couch . |
| 23 | ‘ I can cope , ’ I said and he took my word for it . |
| 24 | stuff , I said he swept the hall , I said look how nice it looks this morning , I said and he did all the toilets and everything else |
| 25 | Now I knew of no better , and Alan should 've known better because he 'd done a lot more removals than I had and he said Oh you 're alright Neal , do n't worry . |
| 26 | I ran and he went on running with me all the way . |
| 27 | And Morgan J well he was the headmaster when I went to school first and he was there when I left and he retired and he was still here You know going about . |
| 28 | The difference is that I knew what I wanted and he did not . |
| 29 | For a moment Ben could n't understand what was going on , then one of them turned and he saw it was the captain , a man called Rosten . |
| 30 | He took his cue from her and they half ran and half walked the couple of hundred yards to the station , and she led and he followed . |