Example sentences of "[coord] [subord] he [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | His own sense of Scottishness was nurtured in Leeds where his soldier father was dispatched for wartime treatment for burns and where he met and married Ian 's mother . |
| 2 | The building of Winston Grange , containing the first flush lavatory in Suffolk , proved a triumph , for in 1860 the third incumbent , a Reverend Mundiford Allen , became one of the best and most loved vicars in East Anglia , and although he died and was buried here in 1910 , stories of his virtue and kindness are still rife . |
| 3 | I want Martin to be Cullam 's shadow and if he goes and pays cash for that refrigerator we 're really getting somewhere . |
| 4 | The point of contact with the fable of disembodied consciousness is that thinking has become Raskolnikov 's work , it has almost become Raskolnikov , and if he did and were nothing but this work we would have the first part of Notes from Underground repeated . |
| 5 | In 1576 , she insisted that her new Archbishop of Canterbury , Edmund Grindal , should suppress prophesyings , and when he disobeyed and challenged her right as supreme governor to decide on the matter , she suspended him from office . |
| 6 | And when he met and married Nessie Monaghan , he was immediately aware , like any true artist , that she had the better natural voice and he contented himself with being a better-than-ordinary pub tenor and a hit at every christening , wedding and funeral he attended . |
| 7 | I resigned from the family planning about seven years ago when my husband retired , as I say because he used to help me very much and when he retired and my children had all married I felt it was time that I should retire too . |
| 8 | It suggested that they shared some sort of secret , but of course they did n't , and when he rose and drained the last mouthful of his second cup of coffee before placing the delicate china cup back in its saucer she could only follow his lead , feeling certain that the relaxed mood was broken . |
| 9 | The kiss had been such a butterfly of a thing that she did not reject it , and when he bent and kissed her cheek she did not reject that either . |
| 10 | And when he sagged and said he 'd had enough of the place and it was not what he had thought it would be , she said life never was and that if he wanted to stay in Fleet Street he would be foolish to leave without a new job to go to . |
| 11 | His hands left her hair , moved swiftly down her spine , cupping her rear suddenly and pressing her tighter against his hard body , a harsh groan coming from the back of his throat as one strong hand swept suddenly to her breast , and as he touched and stroked her there she gave a fierce moan of excitement , whispering incoherent words against his mouth in blind , overpowering , dazed response . |
| 12 | Oh , my darling , darling , she wanted to cry , and as he moved and lay down with her and their legs entwined , so she realised , without fear , that along with his shirt , so too had his trousers gone . |
| 13 | She walked past him to the door , and though he followed and came quickly up to her side he did not again offer her his hand . |
| 14 | Mind you the title was a bit funny because it did n't Almost an Angel but if he died and he went to heaven , then he must have been an angel but came back down , he 's still an angel . |
| 15 | But like he said and yo and your bill , your receipt and I 've forgo I 've lost the bloody receipt ! |
| 16 | She could not associate him with any loss of dignity , or credit , or grace , not because he felt these too nearly and jealously , but because he wore and used them with as little thought as the breath he drew , and they were as natural a part of him , and like breath , when they left him they would leave him dead . |
| 17 | But when he attacks and threatens the Press , he is not doing it merely on his own behalf . |
| 18 | He got £3 pocket money when he was working , but when he finished and we were both on invalidity benefit , that was the worst part . |
| 19 | She was not very much surprised to see him on his feet and opening the door , but when he swayed and put a hand on the wall to steady himself she was unable to prevent her own hand going out towards him . |
| 20 | The night was cold and black but when he stopped and looked up between the black overhanging gables of the houses , he was pleased to see the clouds beginning to break up . |
| 21 | The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre . |