Example sentences of "and [det] he [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In any case , a Conservative-Liberal alliance to exclude Labour from office depended on Asquith 's support ; and this he declined to countenance , in spite of what he described as ‘ appeals , threats , prayers from all parts , and from all sorts and conditions of men , women and lunatics , to step in and save the country from the horrors of Socialism and Confiscation ’ . |
| 2 | I think it was a great relief for him to think that Tony DeFries would deal with things and all he had to do was deal with his artistry . |
| 3 | And all he had to do was be this other person and convince everybody . |
| 4 | And all he had to do was to stay in the sun and turn up on the lot when a suitable — or unsuitable ( he was used to taking the rough with the smooth ) — script came up . |
| 5 | He would n't want to be disturbed and all he had to do to get out was draw the bloody bolt . ’ |
| 6 | Twenty three thousand , and she left all carpets , furniture curtains and everything and all he had to do was just move in . |
| 7 | At Monaco , his drive-shaft failed and all he had to show for the race was his twenty-two laps in the lead . |
| 8 | So far London had taken Peter over thirteen years , and all he had to show for it was six box files bulging with notes , newspaper cuttings and botched openings . |
| 9 | He had been sitting on the cart since early morning and all he had to show for scouring the streets was an old tin bath that he had found on some wasteground , a couple of sacks of rags and one or two pieces of old iron . |
| 10 | She 's just got him out of prison after making all that money and going through all that shit for him , he finally comes home , and all he wants to do is watch the match on the telly . |