Example sentences of "he [verb] and [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 239 , dad , ’ I says , reverend-like. 'E smiles and I folds 'is 'ands acrorst 'is stomich . ’ |
| 2 | A course of antibiotics enabled him to continue and he ended up in a tie for second place alongside Jose Maria Olazabal . |
| 3 | Attempts to revive him failed and he died later in hospital . |
| 4 | Angelina 's voice made him jump and he forgot all about Pretty Polly , and all about his chances of sneaking away from the Canterbury trip tomorrow to see the second day of the Kent versus Australia match . |
| 5 | Slightly perplexed , but fascinated , I invited him to elaborate and he outlined how , since arriving in London in 1961 at the age of 9 , he had been rocked by the awareness that his colour could place him in a position of possible — or probable — disadvantage . |
| 6 | The space behind him clears and he uses it , knowing it 's there without turning to look . |
| 7 | In 1894 he went to Oxford University as a non-collegiate student but ill health caused him to leave and he spent the year 1895 acting as tutor to an English family in Odessa . |
| 8 | He had studied to be a vet but lack of finances had forced him to quit and he became a blacksmith . |
| 9 | The young man and the girl did not see him coming and he caught them both around their legs and knocked them onto the floor . |
| 10 | The audience did n't want to let him go and he returned to sing a little jazz , leaving the stage to rapturous applause . |
| 11 | Gabriel found himself whispering , ‘ Let him go and you stay , Izzie . |
| 12 | Let him go and you stay . ’ |
| 13 | Oh I thought , I thought and they let him go and I thought if you said that , you know bit unbelievable . |
| 14 | one thing and another and I said oh I do n't know , and there are Sunday and said look about taking Matthew , why do n't you let him go and I said well it 's a , it 's a long time , you know for |
| 15 | Riven wanted to find Madra , for she was no longer at his side , but the man in front of him fell and he found himself confronting an enemy militiaman . |
| 16 | But then , as if Waimea had prematurely taken its gloves off , the waves all round him eased and he took advantage of the lull to belt the last thirty yards to the beach . |
| 17 | I thought that I had n't chosen to get married at all but that Syl had chosen to marry me , since it was time for him to marry and I offered no threat to the way and integrity of his life and character , and that my mother had chosen to see me wed because I was good for little else . |
| 18 | I mean sometimes you expect him to laugh and he does n't laugh like he says something funny and I say something funny back to him , but he does n't laugh . |
| 19 | She had never seen him come and she regarded him worriedly . |
| 20 | He did n't scream but she felt him tremble and he made a small , pathetic groan , like an angry puppy . |
| 21 | " You sweet creature , " she thought she heard him say and she felt a warm butterfly kiss on her mouth . |
| 22 | The damp wind blowing in at the open door made him shiver and he went to wake the others . |
| 23 | I 've kept him informed and he has just to get on with his job . |
| 24 | Mr Jones said : ‘ He did make reference to the letter in the speech that he made and he did make positive noises but whether they will translate into positive actions we 'll have to wait and see . ’ |
| 25 | That at least is the role he plays and it sums up much of his generation . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Everythin' has its own time , ’ he whispered and he blushed . |
| 27 | And in the middle of the night Boaz wakes up and he turns and he startled to find this woman , lying at his feet and he says , who are you ? |
| 28 | The verderers slept as he passed and he failed to hear the sound of their horses stirring uneasily in the thicket . |
| 29 | Aaron ( 7 ) was given an entrance exam which he passed and it allowed him to jump a grade . |
| 30 | Yeah , and the teacher says tell me A B C and he goes fuck off and he goes and she goes how dare you speak to me like that ! |