Example sentences of "and he [vb past] it [art] " in BNC.

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1 The main point is this : Flaubert thought democracy merely a stage in the history of government , and he thought it a typical vanity on our part to assume that it represented the finest , proudest way for men to rule one another .
2 For instance , I recall one evening he came to me and took out a matchbox and he gave it a couple of shakes ; I thought there were matches inside , hut he opened the box and inside were some very evil-looking pills , about the size of , or a little larger , than a Beecham 's pill .
3 His job was to go out into the bush to take samples and he found it the most unspoilt area on Earth he has ever been to , areas the size of Wales in which no white man has ever set foot .
4 And he called it the long-term stewardship of a precious natural resource .
5 And he called it the well he was asked to make one for other blacksmiths .
6 And he did it the right way , he did it the hard way , always in the first two , always having a cut at and jump , jump , jump , you know .
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