Example sentences of "and [noun pl] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McMillan was kept in hospital overnight as a precaution and was in a great deal of pain with his dislocated shoulder , plus the cuts and bruises he had to suffer . |
| 2 | And to coincide , the Bodlean Library has opened an exhibition showing original sketches and maps he drew on the back of exam papers . |
| 3 | The person brought up in the city who has a natural and instinctive knowledge of the curative properties of herbs and wild flowers ; the person who experiences déjà vu or the one who seems to recognize a ‘ stranger ’ although the two have never met before ; the person born with talents he has not had time to acquire — is it not a possible explanation of the genius of such prodigies as Mozart that he actually brought with him skills and talents he had learnt in a previous lifetime ? |
| 4 | He had seen the pose in several paintings in the churches and galleries he had visited in the past two weeks . |
| 5 | He will bring with him over 20 dogs from the London tracks , supplied by friends and contacts he made while head lad to Hackney trainer David Vowles . |
| 6 | With tongue and teeth he gave a tight rasp and turned away in boredom or vexation or distaste . |
| 7 | Tom Slack 's sense of fun effectively camouflages the dramas and dangers he endured as a pilot , as an escaper and ultimately as a POW . |
| 8 | He was full of all the gossip and rumours , most of it picked up from the ships he visited and seamen he talked to . |
| 9 | The signature was not the signature of the letters and contracts he had seen at Jackson 's . |
| 10 | He just could n't eat the amount of fruit and vegetables he had tucked into before . |
| 11 | He will be no more able to give an explicit account of the methods and skills he has acquired than a master-carpenter will be able to fully describe what lies behind his skills . |
| 12 | Rauschning returned to face a whole series of issues and policies he felt he could no longer support or accept and to find himself cited in an investigation of both Jewish and communist influence in the city . |
| 13 | Without Sir Martin , the men and policies he stood for will undoubtedly come under fresh scrutiny . |
| 14 | Additionally , the buyer can claim damages which would be equivalent to the difference in cost of buying another similar computer elsewhere and any other expenses and losses he has been put to as a direct consequence of the breach , with the proviso that he mitigates his losses , that is , he keeps them to a minimum . |
| 15 | Apart from a few ornaments and pictures he had paid for everything . |
| 16 | With narrow lips and eyes he faced the strolling irony of the afternoon crowds , the young , the robed incurious foreigners . |
| 17 | Unfortunately Freud 's evidence for his propositions was somewhat indirect , being derived from the ‘ memories ’ of adult patients , whose difficulties and characteristics he believed could best be accounted for by the libidinal theory . |
| 18 | Each man will decide for himself how many arms and legs he wants , and whether he wants white skin or black skin , or whether he 'd prefer to be covered in furnishing fabric or mink . |
| 19 | Wonder how many frying-pans and kettles he gets through in a week , he mused . |
| 20 | Van Cheele usually talked to his aunt about the birds , plants and animals he saw on his walks . |
| 21 | The fish and chips he did buy were simply scrumptious . |
| 22 | Beneath a heap of old rags and newspapers and raincoats he found an empty petrol can . |
| 23 | The one drawback to the Beka'a Video Club was that Abu Salim , who 'd asked us to give him English lessons , would come down with a list of words and phrases he 'd noted while watching the films and ask for an explanation , his main interest was obscene vocabulary . |
| 24 | As he was wearing only trousers and shoes he knew that he would soon be picked up in the town , so he got away through alleys and into the country . |
| 25 | He started by sketching numerous frescoes and statuettes he found in the Hermitage Museum , Leningrad . |
| 26 | Ariel soon began to pick up some English , especially from Jack Elsey , a nineteen-year-old from Southwark , who 'd been the cook on the outward journey , and was prompt to learn from her the flavours of the island vegetables and herbs , the edible flowers and fruits he 'd never imagined could possibly exist when he was growing up one of the twelve offspring of a Thames waterman . |
| 27 | Now that he owned his own studio by the banks of the River Colne he could play the mogul to the technicians , artists and directors he had gathered there . |
| 28 | Balcon moved , with several of the scriptwriters and directors he had brought up through Gaumont-British , to the American company , MGM . |
| 29 | What is most remarkable about the talks and lectures he gave on this trip is the extent to which America now revived in him the memories of his childhood . |
| 30 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |