Example sentences of "and [v-ing] he [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had pulled her down with him into the whirlpool of love , and now that she was submerged and drowning he had left her , escaping through the cloaking mist that hung over the water . |
| 2 | Colour flooded her cheeks as she realised he was accusing her of posing and denying he had had anything to do with it . |
| 3 | He had never made a secret of what he wanted from her , and pretending he enjoyed her company , pretending he wanted to laugh with her or show her his favourite places in Rome , was n't part of it . |
| 4 | The noise from the shore was much greater : a familiar hiss and booming he had heard often before with a big tide on the make , but muffled now because of the deafening sound of the wind . |
| 5 | The poor dog seemed to know all about it , for in fear and trembling he waited behind his master , hanging his tail most ignobly . |
| 6 | After eight years practising and perfecting he sent off for a plan and made his own Appalachian dulcimer — and it was better than the one he was given . |
| 7 | He was still doing it over an hour later , frantically trying to remember everything and wishing he had somewhere to write it all down , when there was a sound of feet running up the stairs . |
| 8 | She thought of him , of how he must feel now , mourning his dead sister and wishing he had had some last word from her ; and then , how she would give him Mrs Gotobed 's message , to comfort him . |
| 9 | The electric commuter trains rattled past at frequent intervals while Nails mooched impatiently up and down , kicking an old tin can and wishing he did n't have to be dependent on a girl . |
| 10 | She had been looking forward to this moment , for it promised a long-sought revenge : a revenge not only against her husband for the bitterness and suffering he had caused her , but also against the harlot , Hannah Gristy , whose lithe body and brazen looks had tempted young Gregory into fornication nearly forty years before , and of whom this insolent little slut was so painful a reminder . |
| 11 | Soon , however , he was confronted with the ‘ actualities of war ’ during a visit to a casualty hospital , and the bullet-holed limbs and suffering he witnessed there helped purge him of such studied hauteur . |
| 12 | David Sieff asked us all to join in drinking Robin 's health , to which Robin replied in two sentences welcoming everyone and saying he hoped we would all come to his 100th birthday party ! |
| 13 | He suggested the striker was lacking in desire , suggesting he had gone missing during the game against United , and saying he had not been the same since playing for England against Turkey a fortnight ago . |
| 14 | Then she telephoned Eliot at home and after that was about to leave when Shildon came , apologetic and saying he had met somebody who had delayed him . |
| 15 | And knowing he 'd gone a bit too far , and glad enough , now his fright and anger were fading , to have faced down Lachlan 's temper and Farquhar 's knife unharmed , Duncan Rua was satisfied to grin back , and turn aside to work the ship . |
| 16 | Photographs and recollections confirm that in features and colouring he resembled his mother . |
| 17 | And assuming he found him — what then ? |
| 18 | Coleridge — mercurial , brilliant , and prodigiously well read — opened to Poole the world of thought and learning he had longed to discover since boyhood . |
| 19 | In each of the robberies the raider handed over notes demanding cash and claiming he had a gun . |
| 20 | We thought he was wasting his time after all the hard work and studying he had done , ’ says Brian Gedge . |
| 21 | In the bedlam of yelling and barking he danced from one foot to the other in a brief breathless panic . |