Example sentences of "and [adj] [coord] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked red and sore and his mouth seemed to droop at the corners . |
| 2 | Former Central Intelligence Agency officer Thomas Clines , the chief arms broker in the Iran-contra operation , was indicted by a grand jury in Baltimore on Feb. 22 on four charges arising from false income tax returns for 1985 and 1986 and his failure to report the existence of foreign bank accounts . |
| 3 | When he is sad because the world rejects him I shall place my paw upon his knee , and he will be moved and heartened and his strength will be renewed . |
| 4 | Goodridge 's best-known work is the Lansdown tower on the edge of the city , built in 1824–7 for the celebrated William Beckford [ q.v. ] , who had settled in Bath in 1823 ; and this and his own residence , Montebello ( later Bathwick Grange ) on Bathwick Hill ( 1828–30 ) , are compositions of great originality , combining a Picturesque irregularity of form with an eclectic mixture of Greek and Italianate detail . |
| 5 | He looked tired and travel-weary and his first words confirmed he had been riding hard . |
| 6 | Fen was much taller and broader and his swarthy colouring was not something that had appealed to her hitherto . |
| 7 | The man 's hair was long and stringy and his eyes blazed like a charismatic actor 's . |
| 8 | His voice was croaked and hoarse and his shocked stare came to rest on David as if he instinctively knew he was a doctor . |
| 9 | erm His father died in nineteen hundred and three and his mother in nineteen hundred and five and of course his mother 's death was a particularly shattering blow , and he actually spent six weeks in a clinic for neurotics . |
| 10 | He had obviously been sleeping ; his hair was ruffled and untidy and his chin unshaven and covered with a short , dark stubble . |
| 11 | The Signore was extrovert and jolly and his wife was a wonderful cook , and very soon I was considered as one of the family . |
| 12 | Och he is lovely his hair and all and his face and |
| 13 | He lowered his head , closing his mouth over hers ; his lips were warm and firm and his tongue tantalised her firmly closed mouth . |
| 14 | But no , he decided , the boss was getting colder and colder and his voice quieter . |
| 15 | It is also difficult to see the consistency between his reference to sex as fine and noble and his claim that only complete renunciation of sex leads to the realization of God . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's direct , brave and courageous and his inclusion would give them a lift . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He 's direct , brave and courageous and his inclusion would give them a lift . ’ |
| 18 | Riven pulled his cloak up about his neck , his bones aching and stiff and his legs still complaining about the horse between them . |
| 19 | On his fifth visit to Darlington and 29th constituency since the campaign started , he may look slightly grey and older but his charm with the ladies and twinkle in the eye has not dimmed . |
| 20 | Maybe Henry would have ended up warped and perverse but his unofficial education among the elite certainly helped him along the way . |
| 21 | His face was a mass of purple bruises , his lips swollen and split and his eyes lost behind puffy tissue . |
| 22 | It is both architecturally creative and practical and his ideas embrace three characteristic spaces — the community , the group and the individual . |
| 23 | He was tall and thin but his most striking feature was his long , softly curling brown hair . |
| 24 | Our questions ranged far and wide and his courtesy and patience turned them into an intriguing trail of discovery which was endlessly fascinating and richly rewarding , for he is also a natural raconteur . |
| 25 | How he was so oppressive , how he was so strong and hairy and his voice was so loud and when he washed of a morning he made splashes in the wash-basin and blew his nose into the water , both nostrils at once into the soapy water and … |
| 26 | He had achieved a position of some prominence in the Senate between 1942 and 1944 but his choice as Roosevelt 's vice-presidential running mate at the Democratic convention in July 1944 had come as a surprise . |
| 27 | She was sitting down at the table ; he thought she really was looking very ill and wretched but his tender pride kept him silent . |
| 28 | He was banned five times between 1964 and 1967 but his flexibility as a player was such that Bremner played as a winger and a sweeper for Leeds United before he became the club 's midfield dynamo . |
| 29 | On occasions he seems wistful and quiet but his attitude is definitely and generally antisocial . |
| 30 | On occasions he seems wistful and quiet but his attitude is definitely and generally antisocial . |