Example sentences of "and [vb pp] his " in BNC.
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1 | He had sat and formulated his final speech to the Academy . |
2 | Herluin had brightened and gathered his dignity about him wonderfully , at the very thought of regaining what had gone astray . |
3 | And , do not forget , only a few months earlier , in a restaurant filled with sophisticated diners , the same Balestre had stood up and bared his torso to show the scars of an ancient surgical operation . |
4 | Terror had dried and paralysed his vocal chords . |
5 | Think of the mother whose child has just fallen over and grazed his knee — what does she do ? |
6 | The light was poor in the Collector 's bedroom and Fleury might not have noticed how red and swollen his face was , had the Collector not presently fallen sideways , rapping his head on the floor . |
7 | The following morning Richard was taken down to the treatment room and given his first induction of air . |
8 | Following this success , McKee has now been promoted to official movie guru and given his own Without Walls series Reel Secrets ( C4 on Tuesday : 9.30–10.00 pm ) . |
9 | Professor Lapworth of Birmingham had also examined the problems and given his interpretation . |
10 | If he really wants to ensure that ring-rustiness does n't get him this time and given his limited comeback action , would n't he seek more serious preparatory work than dressing up as Santa Claus , albeit for charity ? |
11 | ‘ The person shown on television having an exchange of words with David Campese has come forward and given his account of the incident . |
12 | But not all : for black sportsmen have staked a presence in Britain , albeit a small presence , since 1777 when Bill Richmond was uprooted and given his freedom in recognition of his sporting achievements ( at this time , Walvin , 1971 , p.12 , estimates there were 15,000 blacks in London ) . |
13 | I think we all found this address very moving , especially Don MacIntyre , who had flown seven sorties as second pilot with F/L Poole 's crew before he himself was made a captain and given his own crew . |
14 | Mr Gamage declined the offer , and given his proximity to the matter , his is perhaps the most adequately balanced appraisal of ‘ Those Pistol Cases ’ that can be reached . |
15 | And given his own class position , as an émigré from the upper middle-class , a class serviced by the domestic labour of the working class , it is telling that he understands the contribution of coal to his class comfort , but does n't discuss the contribution of that other " service " , domestic service . |
16 | He was shown unpublished essays and given his own room to work in . |
17 | So it was a case there , and course at the end of the day you rolled the little roll up , put elastic round and stood them up in a file and they stood there like little soldiers and you could always go back to the actual time , sometimes you found a man had n't re erm signed on , he 'd just gone and joined his bus up in town centre , well you , that was er subject of another letter . |
18 | Doctor McRae , the only one to have survived the cruise unscathed , has tripped on a kerbstone and broken his foot . |
19 | Brad , bass player with The Mary Chain , has fallen down some steps and broken his ankle in three places . |
20 | See , he 's fallen down and broken his crown . |
21 | At Cabinets on 9 , 10 and 11 December he cautiously defended it on the ground that Hoare must have known more than they did , and defended also the continuation of Hoare 's holiday , although this by then had become more of a matter of nursing than of recreation , for he had fallen on the ice and broken his nose in two places . |
22 | And now , to set the seal on this disastrous year , the member of parliament for Frizingley , old Charlie Bowen , who had been John-William 's man and Ben Braithwaite 's man and knew exactly what he had to do to earn the money they paid him , had fallen off his horse — the damned fool — and broken his neck . |
23 | The shapechanger sensed him and cloaked his thoughts . |
24 | Pope had smiled and shaken his head . |
25 | In October the king arrived , pursued by Rupert , whom he had dismissed his service and forbidden his presence . |
26 | She had quite literally thrown herself at him , she had bitten him in the neck so hard that he had bled , she had scratched his face and torn his clothes . |
27 | Bullets had scarred his wrists and forehead , and torn his shirt and leggings . |
28 | He has seen music legends come and go but , until the end of this month , Fluff has fought and won his battle with time . |
29 | The singer had fought and won his battles against bulimia , drug and alcohol abuse and had publicly spoken about it to help others get over the nightmare of addiction . |
30 | His steps grew brisker and he punched and thumped at shop doors , crashed padlocks against their cold chains and hanged his hands on the windows . |