Example sentences of "[noun sg] and he [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I showed him our itinerary and he read the names aloud slowly and haltingly as if thee were the names of some distant land whose pronunciation he was unsure of . |
| 2 | By 1848 the Count had become an important figure in the administration of Hungary but the prospects of civil war and revolution led to his nervous collapse and he spent the next decade in an asylum . |
| 3 | This was n't his first encounter with Stephen 's rival and he knew the woman seated on the other side of the high table was a formidable opponent , probably more dangerous than the King , and possessing in full measure the strong will and harsh determination that had characterised her father and grandfather . |
| 4 | His wife dies in the opening few minutes of the movie and he spends the rest of his life mourning her . |
| 5 | The clerk expressed the view that they contained inadmissible material because of the hearsay rule and he took the view that the evidence was inadmissible despite the relevant provisions of the Children Act 1989 designed to overcome that difficulty . |
| 6 | He thought of saying , ‘ Hello , Irena ! ’ but it would have been a rude interruption and he replaced the phone . |
| 7 | Tonight , John Taylor revealed that his mother has had a stroke and he says the strain of the whole affair is to blame . |
| 8 | And yet he can watch the telly and he reads the newspaper and yet you do n't , he ca n't understand English but he 'd be watching this right and it is ha laugh so something must be funny but he du n no what 's happening . |
| 9 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 10 | By displaying a map of the area he made it easy to understand his talk and he emphasised the enormous size of Brazil . |
| 11 | A cross-wind batted Jackson 's car and he twitched the wheel to correct the sudden drift . |
| 12 | She stepped into the car and he slammed the door after her . |
| 13 | She stood regarding him with a serious intensity as he let in the clutch and turned the car and he had the impression that she was watching critically to see how he handled it . |
| 14 | He remained silent as they walked back to the car and he opened the passenger-door for her . |
| 15 | When the cheque was dishonoured the seller did all he could to trace the rogue and car and he informed the police . |
| 16 | I just remember the time he came into erm and he had a fag and he set the alarm off . |
| 17 | come up mum 's with the , and he snatched my handbag and he took the keys , he said that copper has got no rights to tell him to hand over them keys to me , I said what and he snatched them out of my handbag and I 've got no rights to my own house keys and I said what rights have I got to do , down his flat and collect half of my stuff back then ? |
| 18 | Krimsky was well placed to observe key individuals and groups in action and he tells the local story vividly . |
| 19 | She swayed towards him , wanting to feel his skin against hers , but his mood changed as swiftly as the wind and he pulled the gown round her roughly , his eyes as cold as stones . |
| 20 | This latter piece of logic was the clincher and he dropped the idea as soon as he sobered up , the following week . |
| 21 | But the noise put Seve on his guard and he played the 17th conservatively , for him . |
| 22 | Cuskin took over in third place , with a deficit of 1 min 21 secs for the final 3 miles 80 yards circuit and he hit the front with a mile remaining , recording the fastest time of the afternoon to win by 23 secs . |
| 23 | You see the trouble is with Margaret her husband had always done everything for her , she went out to work and he brought the , he more or less did his work , did overtime , everything and still managed to look after the boys |
| 24 | Yes , yes he was going to work and he put the brick on the pedal while he 's jumped in the back pulling on his trousers and st st steering with |
| 25 | Innocent laid an interdict on Norway because of the " royal " policies of its ruler , Sverre , who was resisting papal influence and the reception of the canon law and he reproved the archbishop , Eric , for removing it in 1204 , after Sverre had died and the fugitive bishops had been recalled . |
| 26 | The first time he drove into Adam 's Creek he saw a picture of Creed in a store window and he stabbed the brake . |
| 27 | The remote control was clipped to the sun visor and he pressed the button . |
| 28 | He put it in his own holster and he put the er thumb strap over t to secure it in the holster . |
| 29 | The plaintiff , an experienced workman , was cleaning a machine when his hand was pulled into the machine and he lost the tip of a finger . |
| 30 | I remember a little boy , I 've got on a picture with me he was a very very poor child and he made the best gloves in the class and it was a real sort of accolade for him . |