Example sentences of "and [conj] he [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | what he has said is that he , it 's a matter for myself to talk to whoever I wish , and that he respects my judgement in these matters , er according to the joint statement issued Mr Reynolds briefed him on his discussions with me on that on that |
| 2 | Doreen looked down at her hands , then admitted reluctantly , ‘ If you must know — he told Jean he likes Lucy , and that he hopes she will never leave this place . |
| 3 | I have been told by an old Rochdale colleague of hers that she may have married a doctor and that he thinks she was left a cottage in Tonypandy some time in the mid to late 1960s . |
| 4 | ‘ Just imagine him standing by the side of you , with his hands crossed before him in a Miss Mollyish style , his intended bow half a courtsey , his fat arms and legs assisting , as in duty bound ; his side glances at you every ten seconds , while he softly , sweetly and insinuatingly informs you — that he has made the arts his peculiar study for the last eight years , and that he flatters himself , by his unremitting study he has greatly contributed to their improvement ; that he came to Ambleside for that purpose ( 't is a great big lie — he came solely to get a living for himself and family , but he is too proud to acknowledge this ) and hopes that the time has been employed with equal advantage to the arts and to himself . ’ |
| 5 | The smooth-phrased B.B.C. announcer , the amusing don , the self-confident politician , the jargon-perfect critic , the editor of the literary magazine — all are reducible within a few months to a bewildered defensive creature with hollow cheeks and desperate eyes whose only cares will be to see that he gets his fair share of the potato ration , that nobody steals his bed boards , and that he exchanges his cigarette ends for food or vice versa at the best possible price . |
| 6 | The Chancellor has indicated that he taxes categories of alcoholic drinks , and that he treats them differently because he wishes to retain ‘ flexibility ’ . |
| 7 | A very much richer reading is obtained , by way of alternative , by stressing how a perception of the arbitrary nature of social divisions and of socio-cultural class stereotypes underlies Chaucer 's composition here , and that he invites his readers — those who do not wish to conform to the naive stereotype of the " " gentil wight " " — to share this insight . |
| 8 | Then say this one should recover his losses , and that he owes it to himself to let us at least do that for him . |
| 9 | He ( or she ) feels that no one could possibly like or appreciate him and that he has nothing to offer . |
| 10 | yes and I 've just verified that this witness agrees on that matter and that he has nothing to do with it , is that right ? |
| 11 | I know authors say they prefer to let their work speak for them , but I hardly think it would harm the integrity of the book to know a little something about the man , such as that he is forty-two , married to American academic Antonia Phillips , with two children , Louis and Jacob , and that he has what he calls a ‘ middle-aged obsession ’ with competitive games , particularly tennis . |
| 12 | If we say we believe God is there and that he loves us but live as if he were dead or could n't care less about us , then the beliefs we presuppose in practice are out of line with the beliefs we profess in theory , and we are bound to doubt God eventually . |
| 13 | His aim is to make ACT number one supplier for the international finance sector , and although he admits he could n't have said such a thing three years ago without being laughed at , he now feels confident that it is a realisable goal . |
| 14 | He is such a lucid writer — and although he defends himself ably against the charge of superficiality ( which has been levelled since I was a student ) the breadth of his scholarship is so immense that the defence seems unnecessary . |
| 15 | Well in some of he boxes like that and once he hits them , and he knows he 's hurt them , then they |
| 16 | He can do what he likes , and if he loses his job he can always get another one . ’ |
| 17 | Once briefed , the photographer should be left to compose the pictures himself and if he says something will not make a good picture his judgement should be accepted . |
| 18 | your granddad and if he says he 's going . |
| 19 | ‘ Len will be assessed , and if he qualifies his expenses will be paid . ’ |
| 20 | I pick up the scissors because I 'm alone in the shop and if he touches me again he 'll leave without something he came in with , when the bell goes on the door and this other boy in a city suit comes in , boring yuppie sort . |
| 21 | If Mr Bush vetoes the measure , he risks losing abortion-rights voters who supported him for other reasons , and if he changes his firm anti-abortion stance he runs the potentially greater risk of losing his hard-core right-wing support . |
| 22 | I could make up the detections that his presence lost me in a matter of days , and if he thinks he is going to see any wheeling and dealing when he is sitting in , well he 's naive ! |
| 23 | And if he thinks he is , it would be a fatally stupid misreading of last night 's result . |
| 24 | ‘ And if he falls you will go with him . |
| 25 | And if he asks me if I 've seen you I 'll tell him as fast as I can . |
| 26 | We got it there or thereabouts for sales executives right ? the area development exec job but we did n't get it right we were two grand adrift quite clearly demonstrable evidence that we were two grand adrift on that pay and I 've asked now to agree to upping the pay level and if he does we might get some decent people and then we worry about the ramifications of that afterwards , yeah ? |
| 27 | Kevin tried a few years ago and failed this time … he aims to make history … and if he does we 'll be there … |
| 28 | He should not get too emotional , moody , tearful or truculent , especially if he ca n't explain why to his own and other people 's satisfaction , and if he does he should feel concerned . |
| 29 | ‘ But he 's very clever at getting out of it — and if he manages it without one of us noticing he inflicts the most terrible injuries on himself . |
| 30 | Any witness may be asked about a previous inconsistent statement in cross-examination and if he denies it , evidence may be called to prove that it was made . |