Example sentences of "and [noun pl] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to coincide , the Bodlean Library has opened an exhibition showing original sketches and maps he drew on the back of exam papers . |
| 2 | Tom Slack 's sense of fun effectively camouflages the dramas and dangers he endured as a pilot , as an escaper and ultimately as a POW . |
| 3 | He was full of all the gossip and rumours , most of it picked up from the ships he visited and seamen he talked to . |
| 4 | Without Sir Martin , the men and policies he stood for will undoubtedly come under fresh scrutiny . |
| 5 | Van Cheele usually talked to his aunt about the birds , plants and animals he saw on his walks . |
| 6 | He started by sketching numerous frescoes and statuettes he found in the Hermitage Museum , Leningrad . |
| 7 | What is most remarkable about the talks and lectures he gave on this trip is the extent to which America now revived in him the memories of his childhood . |
| 8 | His plea was well received by his listeners who , if they did not quite accept his characterisation of the present moment as a ‘ cultural war ’ between the advocates of free expression and individuals he referred to as ‘ know-nothings ’ , nonetheless were happy , even relieved , to have something resembling moral high ground from which to defend themselves in the controversy and even take the battle back to the ‘ enemy ’ . |
| 9 | Surrounded by imperial possessions and troops he had to be content to remain active only within its walls . |
| 10 | The major decisions and judgements he makes in regard to his life are so strongly influenced by his foreign language background , interests and values , that he is known as a linguist , a language teacher , or a diplomat . |
| 11 | His private emotions and idiosyncracies , and difficulties he experiences in internalizing the social norms of his community are his business . |
| 12 | This made him the intellectual heir of John Hunter , whose Essays and Observations he published with due filial piety in 1861 . |
| 13 | Drawing extensively on teachers ' own reflections and comments he points to various external constraints that structure the tasks teachers are expected to perform , as well as those deriving from the organization of time , space and activities in schools themselves . |
| 14 | Herzen had founded a " Free Russian Press " almost immediately after arriving in England in 1853 , but the fifteen flysheets and brochures he published between then and 1855 did little more than lose him money . |
| 15 | To cheers and aahs he emerged on the far bank , shook himself and set off in dripping pursuit . |
| 16 | It was during the period when Jean-Claude was working on the ‘ Chansons de Mani ’ that I went through the scores he wrote in la Sologne throughout his childhood and into his twenties , and others he composed in Paris before Montaine 's death . |
| 17 | Food was mainly dehydrated but Pete would pep up meals by mixing in spices and niceties he kept in redundant Kodak film cans . |
| 18 | The IBM Corp board found itself paying out rather more for the services of its new chairman and chief executive : it had to guarantee Louis Gerstner the value of stock and options he holds in RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp ; Gerstner is still an RJR Nabisco director and is not under any deadline to exercise his options , which run another 11 years ; the guarantee covers 300,000 shares of RJR stock and options for an additional 3.2m shares , with a guaranteed price of $8.125 a share . |
| 19 | The IBM Corp board found itself paying out rather more for the services of its new chairman and chief executive : it had to guarantee Louis Gerstner the value of stock and options he holds in RJR Nabisco Holdings Corp . |
| 20 | All the weeds and nettles he screwed into the soil — and the earth took this ugliness , snatched at it with a sudden grip . |