Example sentences of "and [subord] he [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And if he thought fashion was one of the more potent means whereby women can achieve self-expression . ’ |
| 2 | He gambled mean and if he loaned money he was looking for interest . |
| 3 | His audience may have included William , and since he wrote history rather than moral instruction , Nithard had much more to say than Dhuoda about politics . |
| 4 | Gandhi moves from impersonal to personal descriptions of God without difficulty and while he expresses preference for an impersonal God he is not averse to describing God in personal terms . |
| 5 | It comes about that the merchant has to go to the fair at Bruges on his business , and while he spends part of a day before departure in his counting-house reviewing his affairs the monk meets and converses with the wife . |
| 6 | But if Gloucester chose to act against Hastings , rather than being stampeded into it by his discovery of a conspiracy , why did he choose to show his hand before his troops reached London and before he had control of the other possible claimants to the throne ? |
| 7 | But if Gloucester chose to act against Hastings , rather than being stampeded into it by his discovery of a conspiracy , why did he choose to show his hand before his troops reached London and before he had control of the other possible claimants to the throne ? |
| 8 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , Mr Algernon ! ’ exclaimed Mildred with relief , and before he had time to hide away under a stone , as he usually did , she shot a hand into the water and scooped him up . |
| 10 | He had told partners of his HIV status and before he started work advice was taken from his specialists . |
| 11 | And after he became King he had the Infante Don Alfonso , and the Infante Don Garcia , who was the youngest of all . |
| 12 | ‘ There is a possibility he could sign for us , depending upon a full recovery and whether he impresses manager Alan Murray . ’ |
| 13 | But he rode hard to the end of the track and when he reached Baby Boy 's white cross he hesitated , then he turned right , into the mountains , something that he 'd never done before . |
| 14 | The Prince inherited it upon becoming Prince of Wales and will lose it if and when he becomes King . |
| 15 | When Elizabeth I visited Rochester in 1573 she was entertained by Watts , and when he expressed regret that he had not better accommodation to offer her she replied , ‘ Satis ’ ( Lat. ‘ enough , satisfactory ’ ) , by which name the house was ever afterwards known . |
| 16 | A person buying or leasing land had no previous right to be there at all , let alone to trade there , and when he takes possession of that land subject to a negative restrictive covenant he gives up no right or freedom which he previously had . |
| 17 | And when he saw producer Joe Pasternak , the renowned MGM star-maker , approaching him in the corridor one day , Nicholson spoke up : ‘ Hiya , Joe . |
| 18 | And when he made history , he did so by speaking , mostly for members of his own line and for close collaterals . |
| 19 | And when he lost possession on the edge of his own area three minutes later , McAllister again capitalised with a near-post cross that one-time Everton target Lee Chapman headed home . |
| 20 | It is above a traiteur and as he makes love with Candice Riberon , they are bathed , marinated and fêted by the scents of the food from below . |
| 21 | He seemed to be talking to himself , and as he drew level he glanced suddenly in her direction . |