Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | He eventually escaped and delivered the dispatches to Shrewsbury . |
| 2 | There he 'd met another woman whom he eventually married and she was then expecting their first child . |
| 3 | ‘ What a coy little polyp you are , to be sure , ’ said the doctor , but he eventually lassoed and dispatched it too . |
| 4 | And he did but then he was a lot older and he eventually stopped and er there would have been one at Woodhouse in Burness . |
| 5 | He eventually panicked and ran off as the boy screamed for help . |
| 6 | If Bede is to be believed , Oswine proved an attractive ruler who gained the admiration of Aidan , which suggests that Oswiu faced a dangerous rival in this Deiran king whom he eventually out-manoeuvred and slew by treachery the ninth year of the latter 's reign ( HE 111 , 14 ) . |
| 7 | Nails took such a proposition in his stride , unworried ; Jazz , although slightly apprehensive , was keen because swimming was the discipline he most enjoyed and was making the best progress in ; only Hoomey 's eyes came out on stalks at the presumption . |
| 8 | Mosley revolted over the wrong crisis , for he failed to see that considerable social and economic reform would result from a Second World War , a conflagration which he bitterly opposed and which led to his internment in 1940 . |
| 9 | ‘ He apparently slipped and has fallen between the floors . ’ |
| 10 | Now he merely lay and moaned , but at least he was no longer screaming . |
| 11 | Frantically she tried to escape from his tightening grip , but he merely laughed and trapped her against the hatch with his body . |
| 12 | He merely accelerated and , as he passed the bus-stop , he laughed — a grim little laugh that filled Sophie with even more anger . |
| 13 | He merely bowed and continued . |
| 14 | When Farquhar nudged his hand with the bottle , he merely grunted and gripped it , rolling over to face away from his dallta as he drank . |
| 15 | He edged his way through the standing drinkers and for a moment she thought he was going to join her , but he merely nodded and drifted down the room , taking up a position by the wall where he seemed to become engrossed in watching the efforts of a group of youngsters on the one-armed bandit . |
| 16 | In response to the charge and his name and address he merely nodded and did not speak throughout the hearing . |
| 17 | His eyes crinkling , he merely stood and watched her . |
| 18 | All the tulips and roses he patiently drained and crushed , then sealed their exhumed corpses and took them in the paper bag to the store for money . |
| 19 | She caught her breath , then closed her eyes as he gently rubbed and caressed . |
| 20 | He personally oversaw and , if necessary , modified the agenda for meetings . |
| 21 | She tried hooking her fingers round the door and pulling , but he only laughed and grabbing her , dragged her to him , kissing the part nearest his face , which happened to be the base of her neck . |
| 22 | Jesus had no power of himself , he only communicated and performed through that which was given to him in relationship with the Father ( John 17:7f ) . |
| 23 | I tried to cheer him up but he only grunted and would n't respond . |
| 24 | He watched the vicar 's face waiting for the thunderous ‘ thou shalt be cast into the eternal fires ’ glare but he only smiled and shook her hand . |
| 25 | But , having found what he evidently wanted , he only frowned and waved her away once more . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is not so surprising , since Tony Bowran learnt his craft from the practitioners of the finest photographic advertising images of the ‘ 70's , and like the painters of previous years that he so admires and draws great inspiration from , they too had apprentices who eventually became masters in their own time . |
| 27 | He suddenly laughed and began to kiss her again , quick , hot kisses rained on her skin , her face cupped in his hands . |
| 28 | Sometimes , when he was staying in friends ’ houses , he suddenly left and hurried back to London . |
| 29 | About two yards from the sea he suddenly stopped and jumped round to face us , legs apart and arms above his head , ‘ Right , you bloody lot , last man to Brighton beach is a sissy ’ . |
| 30 | As she looked at him , he suddenly turned and held out his hand to her . |