Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] and [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the British king of Gwynedd in north Wales , Cadwallon ap Cadfan , invaded Eadwine 's territory in 633 or 634 , Penda joined him and participated in the overthrow of Eadwine in battle at Hatfield Chase ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 2 | Ruth followed her and stood in the doorway . |
| 3 | If a failure occurs in one of the 16 on-line chips , the controller detects it and switches in the redundant chip . |
| 4 | Transferred to the realm of gender relations , this would describe the state of affairs in which a woman has influence over a man and manipulates his discourses , but is allowed this power only as long as she agrees not to flaunt it and remains in the position of silent partner with no autonomous voice . |
| 5 | She could feel the muscles of his arms jump where her hands were touching him and exulted in the power she seemed to have over him . |
| 6 | When John returned from lunch — very punctually , just before half-past one — Ianthe found herself studying him and taking in the details of his appearance . |
| 7 | Believes in making your own way through life , walking tall , shooting straight , balling chicks as he puts it and spitting in the eye of anyone who does you wrong . |
| 8 | It was quite a new idea over here , you did n't do your washing at home but brought it out to these machines , and the courteous manager greeted you and put in the soap powder for you , and had the clothes all ready for you when you came back , but was n't alas , as it turned out , much of a hand at doing the accounts . |
| 9 | She wept softly , while he held her and believed in the augury that this happiness could not possibly end in death on a battlefield , for such an end would be against all that was good and sweet and lovely in the world . |