Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They stabbed and slashed him 45 times with hunting knives . |
| 2 | We 've had a good living out of it but if that same system has brought them on their feet , you know and built them nice homes er right they 've delved into Company 's House now , all the dirty water not dirty water all the whatsit has come up how much they 've drawn from these quarries . |
| 3 | After half an hour the bus started and moved us seventy metres , to the nearest plane , the one we could have walked to , with less effort and staying warmer . |
| 4 | And then I went and showed her all forms , all these form things that they 've got I were letting her read it . |
| 5 | I feel sure that the German Luftwaffe must have looked at it especially the leaders , and saw where the Eighth Airforce hit and seeing what we did and gave them some thought and consideration , actually with our Bomb Group going in we had no fighter attacks on the way in over the target , we had flack but we did not have air opposition , then on the way back we crossed the Danish peninsula and I think of course by this time the Luftwaffe knew we were coming back that way , and they had the fighters up there and this was our first time being on this mission that we saw air to air combat with the fighters against the flying fortress and in our ammunition , in our guns there , every fifth bullet was a tracer and it was amazing to me that as the German fighters came in it looked like just a hail of tracers going out but they were able to get in there knock down a B Seventeen and leave , it seemed , unscathed untouched it almost seemed impossible to me that a fighter could go through that many bullets and escape unharmed . |
| 6 | He pulled her to the ground and indecently assaulted her but abandoned the attack after the woman screamed and bit him several times on one hand . |
| 7 | you know , they come and asked us last week if we 'd do it |
| 8 | Er you get some man come and gave me ten pound for it . |
| 9 | If you stood and watched them all day , you 'd be certain to keep spotting the odd fish you had n't noticed before . |
| 10 | we sat and watched it last night . |