Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boat lurched as his hands slackened on the wheel and it hit the wake of a speeding launch . |
| 2 | the Sergeant started up the jeep and we entered the cornfield at speed , heading in the direction of the first three canisters . |
| 3 | Holly pushed his feet beneath the steel plate and the wind caught at his socks and trousers and drove a channelled wind against his legs and he cursed the awkwardness of his overcoat , and his feet kicked in the space like the feet of a hanging man . |
| 4 | Now cast iron , if you are in the metal workshops and you are hitting something with a hammer and you hit the vice instead , Mr will throw a scranny at you . |
| 5 | The next morning Mollie and I resumed the polishing and dusting after eating our muesli and boiled eggs . |
| 6 | I think about buying some fags but the headache 's still there behind my eyes and I have the feeling smoking a cigarette would make me want to throw up . |
| 7 | A shutter came down over his eyes and she had the sensation of having had a door slam very firmly in her face . |
| 8 | The whole team caught the bug and you know the rest . |
| 9 | This was n't his first encounter with Stephen 's rival and he knew the woman seated on the other side of the high table was a formidable opponent , probably more dangerous than the King , and possessing in full measure the strong will and harsh determination that had characterised her father and grandfather . |
| 10 | His wife dies in the opening few minutes of the movie and he spends the rest of his life mourning her . |
| 11 | Abolish the cohabitation rule and you establish the right of a mistress to draw SB in her own right . |
| 12 | The clerk expressed the view that they contained inadmissible material because of the hearsay rule and he took the view that the evidence was inadmissible despite the relevant provisions of the Children Act 1989 designed to overcome that difficulty . |
| 13 | But I think if we persist if the club and ourselves continue the way that we 're going those numbers will become less and less . |
| 14 | My companion leaps from his seat and himself shoots the scene with his Bolex . |
| 15 | Tricia noticed it too , for she put herself between us again on the front seat and I heard the giveaway click-clack from her pocket . |
| 16 | He thought of saying , ‘ Hello , Irena ! ’ but it would have been a rude interruption and he replaced the phone . |
| 17 | This standard was developed with commercial accounts in mind and it confirms the view that depreciation is a matter of allocation , not of valuation ; though in recent years it has become acceptable to allocate revalued amounts . |
| 18 | ‘ Nevertheless , conditions in certain markets of importance to Volex give grounds for optimism and I expect the Group to make further progress in the current year . ’ |
| 19 | Tonight , John Taylor revealed that his mother has had a stroke and he says the strain of the whole affair is to blame . |
| 20 | This is the leading edge of medical technology and therefore it has to be done at the proper pace within the ethical considerations and I think the team 's decision to pause and look at evaluation is the right one . |
| 21 | Well , Richard and I knew the Duke and Duchess of Windsor quite well , and spent a lot of time with them in Paris , and this was our favourite piece of jewellery . |
| 22 | That wretched thumb was in her mouth again ; it left her mouth and she watched the hand it belonged to inch its slow way across the counterpane towards his , almost as though it had nothing to do with her . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't go to parties and I hate the atmosphere where people are always comparing and judging . |
| 24 | Their resentment focused on the way industry seemed to be benefiting at their expense and they blamed the Finance Ministry 's favouritism towards industry for the plight — and the restiveness — of the peasantry . |
| 25 | I think it 's an unnecessary expense and we take the view that if the product is good and if the price is fair , buyers will come to us . |
| 26 | He said : ‘ It was a game where we were second best in every department and we got the result we deserved . |
| 27 | Oh a great chip forward by Simpson , it 's laid back there to Martin Foyle and he takes the ball on his chest and Martin Foyle has done it . |
| 28 | The wind drops slightly as I am making myself another cup of tea and I like the idea of going out to watch the sun go down . |
| 29 | Despite Tory attempts , despite Tory attempts to darken the skies over , we have emerged into the sunlight , with building a better we will build a brighter future and I move the recommendation . |
| 30 | I have enough intelligence to go and look at graphs and look at charts and do my research and I see the turn that was made from 1979 to 1989 and I see the way things are in my country . |