Example sentences of "[noun] and [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 2 | ‘ I hope it might give a ten year old kid a little inspiration , a little boost and when it comes out of him , I 'm happy . |
| 3 | He gave it to her as an engagement ring and when she took off , she never sent it back . ’ |
| 4 | They ride the waves and if they fall off , they get back on . |
| 5 | There were tears in her eyes and when they went through to the kitchen she hugged and kissed them both . |
| 6 | ‘ Hoskyns ’ , said one of the astringent colleagues who disapproved of him , ‘ went to Berlin and they muddled his mind and when he came back he could never get it unmuddled . ’ |
| 7 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 8 | Awarded an OBE the year after captaining England 's World Cup winning side , he won 108 international caps and since he gave up playing has been involved in football management and various business ventures . |
| 9 | Charlie 'd said he wanted to phone Lilian and when I come back over the road he was in a phone box . |
| 10 | I was sat on the couch and when I woke up , ten to three . |
| 11 | No I wo n't Niki because he 's in the car and if he wakes up and he 's going to be so unhappy . |
| 12 | Then we 'd go on a ten- to twenty-mile march and when we came back it would all be weighed again . |
| 13 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |
| 14 | The awful thing is that the movies that I 've been involved with in the last erm few years have entailed my being abroad a great deal , and I was made in New York entirely and I was there for six or seven months , and the difficulty is that when you then make the movie and you take it round the world , you 're away for another three or four months and so you end up being out of the country for quite a long time , so I 've been nothing like as active with the university . |
| 15 | And they sent Alan off for his dinner in the hospital canteen and when he came back I 'd gone . |
| 16 | A dip in the hill , much like those at Sulber Nick and Kirkby Nick , led over the crest by an outcrop and as I walked out from the dip I saw ahead of me Raydale with , to my left , Semer Water and Addlebrough behind it . |
| 17 | A branch of the great plane tree had come down in the wind and as he ran back towards the Cages he saw that it had fallen right across the path where moments before he had been standing . |
| 18 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 19 | Rachel leaned forward between the front seats of the ambulance and as she glanced down she saw that David 's knuckles showed white as he gripped his black case , his other hand on the door catch , ready to run ; Greg was gnawing the side of his thumb and behind her Nina was breathing deeply . |
| 20 | I know that on Sunday I was on , on the watch , this weekend , and there was so much ice on the river , our anchor boat which is all made of wood , that 's moored up alongside the dredger and when I went along and got , that was about twelve o'clock in the mid-day . |
| 21 | ‘ One fishermen told me he saw seals in the area where he shot 20 creels and when he came back 20 minutes later they were all robbed . |
| 22 | We have several capital projects which will take us into new and exciting areas and if we ride out this recession better than others we will have the opportunity to make further acquisitions to expand our core activities . |
| 23 | Lee realized that there was no longer a sound of singing in the bar and when she looked up saw ‘ Patricia ’ staring down at her . |
| 24 | and it was er a penny each way from across to Mold and when he sold out to Crosswell , old Jenkins stipulated that for so many years they had to keep penny each way |
| 25 | ‘ He 's a nasty piece of work and if he comes back you treat him just the same as this afternoon . |
| 26 | coach and if it comes out like Helen and Pete like that and they 're , they 're gone and the others have n't , no wonder it 's been up on your wall |
| 27 | She emerged from her apartment preceded by officers of the household and as she went along ‘ spoke very graciously , first to one , then to another , whether foreign ministers , or those who attended for different reasons ’ . |
| 28 | Then they went back to camp and the only person there was Miguel the interpreter , who 'd been having a long conversation with one of the Indians and when he turned round all the other Indians had scarpered . |
| 29 | ‘ We had been to the pub and as we walked along a well-lit walkway this man came towards us . |
| 30 | He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . |