Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [prep] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they 'll actually sit down and work that out for people and encourage them to go for a job and give them all the forms they need to claim Family Credit or whatever . |
| 2 | They invited them to sit at a table and were joined by an unusually tall , thin man who was extraordinarily blonde for his age which was thirty to thirtyfive . |
| 3 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |
| 4 | You want me to go in a garage and ask for , have you got a flick on band ! |
| 5 | There 's no point in me appearing with a pig-tail and diamanté donkey jacket . |
| 6 | I no longer vociferously challenge those who insult ; instead , I may casually invite them to come for a coffee and see/meet some students . |
| 7 | ‘ People would expect me to come into a room and crack them up , ’ Rowan , 36 , told Cosmopolitan magazine . |
| 8 | I applied for a job and three people turned |
| 9 | Image ‘ I would n't mind if it was someone I respected as a player and a hard-man . |
| 10 | Eventually I qualified as a teacher and attended a course at Coburg ; nowadays I specialise in teaching disabled people , but also enjoy being an ordinary member of a local class ( which the Vicar kindly helps advertise ) . |
| 11 | He then said that he now had confirmation from the police and that I qualified for a transfer and would receive an offer for Govan ( where my dad is ) within a week . |
| 12 | I sit on a rock and listen to the water lap and the boys whistle as they pull their tin boats across the long sweep of the stony bay . |
| 13 | ‘ Sometimes I 'm so frustrated that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 14 | There are times when I go down to the beach at The Pit and I 'm the only surfer down there and I 'm so frustrated with it all that I sit on a rock and shout my head off . |
| 15 | I sit on a bench and re-read the morning paper , and try to do the crossword in my head . |
| 16 | Then I got into a phone-box and made a reverse charges call to Auntie Jean , who was drunk and abusive as usual . |
| 17 | ‘ I became homeless in London so I got on a train and ended up here ; that 's all there is to it , really . ’ |
| 18 | And when I t when I got on a Friday and and paid me wages over to me Mum , which was natural for you to do , I always got th thre three pennies back . |
| 19 | I got on a bus and grudgingly paid my fare to the King 's Road . |
| 20 | and then I got in a muddle and I was so tired I was , because it 's my eyes you see |
| 21 | ‘ Oh Christ , oh Christ , ’ I mouthed in a panic and first set about getting the sticking plaster off him . |
| 22 | I would have done two doors I think , someone knocking on a door and but I do n't think anyone would have got it . |
| 23 | Remembering the agony of years gone by , teaching in Sunday School , I grasped at a straw and replied ‘ Sorry no transport ! ’ |
| 24 | I did n't want to wear glasses , and I was thinking how I could get out of it but finally they brought in a bunch of pairs of glasses and I was trying them on in the mirror , and I tried on a pair and I thought , ‘ Gee , these do n't look too bad ’ . |
| 25 | I sleep like a log and never get indigestion . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , reasonably , ’ I say with a smile and turn back to my work . |
| 27 | I trained as a physicist and spent many years in laser research , first in Canada and then at the NPL in Teddington . |
| 28 | I trained as a lawyer and I think that helps . |
| 29 | They were made of diamonds , not gold , but I wore them when I want to a ball and never felt my immortal soul in danger because of that . |
| 30 | I plugged into a Zoom and everyone said , ‘ It 's just a reference guitar so let's focus on the drums . ’ |