Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gives us the voice , so we can examine it ourselves and ask our own questions about it , even though he does not cite directly anything the Oxford voice says . |
| 2 | If he liked the house so much he could go and live in it himself and relive his happy memories . |
| 3 | The combination of the words ‘ Agamemnon ’ and ‘ amalgam ’ mimes on the linguistic plane the process by which Mira 's Agamemnon , her amalga-mate , assimilates her to himself and denies her autonomous identity . |
| 4 | Lord Scarman said : ‘ The principle is that parental right or power of control of the person and property of his child exists primarily to enable the parent to discharge his duty of maintenance , protection and education until he [ that is , the child ] reaches such an age as to be able to look after himself and make his own decisions . ’ |
| 5 | This leaves the Philistines [ middle-classes ] for the great bulk of the nation ; — a livelier sort of Philistine than ours , and with the pressure and false ideal of our Barbarians taken away , but left all the more to himself and to have his full swing . |
| 6 | ‘ He 's already among the best players in the world , but he must look after himself and have his own identity and personality . |
| 7 | He sent his parents a letter promising that ‘ if the good Lord God be merciful unto me and bring me safe home again , I will all the days of my life serve Him in praising His Holy name and exhorting others ’ . |
| 8 | He looked at me and chewed his bottom lip as if searching for a remnant of breakfast . |
| 9 | ‘ My good fortune lay in working with great men who were patient with me and taught me good habits that were never to be forgotten . |
| 10 | test me and know my anxious thoughts . |
| 11 | My small circle of friends stuck with me , choosing to support me and risking their own popularity . |
| 12 | A few years ago he punched me and knocked my front teeth out . |
| 13 | He was at No 6 with It 'll Be Me and had his own column in the Mirror , which cost a mere 3d ( 1 1/4p ) . |
| 14 | Bound and gagged me and took his beastly photographs . |
| 15 | But do n't blame yourself — you could n't have been expected to warn me and risk your own job . |
| 16 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 17 | Although small , my enthusiasm for all Sports helped me and gave me some popularity at school . |
| 18 | When I was in police custody the doctor came in to see me and gave me some tablets and I 'm asking you for some now . ’ |
| 19 | Altogether , the tour gave the Indians maximum exposure to me and gave me maximum exposure to the ELT situation in India . |
| 20 | ‘ And is that how you show your resentment , by stripping off naked in front of me and rippling your sexy body invitingly ? ’ |
| 21 | I also take billy kids for a pal near me and rear them free range with lots of love and cuddles . |
| 22 | Janice said suddenly , throwing herself at me and enveloping my upper torso in a hug that would have done credit to a grizzly . |
| 23 | Slowly she turns towards me and raises her little hand-mirror so it is level with her chin . |
| 24 | Here 's me thinking I woke me and dressed me this morning , and all the time I 'm still in bed and dreaming . |
| 25 | Such " regular casuals " can remain " regular casuals " only if they are prepared to accept the schedules set for them and to take their free days when there are no events and their holidays during the off-season . |
| 26 | Gradually these courts decayed , partly owing to the jealousy of the Common Law Courts , which interfered with them and extended their own jurisdiction . |
| 27 | They had the terms already pre-printed for us and we had agreed them and secured our new property before we even received terms from the others . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ It will certainly release a lot of the pressure that has surrounded them and made their personal lives very difficult . |
| 29 | This is all of a piece with the way some men assume they may stare at women , stand close to them and invade their physical space by touching . |
| 30 | The Book Trade needs to examine them and reach its own conclusions . |