Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's like we 're sort of living here together — you know , sort of like we 're married or summat and living in a proper house of our own and all that . |
| 2 | But then he restrained himself and said in a quiet voice , ‘ Know anythin' about sailin' ? ’ |
| 3 | We reached Mandalay and I went straight to the Winchester Mission where dear Willie Garrad looked shocked to see me and said in a scandalised voice , ‘ Oh , but you ca n't possibly stay here ’ — it was a Brotherhood you see ! |
| 4 | It should be stressed that large wooden articles such as doors are usually far better stripped by removing them and dipping in a caustic tank . |
| 5 | The basic idea is a simple one and follows in the Downsian vote-maximizing tradition , suggesting that those in office , conscious of election dates , manipulate the economy to achieve political popularity . |
| 6 | I think this is mainly due to the fact that , Rosa Guy , the author of the novel is black herself and raised in a black community in Harlem . |
| 7 | Werewolf softly whistled Mark Knopfler 's Going Home from Local Hero and did n't stop even when Jenkins walked up to him and said in a plummy voice : |
| 8 | Tavalouze sidled up behind him and said in a low voice , ‘ Remove your hood , the veil . |
| 9 | But Modigliani did not forget and in 1915 , when Indenbaum met him in Montparnasse , looking pale and unshaven , Modi came up to him and said in a hoarse voice , ‘ I 'm going to paint your portrait . ’ |
| 10 | I leaned over him and said in a different tone , " Do you know where Toby is ? " |
| 11 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 12 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 13 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 14 | Then he looked at her and smiled in a shamefaced way . |
| 15 | The speeder bucked and dived , and Ace struggled with the controls while chunks of hot stone and metal rained around her and sizzled in the ankle-deep puddles on the floor . |
| 16 | All cetaceans draw in fresh air through this nasal orifice down into their lungs , releasing it and drawing in a fresh supply whenever they return to the surface . |
| 17 | Think about it and try in a different way another time . |
| 18 | Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge , and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area . |
| 19 | You have the choice of either trying to minimise the effect or going with it and rejoicing in the exotic feel of a semi-desert in your back yard . |
| 20 | If a failure occurs in one of the 16 on-line chips , the controller detects it and switches in the redundant chip . |
| 21 | Ca n't we sell them ours and put in a new one |