Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must learn to hold ourselves and move with an economy of effort , using no more than the appropriate amount of energy for any activity . |
| 2 | She tore her eyes away from his and pushed through the crowd , wanting only to put a great distance between herself and Lucenzo . |
| 3 | He stopped and had a cup of tea himself and explained to the Covent Garden porters , who wanted to know what he 'd got in the back , that it was the Sleeping Beauty . |
| 4 | Constance detected a change in the atmosphere as Giancarlo excused himself and walked down the steps to greet his last guest . |
| 5 | • Announcing his decision to ‘ unretire ’ himself and return to the Williams team next year , Nigel Mansell issued a wordy statement which posed many more questions than it answered . |
| 6 | He got up slowly from his chair to stretch himself and went to the window , overlooking the back car lot . |
| 7 | On the ground , when they had left the parked plane , Myeloski excused himself and went to the men 's room . |
| 8 | Friar Tuck stirred himself and stared at the Trapper . |
| 9 | Slowly he righted himself and took off the mask , although she could not see his face for she was not looking at him . |
| 10 | He moved back himself and leaned against the wall , studying them . |
| 11 | When his father was absent , he would come here himself and stand beside the pool , staring down into the water as if emptying himself into its depths , letting his thoughts become the fish , drifting , gliding slowly , almost listlessly in the water , then rising swiftly to breach the surface , imbued with sudden purpose . |
| 12 | Crawford travelled to New York by himself and booked into the Algonquin Hotel just before Christmas 1966 , tucking into a turkey sandwich and cold tea on the festive day and desperately missing wife Gabrielle and baby Emma , who were staying with Gabrielle 's father on his farm in Kent . |
| 13 | Despite some unnecessary barracking from supporters , Mr Singh certainly enjoyed himself and got behind the team . |
| 14 | Those members of the British Section delegation who had survived previous ICMs said nothing and waited for the strain to show . |
| 15 | Let my lord pass on before his servant , and I will lead on slowly , according to the pace of the cattle which are before me and according to the pace of the children , until I come to my lord in Seir . ’ |
| 16 | But he had left me and broken into a trot towards his block . |
| 17 | ‘ Certainly not … to catch me here ! ’ said the third , lifting on the breeze above me and hovering over the top of the pole where the trap was . |
| 18 | How dare he speculate on the subject , then write his conclusions on a document I must carry round with me and display for a month ? |
| 19 | She put out her tongue at me and went to the kitchen . |
| 20 | She said , ‘ Every year I end up taking a pair of rubber gloves with me and looking after the children , and every year I end up coming home feeling exhausted . |
| 21 | People smiled at me and sang in the streets . |
| 22 | Kicking back the covers , I let my feet touch the carpet , put on the white and blue striped kaftan which my journalist daughter had made for me and walked to the window overlooking the central court . |
| 23 | He turned his back on me and walked into the room . |
| 24 | Come down with me and dance at the Casablanca Club . |
| 25 | I drafted a statement for the trade union , detailing the nature of their support for me and hinting at a readiness to take further action were the matter not resolved in days . |
| 26 | His voice was surly , but suddenly he twisted round to face me and took off the headphones , and I thought he was going to apologise for his rudeness of the previous night , but instead he demanded to know if it was true that we were out in the open ocean and were not planning to make a landfall for some days . |
| 27 | Diplomatically , he took the golf bag from me and headed for the car park . |
| 28 | If Agrippa gave an order they obeyed with alacrity , but sometimes I caught them watching me and shuddered at the amusement in their icy , pale-blue eyes . |
| 29 | I 've only been on since I read that thing in the square ball , and I suppose loads must have done the same as me and jumped on the bandwagon . |
| 30 | I 'd just lie on my back like Marie showed me and float like a fag packet . |