Example sentences of "[pron] and [pers pn] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her arms crept around his neck , her lips softened and parted beneath his and she slid into a world of sensation so subtle and exquisite that it was almost too much to bear . |
| 2 | ‘ Stan called me and we met for a chat at his home . |
| 3 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 4 | He explained everything to me and I went across a big courtyard , through a door into a large hall , then up some stairs and along a landing turning left towards an outside terrace down to the lawns at the rear of the Palace . |
| 5 | Yes dear I went to erm , er the er holiday camp in October to erm , er with the Red Cross and I went with the , Charlie took me and I went in a car with a friend of mine we went to the Red Cross holiday in Patefield , but it poured of rain every day every day it poured of rain did n't October it was terrible , ever so cold , but we were well looked after you know and I enjoyed it and we had the wheelchairs to go around in on for the dancing , it was really great I thoroughly enjoyed it , I have n't been for two years I had n't , but I went like in October , cos you 're only allowed really every two years to go , that 's all you 're allowed really , but I thoroughly enjoyed it you know , it was nice |
| 6 | He was certainly no taller than me and he stood in an instinctive boxer 's crouch . |
| 7 | Willie closed it carefully behind them and they walked into a wild and unkempt garden . |
| 8 | He searched for a resting place for them and they lashed in a helplessness before finding a firm ledge out in the grey darkness beyond his vision . |
| 9 | I 'm always blowing the little ducks up they go , they 're going like that and you shoot them and they turn into a It 's really good . |
| 10 | Erm , so if you , if you do the easy one , and let's say it comes out to ten pence per gram , and you do the difficult one and it comes to a hundred and three pence per gram , right , or point nought one pence per gram |
| 11 | I get into step with him and we stop at a door at the end of the corridor . |
| 12 | Still gripping her arm , he pushed her ahead of him and she stumbled into a walk , unable to fight his vastly superior strength . |
| 13 | And er I gets him down and I gets him into the stable , and I gets all the clothes off him and he gets into a bag , a bran bag , more bags and lay down and covered himself , and I hung his clothes round the boiler fire . |
| 14 | Giving himself dialogue seemed to calm him and he stood for a moment , arms idle at his side , breathing slowly and heavily . |
| 15 | A stage-hand upset him and he replied with a withering flow of invective , the kind for which he was not generally known . |
| 16 | She had n't expected to get much sleep , but exhaustion finally overcame her and she lapsed into a fitful , restless doze , tossing and turning through the long night as dreams haunted her mind . |
| 17 | Suddenly unease rose inside her and she faltered as a sudden thought struck her . |
| 18 | One of the men shouted after her and she broke into an awkward trot . |
| 19 | I opened it and we stood for a moment , rain driving down hard . |
| 20 | But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap |
| 21 | Well , that 's probably right erm I can just about remember it and you know as a child , and it did n't really sink in , it was some years afterwards before it actually sank in exactly what had been going on |
| 22 | He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner . |
| 23 | Makes it and it makes in a way so that it , it 's not a |
| 24 | The next day he and I went for a shorter walk and returned about 6 . |
| 25 | He and I got into a bit of a squabble . |
| 26 | However , he and I differ in a fundamental way . |
| 27 | Delighted to have her company , Harry linked his arm through hers and they strolled in a leisurely fashion down the shady drive . |
| 28 | What and you go on a you go on a course there ? |
| 29 | She was a very thrifty woman because in spite of eleven children we never wanted for anything and you went through a depression like , you know . |