Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for at least one parent , there was an awareness that sometimes children 's sense of justice can be hurt by parents not taking some of the blame : ‘ If a kid arrives late for school , or is not properly dressed , then that 's not the kid 's fault , it 's the mother 's fault , or whoever got them out in the morning . |
| 2 | Either he took the first plane to Dublin , or he rejected them out of hand . |
| 3 | Father appeared above me on the top step and I wrenched myself out of the man 's nasty fingers . |
| 4 | Mind you , she had the decency to come and confess , and I got it back from the bus company . |
| 5 | No I went back and got in the car and was fiddling about and I wrote it down on a matchbox you see . |
| 6 | I gave it a coat yesterday morning and then it hardened up and I rubbed it down with a bit of fine wire wool today |
| 7 | We trotted down the long flights of stairs and I followed her out through the front door . |
| 8 | ‘ The bike skidded on past ahead of me and I followed it in to the side of the road . |
| 9 | She was hysterical and distraught and I took her through for my wife to comfort her before telephoning the police . ’ |
| 10 | and I , I showed her around some I , on the way back I said I 'll take you to Branston Park on the way back and I 'll show you where John 's working and I took her on to the , into the car park and I said look there he is up , huh , cutting the lawn , he was up cutting that , the big lawn she said one massive place I mean I took her all the way through Branston Park back to erm |
| 11 | The programme was a shambles and I took her out to dinner to cheer her up . |
| 12 | ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’ |
| 13 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 14 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
| 15 | I tried I saw him one day on , I crept up in my and I took it out of the window and all I 've got is the . |
| 16 | And I took it out in the spring and put it in the garden and then it revived and came on nice . |
| 17 | I was wearing I had the , the stethoscope behind my neck and I took it off for something , I was holding it up to try and get a better |
| 18 | Bob and I made it out of hardboard and Formica … |
| 19 | on my own , brought them from Canada and I brought them up without any help from my ex-husband and I would n't of wanted it any other way . |
| 20 | And I brought them up on Monday night |
| 21 | And I brought it down to half a dozen staff . |
| 22 | We 'd been discussing something else , and I said it out of the blue , but in my mind it was as if we 'd just been talking about Oliver , and the way she answered , as if she thought we 'd just been talking about Oliver too and there was n't any break in that conversation even though we 'd been through lots of different subjects in the meantime , made me feel very cheerful . |
| 23 | ‘ If only there 'd been more time , ’ said Kelly , ‘ I 'd have tried to help her work out a clear-cut characterisation , but we had a tight schedule and I left it up to her . ’ |
| 24 | The boot blacking came off on my hands and I wiped it off on the side of the bed . |
| 25 | Sally wanted to know how I became a caddie and I filled her in on my doings since we left university . |
| 26 | He was looking very hot and flushed in woodwork just now , and I sent him along to Mrs C. She took his temperature — about the only thing she can do — and sent him to bed . ’ |
| 27 | to send out and I sent it out to all the users |
| 28 | I must have been mad for a few hours , and I swept you up in it too . |
| 29 | I bent down and turned him until I had my hands under his arms , his back towards me , and I floated him along in the water to the steps and there strained to pull him up them and out onto the grass . |
| 30 | for many years and I wheeled her around in a , in a |