Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pron] a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There she was lying on the floor with Bonfire of the Vanities under her head and me giving her a gentle kneading — spelt with a ‘ k ’ dear — and we were getting quite absorbed when all of a sudden the door flew open and in he came . |
2 | My priestly friend set me down outside the two cathedrals and I bade him a fond farewell . |
3 | They usually need to be cooked and I use them a great deal with beans and in Mexican dishes , slicing them before cooking . |
4 | But on the day he came to the TWW studio to be interviewed , he brought her with him and I thought what a shy , pleasant girl she was . |
5 | did n't know it was two parts , till I and I thought what a funny way to end , I mean are they dead |
6 | The article made a deep impression on me and I thought what a wonderful coastline it would be to explore . |
7 | And I thought what a smashing idea for a television programme ! |
8 | And I said what a lovely little puppy , what 's her name , and it said Freda . |
9 | It did n't leave much time for going out to play , and I resented it a great deal . |
10 | And they , the company wrote back and said it 's so much a policy and looks reasonable and I sent them a bloody cheque you see |
11 | And er I so so I brought her and her three friends that she 'd run , chummed about with them and I give them a good talking to for about an hour . |
12 | The penis stirs close to me , and I give it a wet nose . |
13 | shepherds pie yesterday and I did them a few chips with it as well . |
14 | She was a hard worker , and I call myself a hard worker and I know that some days I push myself too hard and my mother 's done that all her life . |
15 | And I send her a red rose with the same message . |
16 | I pretended it was Annie 's hair we was putting on the tree , and I called her a little angel , but she got upset about that , so I stopped . |
17 | He sank into a fireside chair and I poured him a small medicinal quart of Absinthe to steady his nerves . |
18 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
19 | I therefore completed to his satisfaction all the forms he gave me , and I gave him a detailed written description of our proposal , and a revised working drawing showing greater detail , with both of which he seemed satisfied . |
20 | After that I got us on to less dangerous ground , and I gave him a few tit-bits of intelligence , which was probably what he 'd been after . |
21 | I said to them it was placing the team and the ARFU in a terrible situation and I gave them a 5.30 pm deadline otherwise the tour was off . |
22 | Micky Danby is a pratt and I owe him a few scores meself . ’ |
23 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
24 | Let's say erm we forget about all that ten pound early and you owed me a hundred pounds , right , and I say erm forget that , just , just take it away , forget it it 's gone , you 're a hundred pounds better off . |
25 | If your child takes a peculiar liking to washing up , and you give it a sweet every time , it will start to get suspicious and realise that washing up actually is n't as much fun as it thought . |
26 | The sun flames orange and pink behind the trees above the house , the breeze is cool rather than cold , scented with flowers and the sea , and you think what a pleasant if rather bland place this would be to settle down . |
27 | and you see them a three weeks later and they say hello Tony and you think hello , who the hell are you ? . |
28 | And you call me a bad driver . ’ |
29 | He could make a film with Nastassia Kinski , the most beautiful woman in the world ( Time had just said so , on its cover ) and she left him a slim book of Baudelaire , with some verses underlined . |
30 | ‘ Top o ’ the mornin' to you , Sister Hennessy ! ’ he sang , cheerful as ever , and she shot him a black look . |