Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [v-ing] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's about time you and Mummy stopped going to that dreary old Richardson in the High Street and switched to Mr Vigo . ’ |
| 2 | All the trucks and cars started crashing into one another , too . |
| 3 | The firm of Wilkes , Son and Cassey ceased trading in 1926 , the business and premises were purchased by The Salisbury Co-operative Society Limited who then only stocked larger items of ironmongery and added a furniture department on the first floor . |
| 4 | He and Compeyson had got a lot of money out of a rich lady some years before , and Arthur kept dreaming of this lady . |
| 5 | Mum and Mary kept calling for this , no that , yes that , to be brought upstairs . |
| 6 | So , many of the migrant mechanics and artisans found housing in surrounding towns and villages . |
| 7 | comes back and says when the teacher come , the teacher was there this time , urgh the showers are on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and then they all start chanting Geoffrey switched the showers on , Geoffrey switched the showers on and er , loads of them , not just him , a load of them did it , and he , he started to cry , and then that was it then were n't it , ooh tiny tears , tiny tears , ooh poofter , poofter , crying and all that I mean he had a right day with it , so he goes to school this morning in Geography and the every body in the class , the girls and every body were going tiny tears , tiny tears , and he said I just ignored it today he says I just took no notice he says , but they 're all going , how 's your tears Geoffrey , are we going to cry again today , he says and they were trying to get me to cry today he says , but I just took no notice and Stuart kept going like this Geoff and he says I just went so he , he did the same back and then he went Geoff and Geoffrey just went , I mean what you do ? , |
| 8 | Cuban workers and students began returning from Eastern Europe in the wake of political changes there . |
| 9 | At first , Merrill paid scant attention to their conversation , but her interest was caught when he and Luke began speaking of environmental issues , rain forests , renewable sources of timber , and the possibility of turning over a greater part of their production to make more use of softwood . |
| 10 | Jancey and Rachel quit staring at each other . |