Example sentences of "and [verb] [verb] [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 13–1–1906 They had under consideration the question of using the Hymnary in the public worship and agreed to use it in the summer if there was no serious collection among the people . |
| 2 | I asked if she remembered Old Red , and described meeting him in the subway , but not his current reputation , for that would have been less than tactful , as I hoped one day to marry them off , and unfair , since he had been so pleasant to me . |
| 3 | He care for the whole of mankind and has given us in the Bible a guide-book by which to live . |
| 4 | Franco conducted it on his own terms , however , which meant that it was so gradual as to be barely perceptible at times , and designed to show him in the most favourable light possible . |
| 5 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 6 | As the rebels , sword in hand , ran after the retreating cavalry , sonic of the royal infantry stood their ground and tried to take them in the flank but the heavy rain had left most of their cartridges too damp to fire and the frustrated musketeers thereupon also took to their heels . |
| 7 | Then he pinned her against the wall , took up a karate stance and began punching her in the breast and armpit . |
| 8 | Frank took off his glasses and began to polish them in the sheet with enthusiasm . |
| 9 | Perhaps there are even some who do not realize we have a magazine , and all those who do know and have supported it in the past , do you really want the magazine to die and be no more ? |
| 10 | Of course a well-heeled litigant would still be able to frighten booksellers and newsagents by notifying them of the alleged libel and threatening to join them in the action unless they withdrew the offending publication from sale . |
| 11 | Thus while it is important to always play you 're best side AND in our case this must involve finishing high enough up the table to get a place in europe , we must keep players like Rocky and continue to play them in the first team . |
| 12 | When the young men came back and started to film her in the kitchen , she forgot every word she had learned . |
| 13 | And having pilloried them in the past it is only fair to hear their point of view . |
| 14 | Lady Grubb picked up her plate of junket and went to eat it in the drawing-room , shaking with a passion she did n't care to scrutinize because it contained not only fury but also amazement and fear . |
| 15 | Anyway it ended up in a fight and he started pushing me around and went to punch me in the stomach but I managed to stop him . |
| 16 | The Tasmanian Law Reform Commission expressed the matter even more forcefully : ‘ The present focus on consent virtually demands that a defence counsel who is doing his job properly must challenge the sexual conduct and personal integrity of the complainant and attempt to present her in the most unfavourable light . ’ |
| 17 | We broke into the single , locked cupboard , and although we only found some new clothes and shoes with jewellery stuffed up inside the toes we assured each other that Aisha received money from her lover and liked leaving me in the house with the children because it made it easier to cheat on her husband . |
| 18 | To respect the environment and to seek to protect it in the course of company activities . |
| 19 | This is the same young man who bit the ear of the governor — and we can only meet and get to know him in the novel itself . |
| 20 | Simon , however , would n't hear of it , and had joined her in the kitchen to help with the dishes . |
| 21 | Parkin gave a brief account of the previous night in his bass voice , saying that he had spoken briefly to Nicola at the pub outside TV London before the party started , and had spotted her in the boardroom . |
| 22 | Commander Abigail was not a heavy drinker , but after his gloomy morning walk he had felt the need of consolation and had found it in the Disraeli Lounge of the Queen Victoria Hotel . |
| 23 | She 's met a lot of friends here and and likes to meet them in the canteen . |
| 24 | ‘ For stealing household goods and trying to sell them in the surrounding villages . ’ |
| 25 | Well I have made a statement to the police and have put it in the police station in a sealed envelope . |
| 26 | The hunt supporters believe the ban in unlawful and plan to challenge it in the courts . |
| 27 | Somebody purchases alcohol from an off-licence and proceeds to drink it in the open air , usually in a secluded place called a ‘ bushing spot ’ . |
| 28 | Maureen said she had got the keys back and intended to try them in the desk , to see whether they were a duplicate set and her father 's complaints could have been justified . |