Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She rung me up and asked me did I want a microwave oven ? |
| 2 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
| 3 | He had forgotten all about his mother 's present and seeing it made him think even more of home . |
| 4 | He unlocked a padlock into a smallish barn — the key was in the padlock waiting — and got her to help him push the wooden doors back . |
| 5 | No , she co come and told me did you ask Emma out ? |
| 6 | If I could put a starving child before him and give it food and let him watch it grow well , I know he 'd give money . |
| 7 | She grunted and let him help her sit . |
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| 9 | Please would you investigate this problem and let me know what action you take to resolve it . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , ’ he said slowly , ‘ you could put your arms around my neck , press your soft body into me and let me know you accept my offering . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Let me enter into the tower , my Creator , and let me see you bring life to the mate I know you have prepared , manlike but different sex , so lovely fair . |
| 12 | I put a good bit on there and soaked it let it soak in . |
| 13 | ‘ He is not in the least like any of Henrietta 's children , but when I see him laugh and run he makes me think of them , being nearer the little one 's age than my Penini . |
| 14 | Teachers in schools where decision-making is ‘ closed ’ would do well to remember this and utilise it to help them ease their school towards a more ‘ open ’ system . |
| 15 | I 've gone to the nuns and begged them to let me have a child , but they say ‘ You are a prostitute . |
| 16 | We must learn to listen to others who have the benefit of experience and knowledge , and allow them to help us broaden our horizons . |
| 17 | But she did n't feel like giggling ; everywhere was so tidy and clean it made her despair . |
| 18 | We try to reduce the distance between ourselves and our boss by using first-person-plural pronouns , talking of what ‘ we ’ ( i.e. the boss and I ) will do in the future — ‘ We could always write to head office , and ask them to let us have more data . |
| 19 | ‘ There wo n't be any , ’ Lindsey gave the quiet assurance , and thought she heard him mutter ‘ good girl ! ’ , but told herself she must have imagined it , as he was already striding down the corridor . |
| 20 | ‘ And did he let you go ? |
| 21 | And did it Did you move on from that job ? |
| 22 | Yeah I like to , I like to have a go at different things I mean the the the other the other lunchtime we had you know he came in at lunchtime and er Shirley had gone somewhere Ann and er I 'll have the chicken kiev for me please so so I went and did it did you cook that for him ? |
| 23 | Excitedly I told him what had happened and begged him to let me have the harmonium . |
| 24 | Charlie Williams took his number 14 bus to Shaftesbury Avenue , looked at Ken 's name in lights and had he heard anyone say anything against ‘ the boy ’ would have had no difficulty in punching him one . |
| 25 | I bent my knees a little to put on the shoulder-strap and left him watching me move back onto the road . |
| 26 | Then make sure you know which they are and check them to see they have not been removed or weakened . |