Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [conj] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once or twice people put their heads round the door and asked her if the Meditation proof was up yet , or whether she knew ‘ that she had four inches less than usual on page twelve . |
| 2 | " That evening King Darzin sent for the chief taster and asked him whether the lettuces were ready . |
| 3 | ‘ We went to the schools ’ liaison officer and asked him if the company could produce our prospectus in a professional manner . ’ |
| 4 | Members of the group agree to document the project with photographs and notes and to continue it after the Design students graduate . |
| 5 | The youngest son came to the totem , to Tallis , and straightened her after the blizzard had made her lean to the left . |
| 6 | measures than others in the area , right , and instal it before the weather gets too cold , and the price that 's on the contract will be the total amount you have to pay or something like that |
| 7 | And because of its anxiety , the stallion will try to mount the mare too soon , or from too far away , and may try and attack her or the handler when things go wrong . |
| 8 | ask your Social Secretary office for form AG 5 ( and form AG 1 if you want to claim on low-income grounds and you do not hold a current AG 2 or AG 3 certificate ) , fill them both in and send them where the form tells you . |
| 9 | I have now , through your lordship 's favour , the satisfaction of seeing them cultivated in my neighbourhood , by the skilful hand of my friend , Mr. Miller , and shall take the first opportunity of describing and engraving them that the public may see how much they are indebted to your lordship . |
| 10 | I introduced it to my classes in May last year and have developed and modified it as the weeks have passed . |
| 11 | One motorist who was stopped on the way to Bushmills said : ‘ The police were pulling in cars and coaches and taking teenagers out and searching them and the vehicles . |
| 12 | The dams also render the animals easy prey for hunters and trap them when the water is drained for irrigation . |
| 13 | In some sedimentary uranium ores , such as those in the southwestern US , oxidising solutions percolating through U-rich rocks dissolved U(VI) and transported it until the redox conditions changed and uranium precipitated as the U(IV) mineral uraninite . |
| 14 | After a short distance he swapped places with the woman and drove her and the baby to Winchester . |
| 15 | and told me that the problem was electric |
| 16 | Now John recalled that struggle and told her that the Italians had invaded Abyssinia and taken Addis Ababa with modern weapons , including poison gas , in spite of a declaration by the League of Nations . |
| 17 | He later reiterated the warning and told them that the police would have to see that the prohibition order was enforced . |
| 18 | Anne and Heywood Hill , of the bookshop in Curzon Street , lived at number 10 Warwick Avenue and told them that the lease next door was for sale . |
| 19 | The card was written by the Reverend Donald McQueen and told them that the Laird of Raasay had sent his own boat for them ; the reverend gentleman himself arrived shortly afterwards ; ‘ an elderly man , ’ says Boswell , ‘ with his own black hair , courteous and rather slow of speech , but candid , sensible and well-informed . ’ |
| 20 | Some time later , the officer touched his shoulder and told him that the court was ready . |
| 21 | It answered the question he had asked himself and told him that the bones of a very young child had been found as well as those of a young woman . |
| 22 | One who did listened intently to Harry 's story and told him that the Germans inspected all sections of the vessel before sailing . |
| 23 | A Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister , Liu Huaqiu , summoned the US ambassador in Beijing , Stapleton Roy , on Sept. 3 and told him that the US decision " grossly interferes in China 's internal affairs , seriously jeopardizes Sino-US relations and obstructs and undermines the great cause of China 's peaceful reunification " . |
| 24 | I sat on the facilities , and told him that the water samples from the horse car had been pure and simple H&sub2 ; O. |
| 25 | The Liberals … and Conservatives returned to MacDonald late that evening and told him that the economies were quite inadequate , and unlikely to be accepted by Parliament or to restore confidence . |
| 26 | X , an officer at Kleinwort Benson , telephoned D and told him that the target company had accepted a new offer . |
| 27 | Stephanie spoke also , for her almost sharply , to Marcus and told him that the visit would happen and that she trusted him to help with it , to behave well . |
| 28 | When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’ |
| 29 | An American soldier gave us each a balloon and told us that the winner would be the one who could soonest burst the balloon by blowing it up beyond its stretching point . |
| 30 | ‘ In the afternoon the good Professor Thornton can come and watch us and the Minister defending the assistance given to Willis Engineering , ’ Rajiv pointed out , eyes bright with malice , and Bill Westland winced . |