Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 2 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 3 | I found it interesting to take one person , say the rector , Charles Henstock , and make him the chief character in one book and follow his fortunes , as I had in the first book about the great Mrs Curdle . |
| 4 | If a club comes along and offers us the right money for Simon , then so be it , but at the end of the day erm we 'd like Simon on our books . |
| 5 | Bill Williams , a journeyman , witnessed how he had met Day in the Barley Mow at Hungerford , and sold him the incriminating tobacco box . |
| 6 | This position put its schools in the forefront and made it the leading school of Europe from the 1140s , until Paris began to take the lead in theology and philosophy ( but never in law ) in the 1180s . |
| 7 | When the order came she reached down to help an older woman to her feet and passed her the well-wrapped bundle , then she turned her back on the men and was swallowed by the mass of female prisoners . |
| 8 | They told me to stay there until they came and got me the following day — which I did n't . |
| 9 | Well Julie went and got it the other day that 's why fetched her out , to get their presents . |
| 10 | I would be grateful if you could look into the matter and send me the duplicate Agreement as soon as possible , as I have your copy of the tape ( VM on IBM at 1600 bpi ) ready to despatch to you on return of the documents . |
| 11 | Please accept my application and enrol me as a member of The Literary Guild and send me the introductory books whose numbers I have printed in the boxes provided . |
| 12 | In fact , there have been many discussions caused by Johnny — and his girlfriend who seems to do very little other than build up her tan on a beach and send him the odd letter in a bottle . |
| 13 | Refuel the plane and send us the other brother , and we will send you the other passengers . |
| 14 | things you see , so erm , I thought right well that 's it Ben can have the garage , I 'll go and buy her the flying circus , Joseph can have the bus and call it a day . |
| 15 | ‘ Mr Lloyd George came … and informed me that he is able to form an administration and told me the proposed names of his colleagues , ’ the King wrote in his diary . |
| 16 | Then Tess went up to her mother , put her head on Joan 's shoulder , and told her the whole story . |
| 17 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 18 | I refreshed his glass and told him the terrible truth . |
| 19 | I gave McDunn the two names last night and told him the respective professions of their owners , then clammed up , just refused to say any more about them or about the body . |
| 20 | ‘ Then , before I could stop her she got my father out of bed and told him the whole thing . |
| 21 | Jacob can go with you , and show you the old coach road that leads to the signpost . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll go and give her the good news . ’ |
| 23 | All I can do , Father Poole thought despairingly , is to try and give him the spiritual strength to resist such a temptation . |
| 24 | According to Maybury-Lewis ( 1971 : 33–6 ) , the Shavante , both men and women , have a passion for meat , and consider it the prime delicacy : in fact , however , they subsist primarily on wild roots , nuts , and fruits from the collecting trips of women . |
| 25 | In the evening of Valentine 's Day , do take two white oak leaves , and lay them across your pillow , when you go to bed , putting on a clean shift or shirt , and turning it the wrong side outwards , lay down and say these words aloud , ‘ Good Valentine be kind to me , in dreams let me my true love see . ’ |
| 26 | Eva sat down on the edge of the bed and read me The Selfish Giant , dramatizing all the characters and imitating a smug vicar at the sentimental end of the story . |
| 27 | It 's usual to hang ceiling paper parallel with the main window in the room , but if you 're tackling the job for the first time and the room is noticeably shorter in one dimension , you may find it easier to manage shorter lengths and hang it the other way . |
| 28 | As he finished he smiled and handed me the empty plate . |
| 29 | ‘ Look at this , ’ he said to Cleo , and handed her the delicate instrument , which was a web of vanes and strings . |
| 30 | Doyle smiled , almost beautifully , as though everything had come right , and handed her the small gun . |