Example sentences of "and [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that they found it easier when they that that English was English and Orcadian was Orcadian . |
| 2 | If pressed , most of us would say that he deepened our understanding of human nature , and that he made us aware that the mind of Man is complex and contradictory . |
| 3 | And although I found it hard to understand that you did n't want to meet her again that evening , I accepted that she was possibly ‘ not your type ’ . |
| 4 | The defender averred that as a result of that announcement he telephoned Macfie & Alexander , speaking to Mr Rae , one of the partners , and told him to expect an offer of £70,000 from Ferguson & Forster and that he instructed Mr Rae that when the offer was received , he ( the defender ) would consider its terms and if he found them satisfactory he would instruct Mr Rae to accept the offer . |
| 5 | and if you used it one day a week . |
| 6 | The chimes of bells which stood in every district of the city were being rung as they sat down — both because the ringers had been amply bribed and because they thought it politic to honour Artai and his chief supporter — and a small orchestra of trumpets and tambours had been hired by a steward and was accommodated in the yard , so that Burun 's speech of welcome to his guests , as well as their affable replies , were conducted with much opening and shutting of mouths and a deal of dumb show . |
| 7 | I was happy that he was being made to go to the hospital to have his ankle set in plaster , and because I found him very simpatico I was determined to go and see him there . |
| 8 | I left the team because the low pay would not cover the cost of my share in a mortgage to buy my own flat , and because I found it difficult to reconcile the separate roles of paid worker and friend , when Helen and Elizabeth recognised no such distinction . |
| 9 | And while I adored them both , I was closer to her ladyship . |
| 10 | And after you rode them five , so many , twenty , I think it 's twenty , and then er er you 're knocked down to three . |
| 11 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 12 | ‘ Some friends who were with me on holiday in Romania talked about the idea and when they contacted me this year saying they were going to do the ride I told them I was more than willing to join them , ’ said Karen , who teaches at Applegarth Primary School , Northallerton . |
| 13 | And when we looked it all er all , it had gone all the way through the mattress |
| 14 | I know you were so specific , but this is a fabulous kid and when I told her all about you , she just begged me to let her stop by and say hello . ’ ) . |
| 15 | Their heads were close together and as he appeared they all looked up in unison with startled faces and fell silent . |
| 16 | Churchill was prime minister , and though he found it politic in the face of American and Labour pressure to allow negotiations about India 's constitutional future to go on , at the same time he ensured that all such negotiations came to nought . |