Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pron] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , we toast the railway station and I tell him the only Czech joke I know . |
| 2 | Nine years have passed since my divorce and I tell myself the half-forgotten betrayals and deceits are old news . |
| 3 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 4 | and I 'm seeing the surgeon today and erm and I met somebody the other day who 'd had it done and his fingers were n't affected , you know , so I mean it 's just the luck of the draw I think . |
| 5 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 6 | ‘ Tom and I saw it the other day , ’ she was saying . |
| 7 | And I give him the whole book what lists names and numbers and what not . |
| 8 | Then I , for a few minutes , we 've got only fifteen minutes so , about twelve to fifteen minutes , and I explain them the historical aspects . |
| 9 | It seems to have a mind of its own , and I call it The Great One . |
| 10 | He was captured , and you know what the French do . |
| 11 | David Walton , 40 , who received the aircraft today from Air Commodore David Hurrell , said : ‘ The likelihood of the aircraft taking to the sky again is fairly remote but it will be preserved in its current condition and who knows what the long term future holds . |
| 12 | I a lot , cos I remember erm when Claire was I got a really formal invitation to something and I asked Claire how you were supposed to reply and she told me the exact wording of how you should reply and I just looked at her I looked at her and I said I 'm not bloody writing that . |
| 13 | ‘ Which way ? ’ he asked , when at last the engine spluttered into life , and she directed him the wrong way round so that they might overtake and confront the trio lurching towards Midnight Mass . |
| 14 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 15 | Even so , I did meet one girl at Binbrook who had knitted a whole twin set from darning wool cut into short lengths , weaving all the ends together as she knitted ! — and she showed me the finished product to prove it . |
| 16 | ‘ The wave is my lover and she gives me the ultimate orgasm . ’ |
| 17 | a Chinese girl she 's living in it , in a kind of a real dive of loft thing to do her art and she gives him the odd painting instead of paying rent . |
| 18 | And we know what the Iraqi government would like , which is the release of their money frozen here since the Gulf war . |
| 19 | It will be made out to us and we pay you the following week . |
| 20 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 21 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 22 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 23 | Farnham reached their second cup final of the season — and they did it the hard way when they met Cranleigh in the semi-finals of the Class Elite Cup at the Memorial Ground on Saturday . |
| 24 | And they closed one the other week that 's flooded now |
| 25 | She asked the two men all about driving a steam train , and they showed her the automatic brake , and the little clock faces that told them how much steam the engine was making . |
| 26 | And he called it the long-term stewardship of a precious natural resource . |
| 27 | I paid the hostel owner three thousand intis for the last time and he handed me the neat slip , carefully signed and stamped twice : ‘ Hostal America PAGADO . ’ |
| 28 | And he did it the right way , he did it the hard way , always in the first two , always having a cut at and jump , jump , jump , you know . |
| 29 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 30 | And it tells you the normal plug rating for a particular appliance . |