Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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1 | had to have one for a short while , she was quite young and I , we 'd only just moved here and I took her to the vet the used to be in Sandhurst , they said it was a bee sting , they put purple stuff on it |
2 | And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go . |
3 | I got him into the factory and from there we got the ambulance and … and I took him to the Royal Victoria Infirmary . ’ |
4 | P. E. A man dropped dead in front of me on the street and I took him to the mortuary and I got into trouble over it because I did n't search the body properly . |
5 | This was going on for a couple of days , so I was getting worried and I took him to the prison doctor and he says , ‘ It might be with you breastfeeding , try him on the bottle . ’ |
6 | And I took it to the people up on Royal Parade , who are constantly having burglaries , no , that 's that 's true , they have had several quite chunky burglaries |
7 | I remember one dress , it was brocade , and I wore it to the opening of the opera . |
8 | One evening , perched in his landing window , he shot towards my wife with an air rifle and I reported him to the police . |
9 | She got up , we shook hands , and I escorted her to the door . |
10 | But luck , the storm and I introduced him to the Bomb , and that settled his game . |
11 | Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form . |
12 | Like Julian , perhaps , Teresa also had an illness that may well have had a psychological aspect and which brought her to the brink of death ; her autobiography and spiritual writings show how she brought herself a physical and spiritual healing . |
13 | Erm you gave a a very full account of the sort of pressures that erm you were under because you did n't have a job and you related it to the necessity of involving yourself in what you euphemistically called the black economy . |
14 | She left her second cup of tea , and she followed me to the front door . |
15 | She owed it to the town , and she owed it to the memory of Frank Williams , her father , who 'd had no one to fight for him when he 'd needed it most . |
16 | The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate . |
17 | God was clearly on her side and she made it to the living-room door without a hitch . |
18 | brought , brought one of those padded things sort of orange things and she pulled me to the steps |
19 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |
20 | And … and she set us to the station , and … and Mama promised to write . ’ |
21 | and she had a tick and we took her to the vet |
22 | I mean would it be the same if we had ten and we raised it to the three quarters . |
23 | and we gave it to the erm school at over Downing Drive |
24 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
25 | Well it was a large double-fronted house and it was sand-bagged all round and there were tables and to er , administer , you know , wardens in the unevent of air raids which they used to do and they used to patrol the streets looking for lights to see if pe my nan actually got fined once cos she , she event inadvertently went into a room and put the light on and forgot she 'd left the curtains open and an air raid warden happened to be around she , she got hauled into court and fined five pounds for that , er she er I , I once I was just thinking the other day just telling a friend of mine , they had an actual practice air raid once and in some old buildings in the Burchells and we as kids had to go and lie in there and wait till we 'd got a tag on and what would happen to us a label and they took us to the first aid post in , an ambulance came and picked us up on a stretcher and took us to the first aid post in Road . |
26 | And they transferred her to the , the Cottage and she did quite well , and she was home . |
27 | They found you in the snow and they carried you to the nearest shelter . |
28 | Er , yeah , they had a big electrical drill and they screwed them to the roof with those . |
29 | For the chemo I was in bed and they attached me to the drip . |
30 | The regular vet — a friend of mine — has gone to live in Australia and he recommended me to the zoo as his replacement . |