Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I sold them the best . |
| 2 | And I kept it the same and that 's When we bought this in nineteen fifty four , there was a lot of alterations to be done . |
| 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 | Because I asked in the other classes , three or four American students , and I asked them the same question . |
| 5 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 6 | And I told him the whole story of our voyage , and the danger we were now in . |
| 7 | ‘ Tom and I saw it the other day , ’ she was saying . |
| 8 | The Sheriff asked me the same question and I gave him the same answer as I have you . ’ |
| 9 | Absolutely they 're reading it with you so they 're with you so you 're you 're holding their interest even though you 're not actually saying anything , yeah , and again you may you may have noticed well another thing is once you 've once you 're written put the pen down and the easiest thing in the world to have a but if you want to make a point and you probably noticed once I once I put the red lines around the red boxes round there and I gave you the first demonstration of the Aldershot method I stood here okay . |
| 10 | ‘ And you gave me the best ! ’ |
| 11 | As soon as he got home , the telephone was ringing and she told him the same thing many times . |
| 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 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | And she gave me the immortal reply , ‘ No , I 'm Heather , but wo n't I do ? ’ |
| 16 | There was a slight delay as she read it and then her head slowly turned in my direction and she gave me the biggest grin I 'd ever seen . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ One train a week and they told me the wrong day . |
| 19 | And they sold me The Last Boy Scout . |
| 20 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 21 | And they gave him the rowdiest send-off of the campaign . |
| 22 | Not only was Pumblechook 's elbow in my eye , but I was n't allowed to speak , and they gave me the worst pieces of meat . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 25 | Donna joined him and he found her the shortest ones , saying , ‘ You have the short ones . |
| 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 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |