Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb -s] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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31 And she 's got a sign
32 She 's wearing boy 's jeans , a boy 's shirt , boy 's shoes and she 's got a boy 's haircut .
33 And she 'd got a big black hat on , and a big black cloak , and all er crosses down here , and she 's got a boot on her arm all laced up , and nobody 'd know whether she were a man or a woman .
34 And she 's got a child in that book .
35 And she 's got a bag whether she 's been shopping or , I
36 And she 's got a trifle .
37 And she 's got a Y in her Jayne strangely enough .
38 And she 's got a polo neck .
39 Joyce and she 's got a brother Jim .
40 She 's got a , and she 's got a Fiat .
41 and erm , I went up to mum 's and she 's got a load of Unique make-up , and she said if there 's anything in that bag you want it , you 'd better have it , so I said
42 She said if you pay up which is n't very much erm there 's something in Littlewoods and she 's got money in her pocket and she 's got a washing machine .
43 For instance , there 's one where two girls watch their brothers playing football and one 's got a bucket on his head .
44 Sometimes in truth they do not exist : not all human behaviour is addictive in nature and one has to keep a sense of balance .
45 This faculty is widespread among the population and there has developed a system for increasing creativity called synectics .
46 Ms Robins said : ‘ It has been a challenge and everybody has learned a lot from it .
47 So that , this is when fractions come into it and everybody starts getting a bit ooh I 'm not very sure of what I 'm doing here because it 's not , you know , it 's not obvious , it 's not very real
48 If his instructions are disobeyed and he continues to fear a breach of the peace , he can therefore arrest , for a breach of the peace , the person who refuses to comply , and either seek to have the person bound over , or prosecuted for obstructing a constable in the execution of his duty .
49 And then Jason yeah and they 're like saying , they say look it was an early seventies crime you 've got ta help us , how would you handle it because they 're not allowed to use fast cars and guns and he goes find a country house
50 Chris believes that the constant temperatures provided by heaterstats are not good for the fish and he does have a point — where in the world does the water temperature remain stable all year round , both day and night ?
51 Or suppose , again , that your neighbour has agreed with you that he will not open a public house or carry on a school of music next door , and does and threatens to continue doing one or the other ; or that you have a right to light for your windows , and he threatens to erect a building within three feet of them .
52 And he disappears swinging a bag of duty-free claret and singing of dark , Satanic mills .
53 of ideological progression , maybe he thought that , that , that erm the only , ultimately the only way to capitalis er to communism was through capitalism and he needs to establish a period of capitalism first .
54 Because he he he 's done a a you know he he he 's been a a a a what shall I say , a Well he 's done a lot really to promote erm interest in engineering and all that and and he 's done a lot in helping er to young men to become engineers and that you know .
55 So you John now Jonathan he 's only fifteen , I know he looks in his twenties , but he 's only fifteen and he 's done a lot of homework so it makes him late and it makes him uncomfortable and he 's fidgety because he knows he 's got to disturb us when he goes out , he does n't does n't enjoy disturbing us , so I have to make that clear to you .
56 And he 's got a birthmark ! ’
57 Always one to get and usually using it well and he 's got a throw-in .
58 you know , he 's that sort of bloke , he 's a very nice bloke and he 's got a heart of gold and he 's saved us no end of the money ai n't he , since I 've been working for him ?
59 And he 's got a badge on the right hand side as well .
60 There 's a man just gone upstairs , and he 's got a head like a bladder of lard ! ’
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