Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | How about your Christmas card this year ? why not knit one and them photograph it for a really professional look ? |
2 | ‘ And me buying it from a stall in the flea market only last week . ’ |
3 | This way , Dad and I get you for a little longer . |
4 | Both my husband and I accepted it as a part of our way of life . |
5 | Henri and I sheltered them for a while , but of course it was very risky with the Germans billeted everywhere except the smallest cottages . |
6 | ‘ I did n't know at the time it had been in the Quakers boardroom but it was a good , handmade , solid oak table and I got it for a reasonable price , ’ he said . |
7 | Everyone sits quietly in the room and the leader draws an imaginary circle with a finger and says ‘ Here I have the wonderful magic circle and I sign it with a dot . |
8 | ‘ The gate 's open , ’ she said , ‘ and I wedged it with a brick . ’ |
9 | And I fought it for a long time and I wanted to get kick-started back to where I was before , because I felt under a cloud . |
10 | I said 't would not suit you , and I meant it as a compliment . |
11 | My mother then gathered them up and put them in a container , and I took them to a nearby stream and let them go with goodness knows what effect on the environment . |
12 | When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery . |
13 | Then she held out her hand to me , and I took it for a second . |
14 | Yeah I 'd considered buying it and all that , you know it do n't take five minutes you know , and I took it for a test drive |
15 | It was only a few square feet in size and I made it into a carpet of flowers . |
16 | I mean yes er as I said earlier on it 's just a question for for just a bit more obviously in the readings report th there is there is concern naturally with the by-passes in paragraph two five I mean I have n't had a chance to sort of looking up yet , and I 'd by grateful for County Executive 's advice on that and I thought we as a County Council had agreed a line erm for a by-pass through the West Sussex portion at least . |
17 | Dinner I boil myself just a few potatoes , and I eat them with a piece of bread … |
18 | He is now 7″ long , and I transferred him to a 4ft tank . |
19 | I tell them that I have the heart of a small boy and I keep it in a jar on my desk ’ |
20 | The cottagers of Pook 's Common used to have grazing rights but I 'm the only one to keep an animal now and I keep mine in a paddock belonging to Tom . |
21 | So I said OK , and I gave him a real fancy one — it was like topiary , and I left him with a rude word on the back of his head . |
22 | They gave me money , and I put it into a jar like Granny had with the egg money . |
23 | I know , I went , I got some whelks once and that was in Bay , they were lovely whelks and I put 'em in a bucket and er did n't think and now I used to put some flour in with 'em . |
24 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
25 | I had been there and I knew it as a beautiful seaside resort , but that was n't why I was so delighted . |
26 | It was this last that gave him pause , for , he was to say , ‘ Although I had no knowledge of it — that place where the Twelve Judges sit — I believed that I had long since dreamed it , and I knew it for a place of great finality and immense power . |
27 | I did not think of following him , my feet seemed rooted to the sandy path and I saw him through a mist of tears as he appeared to melt through the door , which closed behind him . |
28 | And I saw him in a month , and he took the bandage off and me arm flopped of course . |
29 | I brought grim news , and I delivered it with a certain mournful pleasure . |
30 | Her last words had been spoken very portentously , and I rewarded them with a dubious shrug . |