Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I get on less than two people |
| 2 | And I go out there because I want to hear ‘ God Save the Queen . ’ |
| 3 | He paused , then with what Robbie considered to be an unutterably complacent smile , ‘ And I doubt very much whether Petula would approve of your presence either . ’ |
| 4 | And I walked as normally as I could into the playground , my private pain overcome for fear of discovery . |
| 5 | So he said I got back on the phone to him and I said as far as I 'm concerned you can get in your car and come down here and fetch back what 's left . |
| 6 | I asked at the meeting of the city board and I asked on more than one occasion , and did n't get a proper answer , what the labour group intended to do with the three point two million pounds that will build up in reserve say for the next three years . |
| 7 | In our family my cousins and I knew well beforehand because there were always slightly older sisters and cousins who told us … |
| 8 | After the evening meal ( sweet salmon cooked in white wine ) , Benjamin and I stayed up long after the taproom emptied . |
| 9 | But , in any case , I should have realized that a review of high seriousness like The Criterion , the circulation of which never reached 1,000 copies and I suspect hardly more than 500 , was supported by an intellectual minority whose allegiance did not wane on account of the neglect of a man of whom many may not have heard . |
| 10 | I do n't think the consumer would ev say that and I think sometimes one forgets er people forget the consumer I mean the erm er but obviously by us going onto the Hong Kong route we are going to reduce British Airways and Cathay Pacific 's profits on that route considerably , we we think that because our costs are considerably less than British Airways , and I suspect considerably less than Cathay Pacific , that the player that er could be around in thirty or forty years ' time is Virgin Atlantic . |
| 11 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 12 | And I think as far as the critics are concerned , John Maynard-Smith may allow me to adapt erm the critical misjudgement of all time , which was made by a Dublin Professor when The Origin of Species first came out , which you will remember no doubt |
| 13 | Yes so and I reckon quite frankly cos he 's living on that lay by up the end and I reckon he was hiding , do a runner or something or he ai n't up to something no good ! |
| 14 | And you know right away when you hear a Chicago blues song and you know if it 's a New Orleans song . |
| 15 | You have to be punished in some way , and you know as well as I do that your case lacks substance . |
| 16 | And you know as well as I do Jim was n't the father . |
| 17 | You know , we walked in there and you know how like when we 're doing the counters I had jeans on and a big baggy jumper , we were the best dressed in there ! |
| 18 | And you did pretty well because you got a penny for every shilling 's worth you sold . |
| 19 | She had been tense since she had arrived and she knew perfectly well where all the tension was coming from — el conde ! |
| 20 | Instead of another row with her mother , she had decided that she must get to the bottom of things by going up to the Hall and speaking to Miss Hatherby , and she pedalled as fast as she could . |
| 21 | Yet she still had the use of her tongue , and she said as quietly as he , ‘ Yes , only once — and let's keep it like that , shall we ? ’ |
| 22 | Her head swam as his lips probed hers and she softened even further as his hands began to caress her compulsively . |
| 23 | And she helped again later when we moved to Paris . |
| 24 | Their legs tangled , and she cried out again as his thigh grazed between hers and rocked against her . |
| 25 | And she rang up here when when they offered us the space , she rang up here and asked for me . |
| 26 | And we plot along here if we plot Y against theta |
| 27 | On arrival at Edinburgh Airport , two Landrovers awaited us and our luggage , and we drove as fast as we could to Gleneagles , to try to be in time for the Moët et Chandon reception which is the first party of the Rolex-Jackie Stewart Challenge weekend ; this was timed for 8pm ! |
| 28 | My son , Robyn visited me and peered with a concerned , academic interest , and we came closer together than ever before . |
| 29 | and I put the fruit and vegetables in the buggy and we come straight home cos it 's time to eat by then . |
| 30 | And we heal farther past than we can see ; |