Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Felicitations from him who must worship you from afar and longs to have you for his own . ’
2 She said : ‘ He holds out his hands for him and loves to have him on his knee .
3 Later still My silly wee sister has put her feet down and refuses to let me near her Power Pack .
4 Count Tarnowski has managed to recover ownership of pictures ( the tail-end of the collection that once contained both the Frick 's ‘ Polish Rider ’ and the Met 's ‘ Perseus ’ by Canova ) appropriated by the National Museum in Warsaw in 1945 , and intends to display them at his old country house of Dzikow .
5 ‘ Yet she made it known to Brother Tutilo , ’ retorted Herluin , burning up in his turn , ‘ that she has felt compassion towards afflicted Ramsey , and wishes to benefit us in our distress .
6 He said : ‘ If a player flicks up the ball and tries to head it to his goalkeeper , or flicks it up for someone else to knock back , he 'll be booked for ungentlemanly conduct . ’
7 Consequently , the sufferer increasingly cuts himself or herself off from the reality of life as presented by others and continues to blame them for their failure to provide unconditional love and " understanding " comparable to that experienced in the relationship with alcohol or with other substances or behaviour that lead to alteration of mood .
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