Example sentences of "[verb] and [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so those few that entered most of them got prizes and it was three police forces that entered and they all got awards . |
| 2 | But then more and more come and they all started acting flash , like they owned the place and that 's when all the trouble started . |
| 3 | Paige dragged a hand through her hair in desperation , but she was caught and they both knew it . |
| 4 | So I spoke , and the reverend prayed and we all trooped out again . |
| 5 | Victor Sierra 's ‘ rubber band ’ possesses a great ability to frighten the life out of a pilot flying her for the first time , by apparently stopping if and whenever the revs drop below 1800 , when the most horrendous mixture-timing ‘ flat-spot ’ occurs and it all goes quiet up front . |
| 6 | Well I went in a choir , I could never sing , and I still ca n't , and er the choir used to go out quite a lot , and er we cycled and we youth-hostelled , even as w or in on working parties , at some of the peak hostels . |
| 7 | Clinton agreed and we all met in the great hall just before dusk . |
| 8 | He had no doubt about this because the party were the last people to go and they all went out together . |
| 9 | The tension was eased and they both laughed because they knew it was impossible , her getting tipsy and aggressive and him getting turned on by it . |
| 10 | One evening when we were broadcasting a ‘ live ’ commentary on a baseball game under floodlights , the lighting failed and I ad-libbed for 45 minutes until they were repaired and the game continued . |
| 11 | Kimberley 's engine failed and he crash-landed in a field , without harm ; the others touched down safely . |
| 12 | And , and we 've just had our walls repainted and I furious with with erm Rita cos all she we , all she got was these bloody pastel colours I tell you if I was |
| 13 | I forbade the entire delegation to travel in his rickety contraption , because if something happened and we all disappeared , our negotiations would have been wasted . |
| 14 | Er in the nineteen seventies and eighties there was a long running campaign to get an equal rights amendment er which was sponsored largely by er women 's groups and er and er gay and lesbian groups er and they got almost there , they got two , I think two states short of getting a constitutional amendment and then something called Ronald Reagan happened and it all sort of fell apart . |
| 15 | I begin and it all comes blurting out to a complete stranger . |
| 16 | the kids spilt milk on this and I did n't realize and it all dried , stuck all the controls you know what Tony 's like , you know , ca n't you keep the kids away from the computer |
| 17 | None of his office mates agreed and they all left . |
| 18 | Mild , mutually enjoyable flirtation is a reasonably safe game to play because the parameters are agreed and you both know where you stand . |
| 19 | Paddy got up to help and we both crawled about ferreting in the sand . |
| 20 | The coach arrived and we all ran for the back seat . |
| 21 | But it exists and we all know it exists . |
| 22 | A gate onto the ice was opened and we all began the trek across to the ‘ royal box ’ on the opposite side . |
| 23 | The door of No 17 opened and he half-turned . |
| 24 | ‘ We try to encourage them to do something original ; every now and again they succeed and it all helps to build them up . ’ |
| 25 | We all know and we all experience that voluntary organisations are changing and are having to change . |
| 26 | I should think at that time the employers thought , Well we do n't want to be arguing about wages every five minutes during this War business you know and they all got b you know they got bags of work you know that of course , do n't you ? |
| 27 | The American Federal Aviation Authority in Washington was alerted and it co-ordinated security with both Northwest and the French authorities . |
| 28 | When the Charge sounded and you all began to ride forward , what was the first thing you did ? ’ |
| 29 | We 're all prone to do that , were all prone to take the line of least resistance and you find this not just in the truth but in any sort of community in life , in any area of life that wish to go , you , you may find this at work or at school , you youngsters , there 's always a little Johnny at the back is n't it , that , that will fit in the back row and think if I 'm back here teacher wo n't notice you see , were act were actually tuck himself up in the corner and er think well if I 'm , if I 'm up here nobody will notice me and see the day goes by and er we do n't have so much to do , those are the type of people that in , in , in a physical life er sort of going to sleep are n't they , they do n't want to accept responsibility and we , we find even in the truth , you 'll always find it in congregations like we have here in our congregation , we 're not different , we 're all the same are n't we , we 're all flesh and we 're all imperfect and we 're all prone to doing or wanting to do the things that are different or you know than , than what Jehovah wants us to do and we all want to tuck ourselves up a little corner sometimes and yet we should n't be like that and this is what the scriptures tell us and warn us about to put ourselves headlong into the truth , be whole sole , be awake , be alert , be vigilant to the things that are going on and there 's a lot going on in the truth at this particular time , things are changing , the scriptures tell us that the scene of the world is changing and that 's true is n't it ? |
| 30 | The football match was abandoned and we all dashed to Gigant Street to see the blaze . |