Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose we could have pushed ourselves and got these things , but I think we both knew that erm if we did , we 'd probably have to sell them halfway through paying for them . |
| 2 | When at last they broke apart , he took both her hands in his and kissed each of her palms . |
| 3 | Frith took thousands of the photographs himself and commissioned many fine photographers , including Francis Bedford . |
| 4 | ‘ It has been lowered over my head many times , and then , as I have reached up to smite it , it has passed before me and consumed many people . |
| 5 | ‘ She recognised me and had some idea I wanted to do a story about her on York station . |
| 6 | On the thirtieth of September er , a good friend of mine called me and said these people are interested in what you do , give them a call . |
| 7 | I picked up the bottle beside me and took another long swig . |
| 8 | Vincent came to see me and stayed all day . |
| 9 | He squinted at me and lit another cigar . |
| 10 | ‘ It was the strangest game I 've played in — as if the crowd had stuck a big syringe in me and sucked all the energy out , ’ he said . |
| 11 | ‘ I simply remembered what you 'd told me and did that . ’ |
| 12 | An interruption came from one of the schoolboys who had walked up behind them and had some question he wanted to ask Matthew . |
| 13 | They testified that they had supervised one hundred and seven interviews in connection with them and examined several hundred telephone calls from the public and that not once had Beattie been mentioned . |
| 14 | ‘ I carried on dealing in Sevens , servicing them , repairing them and did some racing until the economy picked up again in 1965 . ’ |
| 15 | He told enough boring stories about them and ended each office day with : ‘ I must go or my children will be afraid I 've got lost . ’ |
| 16 | But I ran for them and won most everything , so it was good fun , and it also kept me off the streets , which pleased my parents . |
| 17 | ‘ And I only wish that I was family and so could be of help to you and had some rights to see you . |
| 18 | with you and recorded that |
| 19 | Because , you can imagine working for us , you received something and thought that 's no good and ca n't use it , what happens to it then in your warehouse or despa |
| 20 | Sam underwent three heart major heart operations and one smaller one and spent all his life on a life support machine . |
| 21 | For added warmth , and a touch more security , she grabbed another one and wrapped that one around herself , too . |
| 22 | McCandless kept the woman with him and reached another rock , to which he clung totally exhausted . |
| 23 | When he got to his feet again McAteer grabbed him and bit half his ear off . |
| 24 | He had this little stylophone with him and played both parts , because ‘ Space Oddity ’ was originally written as a duet for him and Hutch who was his partner in Feathers , the mixed media group , and when David split with Hermione , he and Hutch were working as a duet . |
| 25 | Casabona denied the offences and said the girl willingly had sex with him and had several chances to leave the car . |
| 26 | And then she heard the words that surprised and startled , confused her , so that the green eyes that flashed and sparked with anger softened and melted as she looked at him and heard each gently spoken syllable . |
| 27 | In 1940 he wrote of an almost sanctified rural life as something vitally different from the separately developing urban culture which so disturbed him and pleaded that agriculture should be regarded as a vocation , rather than merely an industry , though he pointed out that such a view involved the whole orientation and scheme of values of a future society . |
| 28 | She left him and joined those at the milk churns . |
| 29 | Dalgliesh saw Theresa slip her hand into his while one of the twins moved closer to him and clasped both arms firmly round one of his legs . |
| 30 | It was because not for anything in the world would she have disturbed him and missed this spectacle . |