Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The third defendant denies the plaintiffs ' claim against him but if contrary to his contentions he is held liable to the plaintiffs , he claims against you to be indemnified against the plaintiffs ' claims and the costs of this action , alternatively contribution to such extent of the plaintiffs ' claims as the court may think fit , on the grounds that ( 1 ) at all material times , you were the accountants retained by and advising the plaintiffs and each of them in respect of the proposed transaction ( and in particular the financial aspects thereof ) in relation to which the said alleged liability of the plaintiffs and each of them to [ B.M.T. ] was incurred ; ( 2 ) in about the period from January to September 1983 , you acted in breach of contract and negligently towards the plaintiffs and each of them in that you failed to advise them properly or at all with regard to the said proposed transaction and the financial aspects thereof and in particular failed to explain the full nature and extent thereof to the plaintiffs and each of them and/or failed to advise the plaintiffs as to the commercial prudence of the same and/or the risks inherent in proceeding with the same and/or failed to warn them not to enter into the same ; ( 3 ) that in so far as any financial information was or may have been communicated by the third defendant he did so in reliance upon information supplied by you . |
| 2 | She , on her side , had always the sisterly feeling of wanting to ‘ thump ’ anyone who exploited me or tried to do me down . |
| 3 | The detective wondered whether Nicola 's husband was deliberately misleading them or had had a genuine slip of memory . |
| 4 | Franz pulled Therese 's arm through his and began to lead her up the track towards the car park , but she stopped and looked back . |
| 5 | She could only whisper the words , her feelings were too intense , and his lips covered hers as he held her head to his and began to move inside her . |
| 6 | Then he leaned towards her and took both her hands in his and began to study them as if they were entirely new creations , the like of which he had never seen before . |
| 7 | She unlocked her eyes from his and turned to pass through to the apartment . |
| 8 | But by 1988 Thomson had sold theirs and United had acquired some . |
| 9 | He came and sat down beside me and offered to show me the sights . |
| 10 | She tried to score off me and offered to pay by credit card . ’ |
| 11 | They were staring at me and kept staring . |
| 12 | Dad flushed and let go of me and went to sit down again . |
| 13 | As we pored over his crippled handwriting I felt a steady heat coming from his body like an aura which slowly enveloped me and seemed to penetrate the very marrow of my bones . |
| 14 | He looked at me and seemed to hesitate a minute . |
| 15 | So I put my own invisible veils over me and began to watch . |
| 16 | Three figures , their faces muffled by cloaks and broad-brimmed hats , seized me and began to beat me as if I was some dog . |
| 17 | Behind him , Prentice looked at the ceiling and squirmed with pleasure as Mrs T put an armlock on me and began to walk us both down the corridor . |
| 18 | But the chambermaid Miss Kenton had left in attendance stood up upon seeing me and began to shake my father 's shoulder . |
| 19 | Now this was a lady who hardly knew me and had met Nigel only once , and briefly , at a party . |
| 20 | Zak was nodding his mop of curls beside me and had begun snapping his fingers rather fast . |
| 21 | The flight engineer , who had been at Halton as all apprentice with me and had left and later returned to the Air Force , complained bitterly as I was making all the preparations for take-off , but I ignored him . |
| 22 | But if an adult walked up to me and said come and have a cup of coffee my reaction would be I do n't know you . |
| 23 | he was trying to do the splits , show Martin how you do the look , look , look , yeah , he come up to me and said hold my hand , right , now do try to do the splits |
| 24 | She added : ‘ He seemed obsessed with me and wanted to move to London and divorce his wife . ’ |
| 25 | I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while . |
| 26 | The Queen and her ladies had heard about me and wanted to see me . |
| 27 | I thought you were happy here on my island , that you loved me and wanted to stay with me . ’ |
| 28 | When Tiare 's husband knew he was dying he thanked me and wanted to know if there was anything he could do — a kind of last request . |
| 29 | I was standing with him , you know , and two mates were there with their birds and I could n't because I was with this wee guy of 12 , watching him , and those fourteen guys got round me and wanted to fight with me . |
| 30 | For the first 10 minutes , she sat with her back to me and refused to turn round . |