Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked on either side of me and talked to each other , jabbering utter nonsense as though it was all so important , and I , with more brains than the two of them put together and information of the most vital nature , could n't get a word out . |
| 2 | She was rather younger than me and known to be as brilliant as her hair . |
| 3 | Citizens of the tsar read them and contributed to them . |
| 4 | This does not apply if the parties agree that the vehicle is not to be used in the condition in which it is when sold , and a document to this effect is signed by them and given to the buyer at the time of delivery . |
| 5 | Initially , older people were removed from the community supports which traditionally looked after them and subjected to the rigours of a ‘ work or starve ’ philosophy . |
| 6 | Most were commercial failures and publishers quietly dropped them and returned to textbooks , the monomedia which had always been the core of their business . |
| 7 | Then , due to the current troubles , they were taken away from them and offered to Gateshead , who agreed to take them but then could not get television coverage , so they went to Germany . |
| 8 | Louis was " made very sad indeed " when Charles was taken away from him and sent to the monastery of Prüm in the Ardennes . |
| 9 | ‘ You 've seen him and talked to him , then ? |
| 10 | Katya ignored him and returned to the kitchens . |
| 11 | In the summer of 1177 , when his wife was pregnant , she left him and returned to her father 's court . |
| 12 | His nose moved continually and when a bumblebee flew humming to a thistle bloom behind him , he jumped and spun round with a start that sent two near-by rabbits scurrying for holes before the nearest , a buck with black-tipped ears , recognized him and returned to feeding . |
| 13 | An inquest in Liverpool heard that unemployed printer Philip Banks , 31 , moved back in with his aunt , Hilda Barrett , after his girlfriend left him and returned to her husband . |
| 14 | A councillor resigns his office by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the chief executive or clerk of the authority , except in the case of a parish , town or community councillor when it should be addressed to the chairman of the council . |
| 15 | He and Jennifer had been engaged to be married , then when she had been diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis he had left her and gone to Australia to work . |
| 16 | I told her and mouthed to Nigel who it was , and did he want to speak to her ? |
| 17 | He smiled back , dropped the silk in front of her and returned to his drawing . |
| 18 | To her relief Fenton had abandoned his threatening stance over her and returned to his seat . |
| 19 | The other woman stared at her for a long moment , then , with great dignity , collected up the papers lying on the desk in front of her and got to her feet . |
| 20 | But instead of trying to adapt to the British way of life he rebelled against it and reverted to his African heritage . |
| 21 | She squeezed round it and called to him , but there was no answer , and she frowned a little , as she stood looking round her . |
| 22 | The coroner ignored it and crossed to the end of the room , where he took up his favourite position a-straddle the fireplace . |
| 23 | It was held by the Lord Ordinary ( Lord Wheatley ) and a majority of the First Division that the corporation was not liable to purchase tax on stationery manufactured by it and supplied to its public service departments but was liable to the tax on stationery supplied to its trading departments . |
| 24 | Jean-Claude signed it and returned to Paris , to find a cheque waiting for him . |
| 25 | She ran it beneath the cold tap for a moment then dried it and returned to the pan , lowering the heat , scooping the eggs out and onto a plate . |
| 26 | Léonie left her to it and returned to the kitchen . |
| 27 | Likely I would have dropped it and returned to the strumming . ’ |