Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb base] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Michael has a great determination to do everything himself and get it right , ’ said Watkin . |
| 2 | He sent his parents a letter promising that ‘ if the good Lord God be merciful unto me and bring me safe home again , I will all the days of my life serve Him in praising His Holy name and exhorting others ’ . |
| 3 | God was saying in so many words : ‘ Because he trusted in me and put me first I will honour him . |
| 4 | It was desperately bad luck on Gary but , in a typical lovely gesture , he came across on his crutches to congratulate me and wish me well . |
| 5 | 'You tell me this in order to comfort me and make me able to betray you without rending my own heart . |
| 6 | A brief structural guide is all I 'm after … and then my tutor wo n't kill me and give me bad references for being a lazy git ( which I admittedly am ) ( This was supposed to be in last july ! ! ! ) |
| 7 | Right , yes I shall happy to convey to the moderator that Synod was er totally satisfied with the reports that are here before me and give them one hundred percent support in the work . |
| 8 | I carry sugar lumps around with me and feed him those . |
| 9 | I also take billy kids for a pal near me and rear them free range with lots of love and cuddles . |
| 10 | They 'd come and ask you for advice and you 'd tell them and help them all you could . |
| 11 | Bearing in mind their success , does the Minister support such schemes , as many of us do , and will resources be forthcoming to finance them and make them viable ? |
| 12 | When we whip cream the forces applied to the fat particles by the flowing liquid can be large enough to deform them and make them ellipsoidal ( shaped like rugby balls ) . |
| 13 | His twenty-one months as a prisoner of war at Karlsruhe would have been satisfactory , he later calculated , ‘ had I been able to bank them and draw them two or three weeks at a time whenever I wanted a respite from ordinary experience ’ . |
| 14 | And they used to they used to I had to I had to pluck them and clean them ready to put in the oven . . |
| 15 | I remember when I was working on the building sites in Manchester , the Irish lads called onions " navvies ' apples " and some of them would peel them and eat them whole like fruit . |
| 16 | Throwing back his head , he looked for the last time at the cloud-torn sky , and begged the Lord to watch over them and keep them safe ; and then he was gone , and all that remained was the surging waves and the cold , white crests of foam . |
| 17 | We pray for them and wish them well in their journey of faith . ’ |
| 18 | Moving on to Zimbabwe 's admission to Test ranks , one can only congratulate them and wish them well , while inevitably questioning their prospects in that kind of company . |
| 19 | In order to make it a little more difficult , blindfold them and take them four paces away from the target . |
| 20 | You can hammer them and get them thin or mould them to make panels for cars . |
| 21 | Mind you I suppose out of a catalogue it 's at least you can feel them and see them all that . |
| 22 | Sometimes he would sleep in them and wear them unchanged the next day , but at other times he took hours to choose what he would wear , then positively preened . |
| 23 | First of all we offer a good a service as possible , we try to get to know the individuals , and help them and give them individual advice . |
| 24 | ‘ Then do them and leave me alone ! ’ |
| 25 | In fact I 'm a very lucky man , you know , I can love them and leave them all except one , all except one , you 've al you 've always , you 've always got to meet your Waterloo have n't you eh ? |
| 26 | ‘ God bless you and keep you safe , ’ Moran said . |
| 27 | I 'll get the nurses to move you and get you comfy , and I 'll have a bit of a wash and change . |
| 28 | Only if I 'm going I might as well come up with you and get it all done together are n't I ? |
| 29 | Telling one 's own stories to children of different ages is extremely satisfying and also shows you where you went wrong in the rhythm of a sentence ; unconsciously you alter it to fit the audience in front of you and get it right , so that it makes its point swiftly and powerfully . |
| 30 | Beggars , when you give them money , bless you and wish you good luck , a gold tooth flashing surprisingly in a dusky smile suddenly lighting a dirty face . |