Example sentences of "[pers pn] [prep] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a lot of pestering I was allowed to speak to two friends who had come to court with me , and I was appalled by having to speak to them through a glass and metal grille thing . |
| 2 | It 's what we used to do if we took them off a line and got them cleaning up , it 's a token tow pound ten a day . |
| 3 | I believed her on both counts , especially when she visited me for a weekend and gave me a bottle of ‘ Denim ’ aftershave which she had shoplifted from a Chemist in mid Wales . |
| 4 | K : ‘ He took me for a pizza and we got on brilliantly from then . ’ |
| 5 | My father stopped , looked at me for a bit and then said that in the circumstances I could go out that night — providing I milked the cows first . |
| 6 | We had many chats and on several occasions I had him join me for a sandwich and coffee at the Georgia Grill . |
| 7 | ‘ Miss Fitch took Edward and me for a walk and we gathered stones and pebbles . |
| 8 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 9 | I put my arm across his shoulders , and as he leaned against me for a moment and sobbed I wondered if he had ever been able to cry like this — like a little boy with somebody to comfort him . |
| 10 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 11 | Last time Roger was outside waiting for me for an hour and a half |
| 12 | ‘ I said the money would not change me as a person and it has n't , ’ she said . |
| 13 | ‘ It was important to respect the independence of older team members who had been used to me as a competitor and find the right balance between coaching and friendship . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Girls still treat me as a bitch and pull my hair , ’ said Vanessa . |
| 15 | It may mean ‘ this is a role which was ascribed to me as a woman and which I resented ’ . |
| 16 | But try to implicate me in any way — or use me as a trade-off- and it 'll be added to the police clear-up rate faster than the eye can follow . |
| 17 | Mr Leach , who had originally opposed Mr Taylor 's selection on procedural grounds , said : ‘ Some of them still treat me as an ally and I know what they are saying . |
| 18 | Displaying them as a stem and leaf will reveal their typical magnitude and the shape of their distribution . |
| 19 | She should have followed her instincts and remembered what Debbie had written at the end of those notes , taken them as a warning and run as hard and as far as she could away from this Capricorn man ! |
| 20 | I supported them as a lad and idolised Kevin Keegan . |
| 21 | Misperceptions of elderly people — from seeing them as a burden and expecting them to be docile , to assuming that older people can not be aggressive or violent — play a part in how physical abuse is perceived . |
| 22 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 23 | ‘ Instead of selling the offices which we 've taken over in the village , you could use them as a workshop and studio , ’ he suggested . |
| 24 | But the women 's fight immediately loses control and Spenser depicts them as a tiger and a lioness , beasts confronting one another with animal fury unnaturally seeking to attack their legitimate feminine identity : |
| 25 | The Bidston Dock cranes have been a feature of the Wallasey landscape but unpopular with some local residents who regarded them as an eyesore and the cause of television reception problems . |
| 26 | She looks at them for a bit and then hands them over to me . |
| 27 | I gazed at them for a while and then buried my head in my hands . |
| 28 | So watch them for a while and then he started dancing with them and he dance them all night and he just get in his hand . |
| 29 | He shook our hands , holding them for a moment and laughing softly . |
| 30 | one of his in a set and he says |