Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | We reached Mandalay and I went straight to the Winchester Mission where dear Willie Garrad looked shocked to see me and said in a scandalised voice , ‘ Oh , but you ca n't possibly stay here ’ — it was a Brotherhood you see ! |
| 2 | Then collect them and sow in a very shallow container like a dish or bowl containing a mixture of coarse sand and loam or fine peat or potting compost . |
| 3 | It should be stressed that large wooden articles such as doors are usually far better stripped by removing them and dipping in a caustic tank . |
| 4 | The body that had been racked with sobbing was now pressing into him and moving in an altogether different rhythm . |
| 5 | But Modigliani did not forget and in 1915 , when Indenbaum met him in Montparnasse , looking pale and unshaven , Modi came up to him and said in a hoarse voice , ‘ I 'm going to paint your portrait . ’ |
| 6 | I leaned over him and said in a different tone , " Do you know where Toby is ? " |
| 7 | Tavalouze sidled up behind him and said in a low voice , ‘ Remove your hood , the veil . |
| 8 | Werewolf softly whistled Mark Knopfler 's Going Home from Local Hero and did n't stop even when Jenkins walked up to him and said in a plummy voice : |
| 9 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 10 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 11 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 12 | Then he looked at her and smiled in a shamefaced way . |
| 13 | He looked closely at her and spoke in a slightly louder voice and more slowly . |
| 14 | All cetaceans draw in fresh air through this nasal orifice down into their lungs , releasing it and drawing in a fresh supply whenever they return to the surface . |
| 15 | Think about it and try in a different way another time . |
| 16 | And nerves too when you have a finger whose paralysed and could n't remove it and put in a nerve and then they could work again . |
| 17 | Only a few people can keep up with the rapidly advancing frontier of knowledge , and they have to devote their whole time to it and specialize in a small area . |
| 18 | The Finn touched the ball inside to Jess who controlled it and turned in a blur of movement which took him clear of his cover and a sweetly struck shot hummed past Andy Rhodes . |
| 19 | * Instead of rinsing your pasta after cooking , drain it and put in a serving dish or back in the saucepan , then add a few knobs of soft butter . |
| 20 | Bernard excised it and put in a piece of nylon . ’ |
| 21 | Ca n't we sell them ours and put in a new one |