Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [was/were] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This she did , however , rather rapidly and the next moment I found she had overtaken me and was standing before me , effectively barring my way . |
| 2 | A batch of children accompanied by a young woman and the billeting officer who had brought Willie had walked past them and were heading towards the Town Hall . |
| 3 | Two of the servants doubled the funds entrusted to them and were praised for their efforts . |
| 4 | The world closed quickly in on them and was limited to the gleam and crackle of the dying fire before them , to the firelight on each other 's faces , and the pale darkness of the sky above them scattered with stars . |
| 5 | directly from them and was posted to you . |
| 6 | Topaz did n't have a chance to reply because Timothy Amsterdam had walked up to them and was staring at the marquis in blank amazement . |
| 7 | He felt for the first time in his life what it must be like to be one of them and was overwhelmed with a feeling of sadness and futility . |
| 8 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 9 | It seemed to be calling to them and Carrie thought of fairy tales she had read — you looked back at something behind you and were caught in its spell ! |
| 10 | Seb 's statement brought a chorus of derision from a couple of navvies who had entered the tent behind him and were listening to the conversation . |
| 11 | My friend called me and said you 'd been to see him and were asking about a Russian cross . |
| 12 | I was never consciously frightened of him and felt close to him and was regarded as a favourite child to him in some ways . |
| 13 | He closed the door softly behind him and was gone without another word . |
| 14 | He landed on the person 's head who had given the ring to Tim in front of him and was sent to court at Newgate . |
| 15 | After the vezirs had interceded on Civizade 's behalf , Kemalpasazade forgave him and was compensated with gifts and the right to grant three . |
| 16 | He became aware of someone behind him and was reaching for his Browning when he saw the uniform . |
| 17 | She no longer felt any animosity towards him and was moved to tenderness by his obvious misery . |
| 18 | ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer . |
| 19 | Mr Tondut of Roo Management expressed outrage at the difficulties conservationists caused him and was quoted in the national press as saying , ‘ I do n't want to do anything to damage these houses . |
| 20 | Near the close , Holding began to lay about him and was dropped off a skyer ; next morning he continued in the same vein to ensure his team a first innings lead , and ensure , too , that Bob Willis 's Test career would end on an unhappy note as it was he who took most of the stick . |
| 21 | Lee was close to him and was standing on Philip 's shoelace that had come undone as he ran . |
| 22 | Preston sought anaesthesis in the colour supplement he had brought with him and was distracted for a while by a feature on Great Journeys undertaken or contemplated by the Rich and the Famous . |
| 23 | Richard claimed that William des Barres surrendered to him and was released on parole while he went in pursuit of more victims . |
| 24 | Leaving Mrs Caskie , Maggie waved across the road to Clarice McKechnie who was a year older than her and was engaged to a lad from Oban whom she was marrying early in the new year . |
| 25 | Julia asked her and was touched by the way Felicity 's face lit up . |
| 26 | He did n't tell us how much money he earns and he did n't tell us how much money he gave his wife when he was married to her and was looking after his own children . |
| 27 | Margy was twenty-seven when we spoke with her and was living in a one-bedroomed flat in Newcastle-upon-Tyne with her three-year-old daughter Donna , her second child . |
| 28 | I think my G P actually sent me further down hill into anorexia after I 'd lost about , about when I was seven stone I went to see her , I 'd never seen her before and she said well you look perfectly acc , sociably acceptable to me so I went on to lose two more stone before going back to see her and was admitted to hospital as a medical emergency ! |
| 29 | It was only when she had closed the door behind her and was hurrying along the corridor that led back into the hall that she noticed the painting . |
| 30 | He had risen ahead of her and was standing by the door now , pulling it open , inviting her to leave . |