Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [pers pn] [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | We brought back four tail wheel struts complete with the tyres and axles and everything else on them and I got to weld this high-strength steel onto that carbon steel that was on the , the wheel and we wound up with a nice trailer with four B-Seventeen tail wheels on it . |
2 | Tony Visconti : ‘ When David and Angela found the enormous Victorian house , Haddon Hall , in Beckenham , my girlfriend and I went along to see it and we loved it . |
3 | Then I moved into the driver 's seat and we drove on . |
4 | He got back into the front seat and we started up the coast . |
5 | Behind me his body began to beat against the stern of the boat , and as I turned toward him I saw Rachel from the corner of my eye begin to clamber up from her seat and I called out to her to stay sitting and not to stand but she laughed lightly and tossed back her head and I felt Casey behind me clambering into the boat . |
6 | He returned to his seat and she went on , ‘ Anyway , I do n't see what 's so funny about thermals . |
7 | In spite of our scepticism , to our relief the first boat in that area to be investigated proved to match the photograph and we slunk off into the night , doused our lights , and prepared to follow her at a safe distance . |
8 | and I was very moved by the photograph and I ended up writing a poem to this little girl , and indeed one thing I can say , perhaps with some pride , is that Doctor Barnardos know about this poem , and somehow who was writing a history Barnardo children actually asked to use it in her book . |
9 | There was an embarrassing moment when I thought he was walking over to me to begin the programme and I got up to greet him . |
10 | I got on before I could change my mind and we bounced around for a few minutes . |
11 | The vestal virgins had gone for a tea break and I sat down thankfully in the cool of the ruins and closed my eyes . |
12 | At each town the Captain had to greet the mayor and they tucked in to an excellent meal afterwards . |
13 | He found himself hovering for a dangerous moment between pity and fear and he fought down the pity at once , for it was not to be thought of that he should feel such an emotion for this evil being . |
14 | And there was a funny silence and Dylan said that he 'd bet I could n't do that scream like that with a cigarette in my mouth and I shook off the centuries , stopped staring , smiled a little , noted that he had indeed monumentally screamed with a cigarette in his mouth and went stunned back to my crossword . ’ |
15 | Well he climbed up on the roof and he came down again and whatever he done , there was nothing wrong with the roof for a start |
16 | You went on to do sterling work in the diarrhoea , headaches and vomiting department and you ended up coughing out your last in a way that Henry thought would be entirely suitable for Elinor . |
17 | and er , anyway he hobbled in , oh he said , me knee , hmm , anyway sat with him and had a cup of tea , she did n't have nothing to drink like and er , anyway we had our tea and he hobbled in to the front room , and er and er , she says well you bugger you are , er batter mixture up for ya |
18 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
19 | Paddy handed me a mug of tea and I sat down on a jerry-can . |
20 | Also urgent , as he served her tea and she sat up in the bed , exposing her small breasts without a thought . |
21 | One day I was out working the streets , I went with this punter and I went back to his place . |
22 | As an engineer , with a craftsperson 's interest in machines , he could not believe that they were the real villains of the piece and he set about looking for the deeper fault underlying their applications . |
23 | The road was narrow , so he stopped the car and they got out . |
24 | He unlocked the car and they climbed in , Adam throwing his bag into the back . |
25 | George chuckled his way out of the horse car and we meandered back down the train together , George stopping to check for news with each sleeping-car attendant and to solve any problems . |
26 | Elizabeth , poor Elizabeth ran into the sunlight and he stopped the car and he got out and Elizabeth ran towards the car until she saw the girl . |
27 | We went in the Gra Grand just done the lounge at the Grand and when we had our first car and I went round to see mother and I said come on , we 'll go up to the , take you up to the Grand and have a drink . |
28 | So I got out the car and I went over and I , turned it down , as it were turning down I saw it was n't pouring just out the tap , it was also pouring from the |
29 | and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet ! |
30 | And then er when they came back he says she says you know and I just says er and when she got out of the car , Dawn was out in the gar in the garden walking , and she said she just got out of the car and she looked over at Dawn like that took the kids in and she said I just says here you are , she said , come on Ashley over here , you stay and play in your back and your side of the er street from now on . |