Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 2 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 3 | The fact that the transfer of property rights was only partial and conditional gave them the guarantee of security in old age , and the people involved in such transactions were not necessarily children or even relatives . |
| 4 | He took out his wallet and Reynolds gave him the parcel . |
| 5 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 6 | Such abilities and equipment gave them the opportunity to make the big evolutionary breakthrough which eventually lead to Homo sapiens . |
| 7 | In old age he maintained a relish for life in defiance of tribulations and failing health , and his geniality and goodness made him the centre of a circle of faithful friends and admirers . |
| 8 | His loyalty and courage earned him the friendship and confidence of Emperor Conrad III . |
| 9 | And daddy gave you the family . |
| 10 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | He handed the sheet back and Horowitz showed him the piece of paper with the registration number of Tweed 's Mercedes . |
| 12 | One paper , on the causes of climatic changes during geological history , caught the attention of geologists and Geikie offered him the post as manager of the new office in Edinburgh . |
| 13 | The pater told me his former guardians had frittered away the money his father left him , and Harry told me the amount of the salary Mr Harvey pays him . |
| 14 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 15 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 16 | ‘ I used to play there as a boy , and people told us the tunnels went all the way to Cuchulain 's castle . |
| 17 | on the Sunday night when I was n't there , and I was down making them 's tea for er a drop of ice cream and Raymond fed her the ice cream . |
| 18 | They wrote , they wrote back and Carole showed me the letter and said that this is n't this is |
| 19 | In the end , my coach , family and fiance gave me the support and encouragement to relax and go back out there and run . ’ |
| 20 | In the conventional male mode , Kiefer conjured an opposing ‘ other ’ in order to define his ‘ self ’ , and women offered him the most adaptable image repertory for his needs ) . |
| 21 | After the war captor and captive became friends , and Otto showed us the Zeiss binoculars which Macintyre had taken off him as a trophy of war , but had recently handed back . |
| 22 | Morris , the Gloucester left wing , did not move to cover Swift as he sprinted across again from the right wing , so Swift was left with such a clear overlap when Guscott and Fallon gave him the ball that he was able to score unopposed . |
| 23 | Sandy and Dave had it the same . |