Example sentences of "and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oriental dragons were not bloodthirsty like the Worms in England , and a pretty story tells us that the beautiful colours of autumn leaves are a result of a nearby dragon yawning and tinging them with his warm breath , before settling down to his winter hibernation . |
| 2 | Toolbars are also customizable ; you can construct your own by dragging tools from existing bars and attaching them to your own . |
| 3 | Taking her hand warmly in his and tucking it into his pocket , he ordered softly , ‘ Tell me about Elinor Browne with an ‘ E ’ . ’ |
| 4 | If these words , often carelessly spoken , can have such a long-term and devastating effect , think how much good we can do by encouraging our children and praising them for what they have achieved . |
| 5 | It may be extremely hard for your employer to justify a poor grading at assessment time when earlier in the year you received a letter from the chairman specifically thanking and praising you for your efforts . |
| 6 | Jonathan , Jonathan , dad wants to watch the news in a minute please , so hurry up and change it over You 'd think they 'd save that You do n't know , I would n't be surprised you will well that 's marvellous is n't it ? |
| 7 | She took all the bones out of his spinal column and compressed them to nothing , she turned his eyeballs inward , she jellied his legs , she unplugged and rewired his guts . |
| 8 | ‘ Confound you , ca n't you even face me now ? ’ he growled , and , walking up to her , he bent to seize her arms and drag her to her feet . |
| 9 | The Thames was flowing full and furious , the water greedily lapping their feet as if it would like to catch them and drag them under its swollen black surface . |
| 10 | Instead , I just lit up a straight fag and shared it with her , Bogart style . |
| 11 | He had got as far as the packaging and labelling them at his premises prior to taking them to the ship . |
| 12 | Jim ( no one who knows him calls him Iggy ) being Jim was squatting on the table stuffing everyone else 's venison into his roll and eating it with his fingers . |
| 13 | ‘ One is always grateful for that kind of comic genius who takes your script and plays it for everything that 's in it , ’ as Shaffer told me . |
| 14 | Alexandra read the paragraphs through carefully several times , then cut them out and laid them in her desk with his two letters . |
| 15 | I divested myself of all my own French honours and laid them in my elder son 's lap on condition he should be content to be French , as I had discovered I was English . |
| 16 | Adam picked her up in his arms and laid her on her desk : reports slithered off it and the Cartier clock crashed to the floor . |
| 17 | I carried her in her crumpled dress up the short flight of stairs , and laid her on her bed . |
| 18 | Sharpe took the loaded pistol from his belt , cocked it , and laid it beside him . |
| 19 | She had rolled up her coat and laid it on her suitcase . |
| 20 | Scathach dragged the stiff body back into the trees and laid it on its side . |
| 21 | Overwhelmed with compassion , Melissa put out a hand and laid it on his arm . |
| 22 | Impulsively now , she put her hand out and laid it on his , saying quietly , ‘ I 'm going to miss you all over again , Ben , that 's if I take this place . ’ |
| 23 | They called it All-Heal and laid it upon their altars as an emblem of the advent of the Messiah . |
| 24 | Jean-Claude fetched a mattress from the pavillon and laid it in his working space . |
| 25 | Then they brought food in and laid it inside her shelter . |
| 26 | He lifted his hand and laid it against her cheek , his fingers cool and firm against her skin . |
| 27 | He rang her just before lunch and recommended us for their pets . |
| 28 | We will be working alongside the base staff , encouraging them and assisting them in their work with local churches , ministering to the homeless in Hyderabad and working among a gypsy group in the country . |
| 29 | Not even Dali , however , thought of designing a surrealist town and naming it after himself . |
| 30 | Ellie provoked and stimulated Mr O'Mara with her inquisitive and questioning mind , and entertained him with her ever truthful and utterly pragmatic approach , while the kindness , respect and affection that he had accorded Ellie had enabled her to grow quickly and painlessly from a gauche teenager into a poised young woman . |