Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dress rehearsal finally ended at four in the afternoon and everyone went home to rest . |
| 2 | ‘ I have never known a patient wait for 10 hours for an ambulance for an inter-hospital transfer — and I hope never to know it again , ’ she said . |
| 3 | I can see the land is in good heart , and I remember enough to know the extent of the estates . |
| 4 | Can I reiterate what he he actually said in a meeting with Calum er Carole Degucht er last year er he said I do y the honourable , my honourable friend said I do not see that uniformity means adopting a system of proportional representation and I 've yet to see a good case as to the merits of different states adopting the same procedure . |
| 5 | There was a slight tendency for the pickups to squeal when the amp was pushed hard and loud , but then I have to remind myself that this is a Korean-made instrument and I 've yet to find one with its pickups totally sorted out . |
| 6 | I must have fallen asleep , for I dreamed that a girl was kissing me open-mouthed , the touch of her tongue light as a butterfly , and her hand caressing , and I woke suddenly to find I was thoroughly roused . |
| 7 | I — I could n't just go in and — and I had nowhere to go so … ’ |
| 8 | Nearly every farmer had a barrel of the stuff in his cow house in those days and I had only to go into the corner and turn the tap . |
| 9 | Mr. Robert Hughes : My Hon. Friend the Member for Cunninghame , North ( Mr. Wilson ) has made a compelling case for the amendments , and I wish only to reinforce one or two of his points . |
| 10 | There 's obviously frustration on the part of low paid women members of NALGO and some of our NUPE colleagues , and we are pleasantly surprised that they felt = and I wish now to express frustration at that response of management to break off local negotiations on their grading structure . |
| 11 | She held out a twisted hand and I stepped forward to shake it lightly . |
| 12 | It was said there were some 40,000 Chinese in Chinatown , and I gravitated there to indulge my long-time love of the Orient . |
| 13 | Erm I come in , and I went upstairs to see if he were in bed or not ? |
| 14 | and I went across to see how she was and he says I 'm expecting her home today , that were Thursday , so that was |
| 15 | Hunter and I came ashore to see what was happening , and found the stockade . |
| 16 | And if I visited my grandfather I went upstairs to see him in his rooms and I came downstairs to visit my grandmother . ’ |
| 17 | But you must be very busy and I came here to ask a favour , a big favour . |
| 18 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 19 | It was my first 6-day race and I came here to enjoy it with no plan or target , so I 'm very happy to have had such a successful run . ’ |
| 20 | It 's my area and I came here to win this tournament . ’ |
| 21 | Rastani did not come , and I left occasionally to make my rounds . |
| 22 | And then I woke up again , and I come upstairs to look at the clock and it was half past three . |
| 23 | It works , and the fish flips over onto its side for an instant and I heave desperately to keep it coming . |
| 24 | The Pentland Firth and Scapa Flow , Lerwick and Sullom Voe were soon as familiar as the south coast and the Solent had become in the past , but familiarity would never make us treat these places with anything but respect and I tried never to take chances . |
| 25 | Two sergeants and I stayed behind to try to salvage as much as we could of our stores of food . |
| 26 | I was furiously angry , and I needed desperately to believe it was with you … |
| 27 | But he owed me a favour for a little job I 'd done him and I needed somewhere to stash my passport , emergency cash and one or two other goodies . |
| 28 | since he came to our Lordships House with some very and has had to sit this thing ever since then with one exception er to speeches deeply and seriously critical er of the proposals er coming from Members of your Lordships House mostly with vast experience of the subject matter former Secretary 's er er former Chief Constable er and er so many others and I arise only to put one point to you if my Noble Friend decides to resist these amendments , it seems to me I may be wrong but it seems to me overwhelmingly clear that they will be carrying against him and they will be put into the Bill which will be very considerably altered and amended , some of your Lordships may think improved , but certainly drastically altered and I wonder whether er my Noble Friend thinks that really would be helpful from the point of view either of the pr future progress of the Bill , or the position of the Government . |
| 29 | It was a long time before we recovered from the loss , and I vowed never to have another dog because we could never replace Sorrel . |
| 30 | Three local anglers had been watching the pantomime with great enjoyment , and I have yet to live it down . |