Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He intercedes on behalf of the people , and he wins some pardon from God . |
| 32 | ‘ All you do is hit this man a couple of times , and he sends two shooters to stake out your flat . |
| 33 | Tim Russon is down there and he sends this report from the banks of the Thames . |
| 34 | He 'll go anywhere at the ring of a phone , and he spends much time on the road . |
| 35 | The Divine purpose of life is almost entirely forgotten and he spends each lifetime self-centredly chasing after vanishing mirages . |
| 36 | He would like to see , for example , more acknowledgement that hospitals themselves have a strong impact on people , and he thinks some study should be devoted to this . |
| 37 | And these people who are moaning and groaning at Jesus , Jesus turns to them and he speaks this parable . |
| 38 | His consuming anxiety about everything is ‘ would it bring a blush into the cheek of the young person ? ’ and he vetoes all discussion of controversial matters on these grounds . |
| 39 | It 's almost the only training Maurice does , and he averages 18 marathons and 10 half-marathons a year . |
| 40 | An example of this is found in , in a recent book by Richard Dawkins , where , and here I quote Dawkins , Dawkins says Lamarckians are traditionally fond of calluses , that is you know , erm , hardened skin , thickened skin , like on the sole of your feet , and he contrasts these Lamarckians who like callouses , with the Darwinian , who he says has a ready answer , in terms of natural selection . |
| 41 | Now , lets say he picks him to play in your next match , and he scores 5 goals . |
| 42 | The figures are nt ( necessarily ) a reflection on the players ' respective real life values … just on their values to this system — hence irwin being 3.1 million … in a good defence , and he scores free kicks quite regularly . |
| 43 | His own answer to it was in some ways remarkably similar to those he attacked , for it added up to this : historical study can not bring Jesus down to our own time ; rather , it reveals his strangeness to us , and he loses all colour and significance if we attempt to tear him out of his own historical and religious setting in late Judaism . |
| 44 | Chatterton 's a very smart man and he understands small print . |
| 45 | Walzer calls it the ‘ problem of citizenship ’ and he expresses deep doubts that the ideal of participatory active citizenship can be realised . |
| 46 | And he hopes future programmes will be on the right lines once again . |
| 47 | With an unbeaten 75 off 38 balls in a Sunday League win over Warwicks at Leek in the same week , Adams revealed himself as one of the game 's most destructive young batsmen , and he hopes these innings will earn him consideration for the England ‘ A ’ tour . |
| 48 | So he said oh oh said his moan and groan so he said well I spoke to Blue he said , he 's off sick he said and he gets ninety pounds a week for being at home I 've been working here all week he said , for a hundred and forty so I 'm forty pound a week better off than him ! |
| 49 | that 's right , and he gets some unemployment money and I take ten pounds a week off him , for his food , I mean , it 's not enough but it 'll do , you know and then in dribs and drabs begrudgingly from that forty over the week once he starts to run out of money cos he 's paid once a fortnight I begin to give him his karate money and here 's two pounds fifty to go to the pub with Neil , you know , little bits |
| 50 | And so quickly he makes his way to the gate of the city as we 've said , and he gets this man he sits down with the te with the te , with the ten elders who would be witnesses and the kinsman arrives . |
| 51 | And he says that progress towards down-sizing has not yet been planned to meet the target deadline within the con , within the contract . |
| 52 | Well Christopher came in here the other day and he says that cake is |
| 53 | And this is the sort of thing that he says , and he says this kind of thing very frequently . |
| 54 | And he says British officers ordered the mercenaries to be shot to avoid embarrassing the US . |
| 55 | ‘ And he says old Coffin and McWhirter would like to take over Burleigh . |
| 56 | Before he is through , Tate is claiming that ‘ Ash-Wednesday ’ represents ‘ probably … the only valid religious poetry we have ’ , and he isolates two features of the writing which lead him to think this . |
| 57 | Broadly , if he gives the property away to his son or a share in his agricultural partnership to his son absolutely and he survives seven years no inheritance tax is payable . |
| 58 | If the taxpayer gives away his business or an interest in his business to his son and it is an absolute gift and he survives seven years then no inheritance tax is in point . |
| 59 | skipped half the stages or you know how do you feel when he 's working on the board and he skips several lines ? |
| 60 | Ramshaw is in a terrible mess , he will not play again this year , and he deserves better protection . ’ |