Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then Greta Ross took my mother into a room and asked her more questions . |
| 2 | One of them was Edward Pease , who invited Durham to his home and asked him many questions . |
| 3 | He had wrapped her in a blanket off her bed and made her more coffee . |
| 4 | Similar outspoken attacks on Tory rebels over charges for eye and dental checks once boosted a revolt — and made him more enemies . |
| 5 | The lady at the dole office was nicely dressed in flowered cotton , she 'd seen Alex cry once and got her some tissues and everything was suddenly made easy . |
| 6 | there were one or two lads in our unit who were sons of er , of er manufacturing , one was er Crawford Biscuits you know , I soldiered with him and I do n't know if you remember er erm , er but anyway , Frank , Frank at Keighley of course when I got , when we got married he , he came up and got us these blankets did n't he ? |
| 7 | Is n't it time that Silver sorted things out and got us some money to buy players even if it means bringing in another board member . |
| 8 | We decided to pay for Poppy 's upkeep at the kennels , and visited her each week . |
| 9 | They barricaded the building and ocupied it all night . |
| 10 | ‘ We made a writing-table and two whatnots and a bedhead from it , and painted them all Adam green and white . |
| 11 | I put her down on the couch and said , ‘ Just put your head back , ’ and told her some Alexander Principles . |
| 12 | I took each upon my knee and told them that Mamma is gone to Heaven to God Almighty , and asked them both to promise me that they would try to be good children and follow their mother to that happy place … ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |
| 14 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 15 | Then I played a trick on Michael , who was a great chatter-up of girls at that time , and told him this person in costume was very keen on him , so he began to chat him up . |
| 16 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 17 | It was not long before his medical knowledge had ingratiated him with the prison doctor and afforded him all sorts of privileges . |
| 18 | No doubt something else had diverted his attention , and afforded him another cue to spread confusion everywhere around him . |
| 19 | Henri Nallet , then French Agriculture Minister , apologized to his UK counterpart , John Gummer , at a meeting in Brussels on Sept. 24 and assured him that lorry drivers who had been attacked in France would be compensated . |
| 20 | I cleared it out and relaid it this morning , fortunately . |
| 21 | She lifted her head and banged it several times on the floor . |
| 22 | I undid my thermos and poured him some milk . |
| 23 | A little after 3 o'clock this morning he rapped at several doors in Marlborough Street ( adjoining one of the piers ) and informed them that fire had been set to one of the ships in the harbour [ and ] matches were laid in several others ; the whole world would soon be in a blaze , and the town also destroyed … |
| 24 | if management took an interest in the workforce and allowed them some control over their environment then the workforce would feel less alienated from the workplace ; |
| 25 | Penry took out his wallet and handed her some notes . |
| 26 | Corbett dug into his purse and handed her some coins . |
| 27 | And then I went and showed her all forms , all these form things that they 've got I were letting her read it . |
| 28 | I remember one instance , after we had been making love , when he took my hands very tenderly and turned them this way and that , pressing them gently , kissing the palms and the wrists . |
| 29 | Then , just before that gig , I went over to Central School of Art in Holborn and swung us another gig there . |
| 30 | Co-star Adam Faith — himself a big success as a pop star in the Sixties — knows all about making it and warned her that TV fame would have its price . |