Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had wrapped her in a blanket off her bed and made her more coffee . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | We decided to pay for Poppy 's upkeep at the kennels , and visited her each week . |
| 4 | They barricaded the building and ocupied it all night . |
| 5 | 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 … ‘ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His instincts finally rang the bell and told him this man had more than a casual interest in what might be going on downstairs . |
| 9 | No doubt something else had diverted his attention , and afforded him another cue to spread confusion everywhere around him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I cleared it out and relaid it this morning , fortunately . |
| 12 | I undid my thermos and poured him some milk . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | 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 ; |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Then , just before that gig , I went over to Central School of Art in Holborn and swung us another gig there . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And rang me this morning . |
| 19 | If you stood and watched them all day , you 'd be certain to keep spotting the odd fish you had n't noticed before . |
| 20 | I always wrote the replies and told him the news and reassured him that Mum was watching his widow , which it gave her great pleasure to do . |
| 21 | John Hayward was awarded the Kenneth Smith Scholarship last year and sent us this report about the Eagles in Kulu |
| 22 | I gave my orders and they led me to a private room and brought me some writing paper and a pen . |
| 23 | Hayling had seemed unusually pleased to see him and offered him some champagne . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's what Gaston said , ’ replied the fräulein with a glance at her escort , who nodded sympathetically , and gave her another squeeze . |
| 25 | But Finn came and sat beside her and gave her another cream bun , which she accepted gladly as a token of friendship , although she did not want it . |
| 26 | It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area . |
| 27 | Adam stood up and gave her another hug . |
| 28 | He agreed , and gave her some ointment . |
| 29 | I will return and tell Prince Rainbow that the lung 's guard were foolish and gave me such treatment as one might expect from a crowd of flea-bitten louts . " |
| 30 | ‘ My lord , I have good reason to know that it was you who said a word for me in his Grace 's ear , and gave me this day for thought , and even offered me arguments I was not wise enough to find for myself . |