Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb past] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ But I did stand in for one of your girls at Jenkinsons last week — and I sold the suit I showed . ’
2 At that point , both Tom and I accepted the magnitude of the problem .
3 Then , my curiosity and the challenge took over and I accepted the job . ’
4 I said , ‘ It 's a th-th-th- ’ and I whipped the 3-iron out of the bag .
5 I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration .
6 I did and I passed the exam ( which seemed very important at the time , although now I am not so sure ) .
7 Yes , it was nice to be warned , and I passed the rope round the animal 's body in front of the udder and pulled it tight In a slip knot .
8 To believe them , Karen and I shanghaied the shrinking Dennis on to a punt by some underhand ruse worthy of a ‘ once-aboard-the-lugger-and-the-maid-is-mine ’ melodrama .
9 Into this I placed little ‘ oily ’ pools where cancer cells were setting up their colonies and I imagined the cells themselves as amoeba or tadpole like creatures , smooth , slippery and with large eyes .
10 Of course I could n't see either of them , but I could hear them , and I imagined the rifleman peering into the ditch .
11 Reluctantly , he agreed the exchange had taken place , and I rushed the story to London .
12 Instinctively , my hand came off the bat and I knocked the ball away .
13 He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back .
14 He was obviously very depressed about something , even disillusioned , and I got the impression that this something was the war .
15 We were standing very close , and I got the feeling that if I opened my arms she 'd come inside .
16 It 's a very simple rhythm , but he had written the whole thing shifted over and I got the manuscript and I 'm looking at it and going ‘ Man , I know it 's been a while since I read a lot of solo guitar , but this does n't look right ! ’
17 ‘ Dennis had played a seasson for Northants and I got the opportunity to go and see him in Perth , ’ he explained .
18 ‘ I thought he was superb , and I got the benefit . ’
19 So I got the tyre off , and I got the spare on , and put the nuts on , and at the end of it , I gave a bow , and they gave me a round of applause .
20 And I got the Engine Room boys in the basement to give me three photocopies of our Romanian friend . ’
21 You were right about him being mentioned in the Eye ; appeared a few times and I got the cuts up … ’
22 His eyes kept looking away over one of my shoulders or the other , never meeting my gaze , and I got the impression that like his wife he was constantly waiting for something important to happen , expecting someone to arrive at any moment , as though they both could n't believe what had happened and it was all a dream or a ghastly joke and they were just waiting for Clare to come gangling through the front door , kicking off muddy green wellies and loudly demanding tea .
23 And I got the job of going up Then they sent me up knocking th knocking the wagons off .
24 So they had me as continuity and I got the job and it was a bit of a struggle because I 'd always been traffic , traffic at work but this was a little bit different in that if you had to do more accountancy and I had to pick it up .
25 . Er and I got the job at the Centre in August .
26 Eric , Paul and I got the goalposts together while Blyth hurriedly strapped his leg on .
27 ‘ I was daft enough to say his plants looked healthy and I got the Ancient Mariner treatment ; a squirt-by-puff account of how he managed it .
28 It really is I mean I I still feel guilty and it might sound daft to you , but I still feel guilty and what would my have done about I was down in London a few weeks ago for a meeting and I was coming back on the sleeper and I got the train to Euston and erm I came out at the wrong spot , so I had to walk out of Euston Underground and then round to go to Euston Station rather than going through
29 It was five one pound bets that we put on between us , I put two on , my wife put three on , and all mine were place bets , and I got the winner and I got the fourth , and my wife got the second , and the other one of hers lost .
30 It was five one pound bets that we put on between us , I put two on , my wife put three on , and all mine were place bets , and I got the winner and I got the fourth , and my wife got the second , and the other one of hers lost .
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