Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rose and led them both down the stone steps , coming to a halt at the entrance to the vestry door . |
| 2 | But I saw him with his cap full of golden sovereigns and turned on the table and lent them all he 'd got . |
| 3 | Then Greta Ross took my mother into a room and asked her more questions . |
| 4 | One of them was Edward Pease , who invited Durham to his home and asked him many questions . |
| 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 | There was in Tolkien 's later life , he notes , ‘ a perpetual discontinuity , a breaking of threads which delayed achievement and frustrated him more and more ’ . |
| 7 | He had accused , judged , and branded her all in the space of a few seconds . |
| 8 | Taking a step back , he flung the blanket aside , cursing aloud as the movement wrenched his arm , and lowered them both to the hard bench . |
| 9 | I 've had the front hub off and checked it all , renewing the gasket but still it seems to be losing oil.l hope you can help as I do n't really want to get the garage to sort it out as it will cost a small fortune . |
| 10 | He had wrapped her in a blanket off her bed and made her more coffee . |
| 11 | Similar outspoken attacks on Tory rebels over charges for eye and dental checks once boosted a revolt — and made him more enemies . |
| 12 | A huge steel crane hook suddenly descended quietly between their faces and made them both leap back in alarm . |
| 13 | It was the first time our national and international network had gathered together in one place and made us all realise just how much the work has grown . ’ |
| 14 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 15 | While they were drinking tea , Joanna regaled them with her story of her stay in hospital and made it all seem a huge joke . |
| 16 | I mean , for instance , if you do the the very high grade Norlands nanny training they go on till they 're grey and experienced it all |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | But this one man did give him Rule Britannia , and got him all taking the same time as him ! |
| 19 | So I did all their clothes last night and got them all dried |
| 20 | I went in and got it all . |
| 21 | I thought this was marvellous , good for the lads , and got us all out in the open air . |
| 22 | 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 ? |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | and got you all . |
| 25 | Chief Inspector of CID took charge and charged them all and then diplomacy came in and they went to court , discharged , back on the ship , and away . |
| 26 | We decided to pay for Poppy 's upkeep at the kennels , and visited her each week . |
| 27 | In a recent large UK search the company in question called on five of the major search firms , and invited them all in to make a competitive pitch to decide who was going to be successful at finding them a group chief executive . |
| 28 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 29 | So I did F eleven and , and revealed the codes and deleted it all . |
| 30 | We went out into New York City and staggered here and there through the Village and drooled it all out in bar after bar . |