Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then it was the Eighties and everyone meant business . |
| 2 | Mary was posted to a notorious station in the Fens , called Sledgwick , which was universally known as HMS Sledgwick because it was practically under water and everyone wore gumboots and walked about on duckboards . |
| 3 | ‘ But that was because Monsieur Klein was German , and everyone knew Fernand was suspicious of Germans . ’ |
| 4 | As the Saturday evening went on and everyone made use of the food and drinks on site , the Leisure Promotions team set about arranging the well-known Night Event . |
| 5 | ‘ Beyond the Family Album ’ , which Jo showed at the Hayward alongside the elegant landscapes of Thomas Cooper and the ironic social documentary of Martin Parr , was a turning point in women 's photography and everyone took notice . |
| 6 | Attendances were down at the North West Rally in Cheadle but it was an excellent day , and everyone enjoyed Jean Parmiter 's teacher . |
| 7 | Two hundred years ago the estate 's area supported 1,500 people , and everyone had venison as a right . |
| 8 | The watches were stopped and everyone held breath as the timekeepers turned for consultation with the track referee . |
| 9 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |
| 10 | Something about the eyes and them winged eyebrows she 's got . |
| 11 | And I 'd aunties over here |
| 12 | So er I said er , I 'd got aerial and I 'd radio cassette |
| 13 | Right up there and wheel him back and our Annie 'd say , Yeah and I 'd wheel him as well . |
| 14 | Our conversation moved cautiously round the subject of corruption in public life , and I quoted Burke , whose Thoughts on the Present Discontents I had been studying , to the effect that wisdom consisted in part in deciding how much evil to tolerate . |
| 15 | Apart from himself , " only one man turned up — Frank Foley by name and I enrolled Foley as a member after I had enrolled myself , so that there were then two members of the National Amalgamated Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union of Great Britain " . |
| 16 | ‘ The exhibition was rather successful and I sold prints of the caricatures . ’ |
| 17 | I arrived slightly early ; she was n't yet home from the local girls ' school she goes to , so Elaine and I drank tea and talked while we waited . |
| 18 | My right foot hovered over the accelerator pedal and I balanced Armstrong on the clutch . |
| 19 | ‘ I tried to imagine how the world had been created , and I imagined Sooty — you know ; the glove puppet — ’ |
| 20 | Rooks cawed in the dark trees which ringed the house and I imagined demons nestling in the branches , mocking us . |
| 21 | I had knocked on the wall in code , one knock for a , two for b , and I knocked Dave Jacobsen , A U B , and the response came back , Frank Reed , I C. |
| 22 | But your Report that it was a gas-lid — I was able to go ahead with it and I got compensation . ’ |
| 23 | So half the time I felt like killing him , and I got agoraphobia , because I was so depressed . |
| 24 | I knew I would n't be welcome at the funeral so I sent some flowers , and I got Father Ryan to say a mass for him instead . ’ |
| 25 | and I got calcium chloride and water formed what was it that I was dripping onto ? |
| 26 | On the way home me and Maud got chicken Maud and I got chicken burgers right ? |
| 27 | science and geography and I got art nice . |
| 28 | I phoned up and I got phone up to ask for the information right ? |
| 29 | this morning , I went across there and I got ice cream |
| 30 | But he came and sorted me out and I asked , I said I 'll see what I can do and I got hold of it and I did it for him . |