Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] and " in BNC.
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| 31 | And you , Miss Florence , used to take me upstairs and give me milk and a bun . |
| 32 | Most sailors soon tire of sailing in the same place all the time and look for new places to sail which will give them variety and a challenge . |
| 33 | Well , it began with just when I got me money each week , 'cos I had a job , a weekend job with me uncle and I 'd get me money and I 'd just go out and score , get a coupla bags or something and then me mates 'd come round here and say , ‘ Can I do a smoke in here ? ’ , y'know , and so they would and they 'd give me a smoke for coming in here and eventually it started getting , like , from weeks , from weekends to days , becoming every day , like . |
| 34 | I 've seem them play and they 're not a bad team . |
| 35 | No one , therefore , would lend them money and the estates went undeveloped . |
| 36 | After ballots of parents , 215 schools have so far opted out : but another 2,000 are known to be keen to do so , given that grant-maintained status offers them money and freedom . |
| 37 | They would give them money and accept the little religious pictures or good luck messages that the shepherds handed out . |
| 38 | The employment secretary David has today told company bosses in Nottingham that treating their staff properly will save them money and boost their profits . |
| 39 | But Kathy Page confects a rescue package for her unlikely heroes , giving them money and freedom in the spirit of all the best fairy-tale endings . |
| 40 | We operate in the teeth of a system for whom racism and sexism are primary , established , necessary props of profit … |
| 41 | Dublin said : ‘ I hope my first goal will now help me settle and show I can score more for the club and the fans who have been so good . ’ |
| 42 | He had said : ‘ I hope my first goal will help me settle and show I can score more for the club . |
| 43 | Once the British soldiers came on Mary Duignan when she was bringing them tea and sandwiches . |
| 44 | Desmond 's wife brought them tea and a sponge cake that was still warm . |
| 45 | They returned to Tunbridge Wells via Cheltenham , where Lulu Harrington gave them tea and her fulsome apologies for being unable to remember the full name and address on Beatrix 's fourth letter . |
| 46 | Carolyn came out and served them tea and cake . |
| 47 | She detailed Amy to take them into the interview room and give them tea and stay with them , and she and Ben went alongside the trolley into Resus . |
| 48 | ‘ I said you could n't just give them tea and biscuits , ’ he says . |
| 49 | ‘ We are encouraging industrialists to come here and we should be able to give them tea and biscuits , ’ says veteran councillor John Kitson . |
| 50 | It really , we need to encourage the trade that Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union and if it , one of the former speakers said , we need to give them aid and ascent for people who can , erm , show them what to do . |
| 51 | But to Solti she owes a lot : ‘ He taught me rhythm and absolute precision . |
| 52 | The companies also bring with them maintenance and support billings worth some £3m a year . |
| 53 | The companies also bring with them maintenance and support billings worth some £3m a year . |
| 54 | She also fetched me tea and refreshment from one of the marquees . |
| 55 | She always found the supper she cooked for the children irresistible and when she gave them bacon and baked beans she would swoop down on their plates like a vulture on a battlefield . |
| 56 | On the other hand , if an RAF plane strays and crash-lands they usually give them bacon and eggs for breakfast and send them home . ’ |
| 57 | To get in I and the friend who is taking me hammer and hammer on the door , shout over and over again in Bengali ‘ It 's us , it 's us , let us in ’ . |
| 58 | A series of brief telephone calls put me in touch with the keeper of the Chalice Well at Glastonbury who was able to give me chapter and verse on the well cover . |
| 59 | She thought : If only there was a Jonah calling me M'Lady and running frightful risks chasing after spies all across Europe in a great Bentley . |
| 60 | If you decide to stock the pond with fish , frogs may only become a nuisance in the spring , as unattached male frogs can cling onto the fish , causing them distress and have even been known to suffocate them by clamping onto their gills . |