Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] and [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 I asked Gary and he said he 'd packed it in ages ago , and so did young Bean .
2 I phoned Alan and he gave me his love and support .
3 Kettering persuaded him to come South and he helped them win the Southern League ( Eastern ) Championship in 1927–28 and 1928–29 .
4 The NGA was , at one point , fined £150,000 ; some time later it was fined £375,000 and it had its entire assets of £11 m seized .
5 Well I phoned Shirley and she said she 's fine .
6 Well I phoned Shirley and she said she 's fine .
7 We were driving north and I saw it at once .
8 Anger did n't suit her friendly snub face , making her seem out of place in that aloofly cut suit and he realised he was mentally taking it off her .
9 His habit of electioneering from a white Rolls Royce sometimes attracted comment and he told me he had a silver-tipped cane with which to tap at doors of council flats in Fulham , though I was never sure whether to believe him .
10 I think Frank was glad to have met Ryan and I hoped he was also slightly impressed with Hellen 's current friend , his future son-in-law .
11 Then he changed , he got out the chess-board and we played chess and he let me beat him .
12 We nibbled olives and she told me about Italy .
13 Old FF writes : I asked the Editor for advice on what to feed Scatophagus and he suggested my last two articles …
14 Once again he was ignoring Mitch and she felt he could read her mind .
15 When I left school I would n't go on with me dad at first , I said I wanted to play football and me dad did n't want me to play football and he said you ca n't do a milkround and play football .
16 The centre 's director , David Chi , asked the princess if she could use chopsticks and she demonstrated her ability with a flourish before turning her back on photographers and popping the pancake in her mouth .
17 When our storage duties were done we shook hands and I drew her to me and kissed her .
18 Before leaving him , we shook hands and he gave us each a yellow , fine-pointed Biro pen with which he was so fond of writing : a signal and a last gesture of kindness .
19 ‘ We became roommates and I taught him all he knows . ’
20 Used to go out bloody stupid and he use to have these called Philip and he did he was always on Philip .
21 Ye knew she was seein' Gallagher and ye kept yer mouth shut .
22 ‘ They were always holding hands and he kissed her goodbye every day as she set off for work . ’
23 She was called Mandy and she met us , once , at the Metropolitan Museum of Art , bearing books for him , candy canes for me .
24 I heard kettle and I thought he 's still in house , him .
25 It would be several hours before she could think of calling Harris and she reminded herself that there was a book waiting to be finished .
26 He had a daughter my age called Zoe and he sent me illustrated books of Australian flowers and bird-life .
27 Oh yes and then I done , I did er I put forty two A north and then I went to put street and I wrote it in , typed it in , but it went underneath forty two A.
28 When we were seated facing each other again she gave me a ball of pink wool and a pair of knitting needles and I had my first lesson in how to knit properly without dropping stitches .
29 How simple and shining it all had looked when she was young and mama was preaching democracy and she went one better with her faith in Fabian Socialism .
30 so I said the next best thing I said is ring Sarah and she said she 'd already sent a gift , no have a conversation with her , is Lorraine coming today , no she said Terry 's decorating never said where
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