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

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1 I think of Claudia and Victoria and Candice and I compare their facial motions in an impertinent fashion .
2 It 's her ring and I bought her that scarf . ’
3 On Sunday , all afternoon it 's flipping football and it drives me crazy !
4 She was mesmerised by the intense , dark eyes and he stroked her flushed face , before tangling his fingers in her shining hair .
5 He won that actually on appeal because he said he needed to raise the funds for a project he 'd got in mind and they allowed him twenty eight days in the first year , he now carries on fourteen days without planning permission every year , but give him credit he does run it very well , er and you can not fault him , but we in our area do actually issue licences , you can not have a car boot sale or market stall without a licence and I personally have run the charity markets in er the village high street and got a licence at the cost of a pound .
6 Brightening , she held out her glass to Richard and he poured her more wine .
7 Oh and I happened to be standing in the back kitchen you know and I got hold of this saucepan and I picked my little brother up and put him under my arm in case he got hurt and I oh I belted my father from his head to his feet with the saucepan .
8 It 's one-party rule for the foreseeable future and I find it depressing . ’
9 Ya see , I just flew in from the States and I took your British Airways — my all-time favourite airline — and you know what they did ?
10 Well as I say I went for this interview and she phoned me last Sunday did n't she ?
11 We can not too strongly condemn such a practice and we recommend its total abolition …
12 You know you read the , the columns and you buy a second hand car and you buy one this week and you read the column next week
13 There were tracks over the snow and we followed them that day .
14 Now the only thing I would criticize that for is that , quite often , your councillors , and you all know , think they are all wonderful words and I think they all think that they 're the Churchills of of of of our local council , but actually what they say is a load of boring old twaddle .
15 He had little in common with other boys and girls in his neighbourhood and he remembers his secondary school simply as ‘ horrid ’ .
16 In your case you may be able to say that your spouse has committed adultery and you find it intolerable to live with her ; or that you have lived apart for two years and you consent to the divorce .
17 He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises .
18 We normally try and estimate the full year tax charge and then apply it to six months and we got it wrong .
19 Her voice was as steady as a rock and she met his silvery-green eyes without flinching .
20 They probably reminded her too closely of sounds of feline distress and she did her best to silence them .
21 I was about fifteen ; I made my first record and I started playing in nightclubs and I had my first drink .
22 He loved buying me clothes , he bought me twenty-nine ball gowns , one for each year of our marriage and I have them all still , hanging up in my closet .
23 He motioned to Lissa and she caught his soundless urging and went with him out of the room .
24 They take part in activities , games and crafts and they repeat their good behaviour at home . ’
25 If your youngster overdoses and you find them drowsy or unconscious , here 's what to do :
26 So it was developed by the ladies of the day for the men to do their work and they developed their special patterns like Arran stitches , which I 'm going to show you now , like Fair Isle stitches .
27 She told Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield he became depressed through being out of work and it made him irritable and upset .
28 An orange circle of light , the beam from his torch , darted round the tent walls , there was the jingle of keys and I felt them cold in my hand .
29 So And then of course we had our own thrashing mill and we did our own thrashing but it was great fun down the glen when they got the thrashing mill in .
30 Mr Holmes added : ‘ They certainly caused a mess and its taken us all morning trying to patch it up .
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