Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they used to bring us girls chocolates ; because when they were coming out of the dining-room , anything nice ( they had n't time to take off their gloves ) anything nice that was left in the dishes they used to pinch a piece and eat it . |
| 2 | Siward jerked his head , and a hail of arrows and javelins sped rustling from the forest on either side of him and thudded , in sufficient reply , into the ground between himself and Kalv 's nephew by marriage , who had won a kingdom and thought he was no one 's vassal yet . |
| 3 | I would hazard a guess and say she would be , at the time , about six years older than I , making her about 17 years old . |
| 4 | But when on first hearing of this arrangement I tried to inform Miss Kenton of it , she once again refused to converse with me , and in order to accomplish matters as quickly as possible I was actually obliged to write a note and put it under the door of her parlour . |
| 5 | Or else you may like to write a note and have it sent to me . |
| 6 | When Pina saw Modigliani he drew a revolver and pointed it at him . |
| 7 | You can buy a rose and have it named for yourself , your wife or husband . |
| 8 | ‘ As students at Edinburgh College of Art , we always said we would buy a castle and do it up , but when it came around to it most of them had been restored , but Lachlan knew of Ballone Castle near Portmahomack which was still derelict and persuaded the farmer to sell it . ’ |
| 9 | You know what it 's like to bear a child and bring him up and see him leave you and go to the other side of the world , knowing you 'll not see him again ? |
| 10 | He lunges at you so you grab a knife and plunge it into his chest . |
| 11 | The customs officers were very understanding and found a mirror and propped it up on the customs bench for her . |
| 12 | She found a nurse and sent her for it , and then held the cup and dabbed his lips with a swab dipped in the water . |
| 13 | Eventually , I found a rope and threw it to my pal and they made it fast . |
| 14 | John found a torch and shone it at the engine cowling . |
| 15 | He found a chair and pulled it beside the sofa . |
| 16 | Then Diane found a switch and threw it , and a weak pool of illumination washed down a white screen on the back wall . |
| 17 | Despite having one wing afire and disintegrating , he managed to get his crew away but only after his flight engineer , FS Colgan , found a parachute and attached it , and had gone to the aid of the wounded tail gunner . |
| 18 | If any flier could steal a Foxbat and fly it to the West , Vologsky could . |
| 19 | We must hide until it is dark , and then I will steal a coracle and row you to the Drowned Forest . |
| 20 | I can not believe that many members of the public believe that that is justice , or that it conveys the right message to those who , tonight , will steal a car and race it in the path of some other innocent victim . |
| 21 | Clare 's solicitor explained to her that men often forced their wives to return by refusing to grant a divorce and making it difficult for them to obtain money — even when it was awarded by a court . |
| 22 | He was thrown out of Chicago and fled to New York where he built a palace and filled it with Old Masters . |
| 23 | It does n't have to be followed slavishly , which can happen when a man wants to impose a schedule and organise it as formally as he has organised his work . |
| 24 | The officer did not invite the defendant to express a preference for giving blood or urine but warned him of the consequences of failure to provide a specimen and gave him the opportunity to put forward any reasons why a specimen of blood could not be taken by a doctor . |
| 25 | Loving Relationships Training ( LRT ) sounds like ‘ How to Find a Man and Keep Him ’ women 's magazine advice . |
| 26 | He had to find a call-box and ring her , and — what was that ? |
| 27 | Paraphrasing Tacitus and Byron , the Visitors ' Centre has the last word on Bloody Cumberland : ‘ he created a desert and called it peace . ’ |
| 28 | No , not some fanatical carp angler frightened of someone looking in his bait box , but carp that mouthed a bait and spat it out before the angler could strike — if he 'd seen the bite , that is . |
| 29 | Many burglars enter through a back or side door where they can work with less risk of being seen , so fit a deadlock and use it . |
| 30 | ‘ Your teeth 'll be straight in six months , and you can get contact lenses when your father 's insurance comes in at Christmas , grow a bosom and stun them all . ’ |