Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] and [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 2 | knew exactly that he was talking about me and I thought what ? |
| 3 | Tonight was no exception , as she gazed through me and he presented his broad , squat back and bald spot . |
| 4 | But they did not get in each other 's way : more than twenty miles of water lay between them and they drew their vigour and their sustenance from different parts of England . |
| 5 | ‘ Sam 's going to a new school , ’ Bella said , and time was oddly foreshortened in Albert 's head so that two or three minutes of silence passed between them and he thought it only a second . |
| 6 | she 's quite good and she said well you 're intelligent , you can do this for me and she had me doing this like phone calls ringing people up and |
| 7 | After school , he was waiting for me and he exposed himself to me . |
| 8 | but erm I said to her over there , I said er , well excuse me I said er da er er a doctor , I , I said took a urine test for me and I said I want to know that I , if he knew the results ? |
| 9 | The man had pity for me and I shot him ! ’ |
| 10 | did he say for me and I thought I was going to go |
| 11 | ( This was very strange for me and I found it hard to talk about . |
| 12 | Gareth took a step or two after them and I called him in an explosive croak , ‘ Gareth , ’ and he stopped and turned immediately and came back , bending down . |
| 13 | He did before he went away , asked her if we 'd look after her and we had her until she was seven years old . |
| 14 | But I got after him and he got his mind back on business . |
| 15 | He was pleased with the result and wanted to use it for something for himself and he adapted it for designing colour patterns for Sandra to knit on her machine . |
| 16 | Teacher : You were coming towards me and I thought you were going to run me over , Peter . |
| 17 | ‘ I was aware of players from both sides running towards me and I shouted I would clear it . |
| 18 | ‘ The bike skidded on past ahead of me and I followed it in to the side of the road . |
| 19 | Some of them and they made them Leslie and Eric and James , Jimmy and Andrew and Jim and Georgie and Jim and them , they worked in the Wintertime you see and made the barrels . |
| 20 | It was like a rubbish dump , and yet there 's good old erm , grounds man , as soon as the had gone , they were down there , there was half a dozen of them and they got it cleaned in two days . |
| 21 | But I got talking to one of them and he told me he 'd just come out of prison where he 'd done time for soliciting . |
| 22 | Having reached his destination , he remembered the message that he had been asked to give to his hostess : ‘ I travelled down with an uncle of yours and he told me to give you the following message , ’ he said . |
| 23 | I slid into one of the seats opposite him and he raised his eyes enquiringly . |
| 24 | Her head turned slightly towards him and she fixed him with that blind , unthinking stare . |
| 25 | She felt protective towards him and he sensed her warmth . |
| 26 | With a tiny sigh she crossed the room towards him and he drew her on to his lap , his arms tight about her . |
| 27 | Her hair was the plaything of the rough breeze as she ran towards him and he caught his breath . |
| 28 | ‘ Goodni — ’ But she stumbled over the final syllable , for suddenly his dark head was leaning towards her and she felt his lips lightly brush against her cheek . |
| 29 | He advanced towards her and she flung him a look full of wrath , annoyingly conscious of his height and the wide breadth of his shoulders . |
| 30 | At last he pulled his eyes towards her and she rewarded his effort . |