Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adj] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time he introduced himself to the Governor of New South Wales , who received me most kindly and offered me every assistance ’ , and paid his respects to Captain Philip Parker King , who had commanded his expedition with Lady Franklin to Recherche Bay the previous December , and who was now resident in Sydney as Port Officer and Superintendent of Government Vessels . |
| 2 | To love someone this much and to want them so badly . |
| 3 | ‘ In your brother 's papers there is mention of something your father told him about a year ago which greatly surprised and puzzled him . |
| 4 | In addition , having listened repeatedly to the cassette he felt much happier in himself , realizing that the stammer which so embarrassed and distressed him was not going to prove incurable . |
| 5 | ‘ I ai n't nobody 's master , ’ she said with the slight thrust of her jaw which always amused and moved him . |
| 6 | There was something about the mystery she seemed determined to solve which both excited and enthralled him . |
| 7 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 8 | They were all questions which both puzzled and disturbed him , yet at the same time he knew she was the key to helping him expose the diversion at the plant . |
| 9 | On a few previous late evening occasions Sherman had been allowed to go to this area and view the gorillas , an event which both scared and thrilled him . |
| 10 | Without their counsel the recommendations of the majority on the Commission would have been even less favourable to the aspirations of the deaf and dumb , and their dissent on the two recommendations , which particularly disappointed and angered them , was admired widely . |
| 11 | I 've come to make you more comfy and bring you your tea . |
| 12 | A little background knowledge will make you more confident and help you to draw up a list of really relevant questions . |
| 13 | But they said that it was a different matter over in the west , around Appleby way , where they generally paid more money but worked you very hard and gave you little meat . |
| 14 | A 1956 collector 's item — the first polythene road cone , a dud one so long and thin it could n't stay still and a Korean cone found floating in Swanage harbour . |
| 15 | Her beautiful mother who missed her so much and sent her all her love . |
| 16 | A true mystical experience is not only intended to make the adept less egotistic but it should also make him more alert and help him to function better . |
| 17 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 18 | The night before , Cati had fallen asleep sitting with her mother and Rosa on the balcony in the cool of the evening ; when her mother had given her a gentle push to rouse her ; she found her slightly feverish and put her to bed . |
| 19 | Did they take him there sober and ply him with booze until he reached the point specified by the director ? |
| 20 | That time she 'd told me how lonely and abandoned she felt when she was with her husband , those confessional words , ‘ lonely and abandoned ’ , which usually would have me cringing all over the place , made me shiver . |
| 21 | In the letter , Mr Lilley says : ‘ I propose a three-pronged course of action which would focus the benefit more closely on the long-term sick , make it less generous and make it taxable . ’ |
| 22 | But the great strength of whole group drama is precisely that it gives context and coherence to small group work ; it makes it easier for the teacher to monitor work , to make it highly dramatic and keep it tightly focused . |
| 23 | I 'm trying to make it more beautiful and transform it into the language of clothes . |
| 24 | It both peeved and amused me . |
| 25 | Instead of throwing it away he took out the foil and smoothed it on his knee , then folded it very small and slipped it into his shirt pocket . |
| 26 | The main offenders here are non-indigenous natives who have cleared areas ad acres of the best soil , farming it very poorly and working it as though it were a private farm … there is no rotation of crops and no manure applied which means he will soon be looking for another 100 acres of good soil to ruin . |
| 27 | He 'd have to pull it very tight and hold it there for about three minutes to make sure . |
| 28 | It votes to set up a force , but keeps it too small and sends it off with orders not to shoot . |
| 29 | You 've answered them absolutely right and thank you very much . |
| 30 | But United are hanging on to ‘ Captain Marvel ’ leaving Derby boss Arthur Cox admitting : ‘ We made an inquiry for Robson , but United turned us down flat and said he was not available . ’ |