Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] [pron] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's too easy to tell a child not to make a fuss , it 's a big playground and to go and play away from whoever has hit them or kicked them or fallen out with them . |
| 2 | He squeezed them and kissed them and went off into the house . |
| 3 | Gaily always felt that she decided things , signed them and sealed them and delivered a verdict . |
| 4 | Aunt Margaret stroked them and adored them and fastened them round Melanie 's neck . |
| 5 | And then of course , the other characteristics that go with religion , and that he had emphasized in other books on Totem and Taboo , like guilt , the feeling that you ought to obey the moral commands of the parents , because after all the parents were n't just benevolent entities who looked after you and rewarded you and praised you , but they were your judges and censors as well . |
| 6 | Gabriel had broken his apprentice 's bond and no one had hanged him or flogged him or thrown him into prison . |
| 7 | How important could you from this work of making known this father 's name and kingdom , he said to his disciples my food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work why did Jesus consider God 's work to be as important as school ? |
| 8 | All the people who had taunted him and hurt him and confused him and denied him . |
| 9 | She intrigued him and enticed him and infuriated him . |
| 10 | All the people who had taunted him and hurt him and confused him and denied him . |
| 11 | I thought I heard a thankless boy raising his voice against those that clothed him and suckled him and spent out a fortune on the making of him . |
| 12 | Why , wondered Senator Rudman at the hearings , had he not taken North into his office and closed the door and put him up against the wall and pushed him and pushed him and pushed him ? |
| 13 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 14 | They went up to her and calmed her and helped her to bed . |
| 15 | Lee took them from her and kissed her and whispered in her ear : ‘ Be nice to Conrad , ’ because she knew Philippa considered him decadent and damned . |
| 16 | The twins were demanding — in the first few years she thought she would go mad from lack of sleep and overwork — but at least they touched her and hugged her and kissed her and loved her . |
| 17 | The anxieties and misgivings of the past few days disappeared as though they had never been , as Johnny kissed her and touched her and told her of his need for her ; of his despair when she had not come to him . |
| 18 | Granny plucked her and stuffed her and basted her and served her to the table , golden and gleaming . |
| 19 | ‘ Old bass-voiced Ethel Walker , ’ Woolf called her and described her as having a ‘ rough-raddled charm , the result of living a regular herring grillers life ’ . |
| 20 | Granny plucked her and stuffed her and basted her and served her to the table , golden and gleaming . |
| 21 | The first was that , although several people recognized her and stopped her and peered into the pram saying ‘ Ah ’ , to none of them could she have begun to say what was on her mind . |
| 22 | I kissed her and held her and tried to get out of the house without saying goodbye to anyone . |