Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She phoned me and asked me to come straight over . |
| 2 | He showed this to me and told me to note especially the inscription on the coin 's obverse side : ‘ O.A. Paykhull cast this gold by chemical art at Stockholm , 1706 . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It really touched me and made me feel quite sad that a man should have died in the street from hypothermia so I 've decided to try and do something to help ’ she said . |
| 4 | When it was on television it really looked , it really looked good but er the reality of it was it was pretty bad really but er the editor was very kind to me and made me look quite a hero but . |
| 5 | In Africa visitors are looked upon as a blessing and people go out of their way to meet them and make them feel truly welcome and at home . |
| 6 | You 'd want to go up to them and tell them to do better . " |
| 7 | yes it sort of familiarises them and makes them seem like they 're relatives and stuff yeah |
| 8 | Do n't give up at the first mistake ; ask God to forgive you and help you to start all over again . |
| 9 | Then it was like an out-of-control lorry coming straight at you and knowing you 've only got seconds to make your peace . |
| 10 | I 've got to love you and leave you Bet so er I 'll just pop round Wednesday ? |
| 11 | When you receive his report , read it carefully and then ring him and ask him to explain more fully any matters which are not clear or which worry you . |
| 12 | She often rang up the producer and had a go at him and made him swear never to do anything like that again . |
| 13 | Endill expected to bump into him again soon , but after several weeks had seen nothing of him and concluded he had finally found a way out . |
| 14 | When you exacerbate this situation by confronting him with direct questioning or something which intimidates him and causes him to feel even more nervous , his breathing can become so rapid and so shallow that it borders on hyperventilation . |
| 15 | But Claire Fraser was out there and he had undertaken to find her and persuade her to come home . |
| 16 | She was afraid , afraid of making a fool of herself , afraid that past bitterness would sweep over her and make her behave badly . |
| 17 | The key statement of Brenda 's turn is the one at line 15 – 16 , Mp:112> which gives her explanation of why she agreed to dance with a man whose initial approach had shocked her and led her to respond coolly . |
| 18 | Why do n't you just all ignore her and hope she goes away ? |
| 19 | A former colleague from Usher saw her and thought she looked very thin . |
| 20 | The absurd image touched her and made her feel somehow protected and safe : this kind , bumbling man would never despise her . |
| 21 | Guido 's totally unexpected reference to Arnie , and the way he 'd cocked his head at her and smiled as he 'd said it , had thrown her and made her feel totally vulnerable . |
| 22 | He saw the tiny shudder that went through her and felt himself go still as she went up to the horse and began to stroke its face , its flank . |
| 23 | I wondered why Nour had killed her and decided she had probably laughed at him . |
| 24 | The lady like , you know you have to hold it and let it go right . |
| 25 | We could put Fiver and Pipkin on it and make it float again . |
| 26 | Once I had begun to reap the benefits from my new system , I decided to enlarge on it and make it work even harder for me . |
| 27 | He had thought that that would be the last he would hear of her , but a few days later she had sent him her first piece , and he had been so impressed by it that he had printed it and asked her to write more for him . |
| 28 | He could n't make it and asked me to come instead . ’ |
| 29 | For the sack itself — it was there , pillowing Hugh 's head and although Hugh knew what was in it and believed they knew also , he had taken care not to show it to them . |
| 30 | The iron band , together with the turn-of-the-century frame , was fitted directly to the panel itself , constricting it and causing it to split vertically . |