Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 2 | Would they accept what he had said and let them go rather than cause a scene ? |
| 3 | Earlier Mr Johnson had agreed and said he wanted more professional discipline . |
| 4 | On the contrary , he looked at me admiringly , flourished his pen , wrote in the sum , turned the page , signed and asked me to do likewise on Jean-Claude 's account . |
| 5 | The main reason for using a Statutory Demand is not to drive your debtor into insolvency , which helps no one , but rather to bring pressure to bear on having accounts paid and having them paid quickly . |
| 6 | We should tell them to forget about having their banns read and advise them stay just good friends . |