Example sentences of "and [prep] [pers pn] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The site at Jelling now consists of two turf mounds , and between them stand a stone church and the rune stones , the larger of which weighs nearly ten tons . |
| 2 | And for him to have a pain ‘ in his foot ’ is the same , except that ‘ his foot ’ takes the place of ‘ the table ’ . |
| 3 | The purpose of this meeting would be for you to gain an insight into the qualities of the [ Name ] management and for them to gain an understanding of how you would propose to manage the group . |
| 4 | Around the simple plot of the search for Lata 's husband , Seth unfolds the story of four families , the Mehras , Kapoors , Chatterjis and Khans , and through them reveals a panorama of modern India . |
| 5 | Whilst you might use these behaviours and through them create an impression of being genuine , it will , of course , quickly be destroyed unless you do what you say you will do . |
| 6 | and through him became a founder member of the Fitzroy Street Group , a small society of artists centred on the Soho area who were aware of post-Impressionist developments in France . |
| 7 | An enormous powder blue car , gleaming and new , its plentiful chromium winking in the sunlight , was drawn up in front of the house and against it leaned a man in a white suit . |
| 8 | Such blood , and the mud of Culloden , were the last Gaelic colours to fly over Scotland ; the clans looked straight into the mouths of Cumberland 's cannon and died , and with them expired a way of life — the Stewarts of Appin , and the Maclarens , and the Camerons , and the Atholl Brigade , and behind them Ogilvies , and behind them the prince himself . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the Mediterranean world had found a common language , and with it went a literature which was uniquely open to all sorts of problems , debates and emotions . |
| 10 | The programme costs about £50 and with it comes a handbook , that includes etiquette tips like chopping up food into a sensible size before putting into your mouth . |
| 11 | Where before , half the amusement of seeing the New FADS play was seeing whether the five unlikely groovers could carry off their groove thing without sounding like A Certain Ratio after one too many spliffs , now there is a confidence , and with it comes a hint of threat . |
| 12 | … and from them rose A cry that shiver 'd to the tingling stars . |
| 13 | ‘ Aye , where else ? ’ she said as she , too , rose from the settle and returned to the couch , from where she watched him go to the box that was standing on the end of the sideboard , and from it take a piece of silver , then button his coat across his broad chest , take his cap from his pocket and , having put it on at an angle , salute her , saying , ‘ Your servant , madam . ’ |
| 14 | In AD 208 the Emperor Severus took personal charge of a fleet into the Firth of Forth and from it led an expedition across Fife , over the Tay valley , and on into the ever inhospitable north to put an end to these depredations . |
| 15 | He took a cardboard box and from it drew a toy consisting of two monkeys with bright brown fur and boot-button eyes . |
| 16 | The Keeper was carrying a portable cage and from it peered an eagle . |
| 17 | He had made a will about 21 years earlier and in it left a legacy of £100 to Mrs Violet Peppercorn . |
| 18 | The big pine table in the middle of the floor had been set for dinner , and on it stood a bottle of cheap wine from the village store . |
| 19 | Paul married a Jane M'Caig in June 1879 , and by her had a son and daughter . |
| 20 | Late in the eighteenth century a Glasgow industrialist , David Dale , built a cotton mill here in collaboration with Arkwright ( q.v. ) , and around it built a model village for his workers . |