Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them . |
| 2 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 3 | I did n't know what to expect and no-one had really told me . |
| 4 | Summer 's here , hemlines are high : it 's time to put your best foot forward and show off your perfectly dressed legs — and no-one knows how to flatter them more perfectly than Pretty Polly . |
| 5 | dad , dad did n't say nothing about all evening just pop in for an hour , but I could n't see Stuey and me sitting there disturb him , scared |
| 6 | Well because it 's darkish in colour and I 'd rather promised myself that if I have anything new now it 'll be of a brighter colour . |
| 7 | I used to go into a shop and I 'd shake and I 'd know that I was doing wrong and I 'd be really scared and I 'd just knew I do n't want to go to prison so I decide to stop it . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a great shame because every year the prize-wining pumpkin is used in the seeds contest by a local pub and I 'd already said they could have it . ’ |
| 9 | Erm so we walked in and out of carriages as he sought a pair of seats together and erm squashed down , he had me like penned into the window , like I 've got my bag and my umbrella in between ha , and I 'd already told him I was going out with someone . |
| 10 | ‘ And I 'd always seen myself as leaving my body to medical science . ’ |
| 11 | Doogie 's idea of knocking on a door was to impersonate a heavy machine-gun and I 'd never heard him run out of ammunition . |
| 12 | That night I cried so much — I never felt so far away from anything I knew and I 'd never missed my mother so much in my life . |
| 13 | The other week and I 'd never had it before but er I liked it . |
| 14 | And I 'd only done them ten minutes before |
| 15 | Whatever it was I 'd taken from Sunil 's house — and I 'd only done it as a favour to him , after all — he could n't have said anything to Nassim about it . |
| 16 | I 'd put half a dozen 10p pieces in there to phone home , and I 'd only used one . |
| 17 | ‘ I have never known a patient wait for 10 hours for an ambulance for an inter-hospital transfer — and I hope never to know it again , ’ she said . |
| 18 | and I remember vaguely seeing it , one of those , the round one |
| 19 | At all other times , Evelyn and I rushed out to meet him if we heard that he was in the Gallery , so stimulating was his company . |
| 20 | There was an embarrassing moment when I thought he was walking over to me to begin the programme and I got up to greet him . |
| 21 | Edward came back struggling with a load of planks , and I got up to help him . |
| 22 | K. R. I saw a fellow having an epileptic fit and I got down to hold him while he kicked out . |
| 23 | While you 're listening you could quietly and I mean quietly put your things away . |
| 24 | And I mean really fucking her . |
| 25 | And I mean really fucking her . |
| 26 | Good morning Neville , many thanks for your memo of the sixth inst and I 've duly noted your comments , stop . |
| 27 | There was a slight tendency for the pickups to squeal when the amp was pushed hard and loud , but then I have to remind myself that this is a Korean-made instrument and I 've yet to find one with its pickups totally sorted out . |
| 28 | Ah and I 've not brought them with me , they 're in my office , sorry . |
| 29 | And I 've just realized I 'm supposed to do Wednesday night as well . |
| 30 | I said well what you do in your private life it 's up to you if you want to get drunk and you want to spend money then that 's fine but once you step over that clock tower I said and you start interfering with my work it 's a different thing , I said well I 've and I 've just said nothing because although you ai n't worked right , at least you 've sort of you 've work in this factory sort of in the morning , you 've got over it but |