Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [prep] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tribe sang a song to thank the Great Spirits and everyone thought about what they could offer as a sacrifice . |
| 2 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 3 | And I apologized for what I 'd done , sold the firewood , took 'em home again . |
| 4 | Well I knew someone in and I thought to myself I , perhaps he might lend me a hand ? |
| 5 | For example , I was very embarrassed a few years ago when all his hoo-ha came out about this erm bishop who was getting this marvellous mansion in the country , and I thought to myself I 'm not totally sure whether this is right . |
| 6 | I was not in love with Terry , never had been ; I went after him , deliberately , because I was ripe for an affair and I thought with him I could have one and enjoy it and still feel like the nice clean girl-next-door afterwards . |
| 7 | Erm , and I said to him you will help me wo n't you , you wo n't go back to me doing everything , oh lord he said , I 'll , I 'll do my share , so we went back to a routine , whereby I did , washing , ironing , cooking , cleaning , washing the car , mowing the lawn , doing the flower beds , and the doing the , he walked the dog . |
| 8 | And I said to him you can have it for two , two fifty . |
| 9 | He 's something he 's , he 's , he 's some , something to do with er with er , with the area and erm , and he 's coming up for the high week group some time in the next , little while , and I said to him you were the group 's |
| 10 | I went into the gardens one Sunday morning with the dog found a body in a sleeping bag and I really did n't know whether I thought it was alive or not alive so I went rather closer and I got a very defensive angry stare from a young man and I said to him I 'm not going to ask you to move , because you 've probably got nowhere to go , my real concern is are you okay . |
| 11 | And I said to him I 'm sorry I was swimming . |
| 12 | I know when we 've er sold the house , when our children all went and left us , the house was for three bedrooms , right , and I , I said to my husband I do n't want to stay here because they built the school outside behind our er , erm back yard , and every , all the rubbish that kids throw threw over and I said to him I do n't want to stay now kids , kids gone , children gone leave , left home , got married and went to off , I said I do n't want to live here , I do n't want to retire to , to stay at home and listen to the kids at school all day long and have the rubbish thrown over the hedge |
| 13 | And I said to him I said sh , I said this is six weeks . |
| 14 | And I said to him I 've worked out that less in the mornings to have a firm come in , you know |
| 15 | Yeah but I know what he means when he says he ca n't and I said to him I said ooh I feel a bit out of sorts this morning , sort of I do n't know how you must feel having to go to work . |
| 16 | But er she 's coming a and gives him twenty five pounds for what he 's done oh he came in , he came into the kitchen , it 's ever so funny , he came into the kitchen to tell me about this you see Anyway he came back in there and I said to him I 'm not really enthusiastic about the thought er thinking that I was involved with this as well so the dear woman turned round and said to me it 's only your husband so I said well I 'd better go back in the kitchen where I know my place . |
| 17 | And I said to them they 're but they 're quite , quite expensive , the cats . |
| 18 | But they 're all well I went and I said to them I 'd forgotten my essays , my room number , the lot ! |
| 19 | And I said to them I said I watched a film last night called Savage Sea . |
| 20 | Newark wanted to take it forward and er I went and talked to them and I said to them you 're not really appropriate , what you want is to recruit some more specials |
| 21 | I saw him standing there getting wet all over him and I said to myself he was a fine person . |
| 22 | but the actual extract as , as Cath said to me the other day , you know she felt sure and I said to her you know in a full length film they could 've actually chosen a better moment |
| 23 | You know , and I said to her you were gon na go swimming in there ! |
| 24 | I was saying to Jean this morning , cos it 's funny enough we went out to Dartington yesterday and we were sort of looking at the restaurant there at Cranks , and I said to her you know about this bowl of soup and then the erm |
| 25 | But anyway I gave , it 's fifty P I gave the lass who was selling it a pound you see and she said here you are waiting to give me my change , I said no , no and she said and I said to her I said you know you need it more than I do and she she got tears in her eyes and I I thought I mean I I do n't know if I can articulate this properly . |
| 26 | ‘ He was a sort of out-front version of me and I identified with what he did a lot . |
| 27 | When we met at the Bacon show and I smiled at him he smiled back at once , then remembered and tried to scowl , but could n't and we both burst out laughing . |
| 28 | When my mother and I called on him he said that if we could wait a few days he would find the right frame and have it stove-enamelled black . |
| 29 | And I explained to them it 's because having been unemployed most of my professional life that I 've always been short of money and that 's what 's led me to work on very cheap materials . |
| 30 | Right come the morning arrived and and somebody else I ca n't remember who though , and there we were all ready to go and were walking with the press into the massive great shed where they roll the paper and make it a massive place the size of a couple of football pitches , we were just going in the door and somebody said to me they 're no gon na be using their flash guns are they ? |