Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [noun] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam phoned home and asked his mother to stop his father bothering him when he was in the middle of exams . |
| 2 | And without waiting for an answer he drew her closer and lowered his head to find her lips . |
| 3 | He put his arms about her and lowered his face to meet her lips , then came and sat with them . |
| 4 | It was the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon which first drove the colonials to independent action ; war exposed the impotence of Spain as an imperial power and revealed her incapacity to supply her colonies with merchandise . |
| 5 | Put you in that — that kiosk — and expect your parishioners to admire your humility ? |
| 6 | Damian said unsteadily , and bent his head to kiss her mouth with slow , sensual desire , and that was how they made love , their bodies moving as slowly but surely towards that ecstasy as that initial kiss did , until Rachel , this time , was breathless and incoherent , delirious with pleasure as she reached climax through his strokes and expertise and unbelievably exciting lovemaking . |
| 7 | With a few deft strokes of the brush , Katherine gathered up Portia 's fine sandy hair into a loop at the back of her head and let its length trail her shoulders . |
| 8 | You submit , and let your life take its course . |
| 9 | And when he 's fishing close inshore , watching the signals from his huer on the cliff path and ordering his boats to cast their nets to enclose the shoals of silvery fish that dart and move just beneath the surface , you look down from two hundred feet and you think to yourself , perhaps , perhaps … |
| 10 | Digital Equipment Corp , left out of the COSE initiative , has been invited and says its will send its X/Open representative as observer . |
| 11 | Edmund Booth of Ove Arup likens the physics to ‘ standing in a railway carriage and flexing your legs to keep your balance ’ . |
| 12 | Tenants need help decorating their homes when they can no longer do it themselves , and owner occupiers on low incomes need both financial and practical help to adapt , repair and improve their homes to suit their needs , or just to make them habitable . |
| 13 | She handed Desmond his tea , and allowed her daughter-in-law to fetch her own . |
| 14 | Under the legislation individual victims of Stasi defamation would be able to see and use their records to restore their reputation . |
| 15 | He compared different sources on the same event , indicates when they can not be reconciled , supplies cross-references , and edits his material to increase its clarity . |
| 16 | In January 1983 , BBC2 's Man Alive showed a documentary called ‘ Only Time Would Tell ’ which discussed the life of Matthew Crosby , an 18 year old Down 's teenager mainly through the eyes of his mother , Anne Crosby , who continues to believe that Matthew would have been better off dead and recalls her desire to end his life with a pillow a few days after his birth . |
| 17 | He slipped into his coat and shook his arms to make his shirt cuffs appear . |
| 18 | ‘ Then phone up from reception and give me time to comb my hair and hide my pyjamas . ’ |
| 19 | It can create the opportunity for local management to bring the delivery of health care closer to the people whom it serves , and give it freedom to run its own affairs . |
| 20 | In addition , new material is explored which may be suitable for use in the parish and stimulates its musicians to widen their repertoire . |
| 21 | He took a few steps towards her and raised his hand to touch her neck , but she gave a little shake of her head and that set him stumbling backwards . |
| 22 | While watching him at work she impulsively asked to borrow his materials and followed his advice to give her imagination free rein . |
| 23 | The union did everything possible to convince the government that this had done no more than mop up previously persistent unemployment in the industry and to persuade its members to join their ships , and to do so on time , so that their departures should not be delayed . |
| 24 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 25 | Labour is clearly unwilling to address that issue , and tailors its words to suit its audience . |
| 26 | Georgina came back with a grey rag , sat down and watched her brother poke his fingers in the cat 's ears . |
| 27 | Many back-bench MPs , angered at the recent press coverage of Mr Clarke , strongly backed him and urged their colleagues to end their damaging off-the-record attacks . |
| 28 | We should be proud of our productivity record and promote our willingness to adapt our industry to meet the challenge of CAP reform to the needs of today . |
| 29 | The pupil spends his days far better drafting a pleading or writing an opinion and having his master criticise his work afterwards . |
| 30 | And I could die and go to heaven when I hear you making wordless muted sounds beside me and feel your lips kiss my brow so gently . |