Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv prt] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 I was there this morning , and I went back this afternoon .
2 We came on a , I think it was on a Friday or Saturday morning and I had to go back Sunday night , cos I was on duty on the Monday back in Plymouth , and I did a month in Plymouth , er , a month or five weeks no longer , and I came up each weekend to see them , my wife was left there then .
3 And then : ‘ I possess a stone head by Modigliani which I would not part with for a hundred pounds even at this crisis : and I routed out this head from a corner sacred to the rubbish of centuries and was called stupid for my pains in taking it away .
4 I have a special calendar , and I cross off each day when I go to bed , and then I lie there and think of you .
5 And , you know , we all lost a good friend ; I 'd had such a great time over those last two days working with him and with Eric , and I think about that time quite a bit .
6 The fact that Sam and I differed over this concept does n't mean we did n't work well together . ’
7 Right so if someone holds up this piece and you hold up this piece to your mum and you say what sort of fraction is this ?
8 and you go up this thing that winds in and out and like there 'd be cockerels sitting on the , on the little fences you have to go round , trying to peck you to death , er I was like only tiny , you know , it was just like
9 two men like and you pull out this paper on the spot Murderer and er judge .
10 You held your hand still on the page and you traced around each finger , and all the little contours of your finger joints were captured , and you would go around a few times , and each time the pencil was at a slightly different angle , so you got this aura of your hand , that was so much more accurate than you could ever draw , and all you had to do was put in the fingernails and the little wrinkles on the backs of your fingers and you really had something ?
11 You have a track record and you build up this understanding and you acquire the skills , and it gets easier and easier .
12 Her mouth remained parched and she swilled out another glass .
13 Roman 's arm tightened round her waist as if he knew her thoughts , and she gave up all hope of escape , for the moment .
14 Okay , the , the tale is that in January I booked Derwent dining hall for a barn dance next week and got a phone call yesterday but I was n't there and she rang back this morning , said oh I 'm very sorry , I 'm very sorry , but you ca n't have it , I 'm very sorry .
15 We were at at there , and I went with er with my father er on a Friday and we came back that night .
16 Er , they reckon they grow two to three foot a year they 're the fast grow ones , once they get a hold , they start growing and they shoot up each week and when they start shooting up , that 's when , you 've got to keep them watered , and you 've got to feed them with that plant stuff do you know what I mean ?
17 Seventy two so you 'll start from , that bit 's , that 's gone now if you like if somebody came along and they cut out that piece of cake .
18 And so whilst Ruth and Naomi are resting and waiting back home Boaz is acting , and he sought out this man , he 's determined now to see that Ruth and Naomi receive all that is there 's by right .
19 It 's true you know if a di if a child did come out the gate , with that wee fella yesterday I saw him he was with Ryan and he went up that path like lightning .
20 He published The Originall of Popish Idolatrie in 1630 , and he brought out another work of his own , An Advertisement to Ihon Delecluse , and Henry May the Elder in 1632 .
21 And he pulls out another container of peace and he gives it to somebody else , that is n't how it happens .
22 His head dropped , his wings sagged , and he gave up any attempt to fly out , not just then but ever .
23 see and he started up that way and , and the religion was the most popular thing in the country , but all the people were outlaws .
24 And he finishes off this poem with a description of what he 's now writing .
25 He had a regular mistress and he drew out that money to pay her off before he married the other one . ’
26 Well when he 'd cl er hooked it on the wagon , he puts that clip on , and he press down that arrow .
27 It had an educative purpose , and it brought in some cash to hard-pressed regions .
28 It cracked the wall down that side and it took out that window put a big crack in there and also in the ceiling .
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