Example sentences of "[pron] and [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We returned her to her berth and shot below to warm ourselves and learn something of her achievements . |
| 2 | I 'll tell you what else you can do ; you can make half a dozen or so of those currant buns of yours and take them with you on Saturday as a kind of present for the lady . ’ |
| 3 | It took every ounce of self-control he possessed not to crush her fingers with his and pull her into his arms . |
| 4 | They must have drunk deeply because the very next week in her column Beatrice introduces her readers to a ‘ charming book of Breton verse by Max Jacob ’ , translates a poem of his and describes him as ‘ one of the few classical critics in the world ’ . |
| 5 | Taking her hand warmly in his and tucking it into his pocket , he ordered softly , ‘ Tell me about Elinor Browne with an ‘ E ’ . ’ |
| 6 | He held both her hands in his and brought them to his lips . |
| 7 | Isobel stared at him , then laughed , drew her arm through his and pulled him towards the door . |
| 8 | The man takes my hands in his and places them within the box and around the point of life . |
| 9 | Are losing theirs and blaming it on you |
| 10 | And rather than asking for commission from suppliers he often buys the weapons himself and sells them at a profit . |
| 11 | But Richard 's polite attempt to straighten himself and to give something like a slight bow made the damage to his lung rather worse . |
| 12 | It was really done with much relish , and to prove his efficiency in all branches of His Majesty 's Navy and Fishing Fleets , Lord Shelley went into Uxbridge , bought the best cod he could find , and insisted on cooking it himself and serving it for dinner . |
| 13 | But first I think we should phone Azadi himself and tell him in no uncertain terms that we are as unhappy about this as he is . |
| 14 | He lowered himself and kissed her through the weave . |
| 15 | I laughed at him but , when he heard footsteps in the corridor , he wrenched it off my neck himself and flung it from the window . |
| 16 | I put the pen in his hand and he marks it himself and puts it in the box . ’ |
| 17 | If I went in , he would insist on cutting my hair himself and embarrass me by telling those waiting that he could remember cutting my first curls . |
| 18 | Matisse and all the others saw the twentieth century with their eyes but they saw the reality of the nineteenth century , Picasso was the only one in painting who saw the twentieth century with his eyes and saw its reality and consequently his struggle was terrifying , terrifying for himself and for the others , because he had nothing to help him , the past did not help him , nor the present , he had to do it all alone and , in spite of much strength he is often very weak , he consoled himself and allowed himself to be seduced by other things which led him more or less astray . |
| 19 | In general meetings the Director attracted all problems to himself and found himself in difficulties . |
| 20 | Paragraphs ( a ) , ( b ) and ( c ) of the subsection all describe unilateral , though honest , acts of the appropriator , who takes the property for himself and treats it as his own . |
| 21 | And what patience the man had , massaging his patients himself and rubbing them with liniment . |
| 22 | Tom mumbled something to himself and handed it to him . |
| 23 | He could think of nothing but disguising himself and rushing her on a dark night . |
| 24 | He looked very pleased with himself and introduced them to Maggie and Mitch . |
| 25 | Unarmed combat is basically the quickest way of attacking somebody and grinding them into little pieces before moving on to your next victim . ) |
| 26 | It was half-blind and its fur was staring and it expected nothing and desired nothing save the crust by the table leg on which its half-gaze was fixed . |
| 27 | When PC Stennett was sent to investigate he searched Hagans , but he found nothing and left him in the car park . |
| 28 | I finished some games in absolute agony , but said nothing and kept it to myself . |
| 29 | Despite our wariness of exclusivity , if I had a satisfactory answer to my first question ( somewhere along the lines of : we pay nothing and lose none of the candidate fee ! ) |
| 30 | ‘ Coming back to Sara : she went to post a letter , took a little walk in the rain , heard nothing , saw nothing and said nothing about it because she felt silly — is that it , sir ? ’ |