Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house . |
| 2 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 3 | She lifted off a heavy daily and brought it to me . |
| 4 | I have no idea how I was , although Jack and my relieved director assured me that the audience had just been coolly first-nightish and we , the cast , had stayed calm and thawed them into real pleasure and ultimate Rejoycing . |
| 5 | In solid-state solar cells the junction between two materials of different electronic properties absorbs light and converts it into electricity . |
| 6 | James and the Nazarean hierarchy send their own missionaries in his wake , to undo his preaching and compromise him with his own converts — for Paul , by now , is preaching something very different from what the Nazareans themselves , under Jesus 's brother , have sanctioned . |
| 7 | We are an organisation specialising in Stearmans and have wide experience of restoring and operating them at our Norfolk base . |
| 8 | When will you realise that so-called ‘ funny-man ’ Vic Reeves is n't actually funny and see him for what he is — a talentless , dumb Northerner . |
| 9 | I put off going to the doctor but I wish I had n't because my GP immediately knew what was wrong and told me about carpal tunnel syndrome . |
| 10 | He 'd always been so clean before , so we knew there was something wrong and took him to the vet immediately . ’ |
| 11 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 12 | His eyes went to her head and he snatched her hat free and flung it into the back of the car . |
| 13 | He pushed the dress free and lifted her into his arms , walking to the bed , and Maggie made a small whimpering noise she did n't even recognise , a softly feminine noise of submission . |
| 14 | He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate , fumbling in his jacket pocket for something . |
| 15 | His body shuddered , and then his tolerance disintegrated and he wrenched his arms free and wrapped them round her , holding her hard against him . |
| 16 | Scott reached slowly inside his jacket then pulled the Beretta free and handed it to Hitch , who gripped the automatic in his fist and checked that the magazine was full , slipping it from the butt . |
| 17 | The sentence trailed off as Hitch pulled the Beretta free and aimed it at the crewman . |
| 18 | I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped , like the one Nicky had shown me . |
| 19 | He pulled the pistol free and shoved it against Hitch 's cheek . |
| 20 | He pulled the video-cassette free and gripped it in his free hand , the pistol still trained on the tall |
| 21 | But when researchers cut sections of these rings , ground them down into slices so thin that they were translucent and examined them through the microscope , they found , preserved in the chert , the shapes of simple organisms , each no more than one or two hundredths of a millimetre across . |
| 22 | Miracles can and do happen , if we are willing to stop struggling and allow them into our lives . |
| 23 | But one can not help thinking that a far greater contribution to the preservation of the World 's rain forests would be made if companies could be persuaded to make their annual brochures less glossy and to print them on re-cycled paper . |
| 24 | Children 's co-operation can be secured by guiding and helping them towards some desirable action or way of thought . |
| 25 | The Rangers will help the area and visitors by advising , guiding and informing them about the Hills and the many interests to be seen and enjoyed . |
| 26 | Keep close watch on the stitches , it is worth working a little slower to make sure that all the stitches have knitted and should you find that an occasional loop stays over the needle after knitting the row , set the main carriage for EMPTY and move it across the knitting to knit any unworked loop . |
| 27 | He wanted to be different and run it in Germany ! |
| 28 | Teesdale District Council turned down an application for the sign on the ground of it contravening the town area local plan but the inspector said it was acceptable and allowed it for the next five years . |
| 29 | I used to roll them in my hand and get them warm and get them in my finger like that and shoot it down , and watch it go down er |
| 30 | One of the younger men charged up to Sabine and pulled her into the circle . |