Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 2 | He sat where he had sat and she sat where she had sat and he stared and stared at her , eyes bright with lust . |
| 3 | Inside Frances , the cushion of fluid was crystals , her bones ground together , their cartilage dry as rawhide ; her veins were clogged and everything chafed and griped . |
| 4 | ‘ We believe two Somalis were wounded but they fled and two US Army Rangers were slightly wounded , ’ Major David Stockwell said . |
| 5 | ‘ Enjoyed while they lasted and ended by mutual consent when the time came to move on , usually because both the woman concerned and I knew from the start that it was n't going to be a lifelong affair . ’ |
| 6 | er , we 'll get it all sorted , you know what you like , you sit there and you think oh I want it , to get it all sorted before I go and move , it 'll just have to be in a tip for a while . |
| 7 | and , a relationship built up , especially between myself and the surrogate and life was devastated when we parted and my daughter will always know how much her genetic mother loves her and how much I love her obviously . |
| 8 | for whom that I had to decide whether I was going to marry him or give him up and decided I could n't give him up so I married him and was extremely happy and was shattered when he died and I , I , a , it went from you know I , I never real , thought I would be as happy , could be as happy as I was |
| 9 | I 've often said that we go and have a look |
| 10 | He had it already prepared and he went and fetched the tray . |
| 11 | If these are collected before they sink and are placed in a jar of water in a cool airy place , they will start into growth much sooner , and , by providing much needed surface shade , can do much to combat the algal growth that is invariably experienced in early spring . |
| 12 | The ‘ rural method ’ entails no separate second fermentation ; it is merely a continuation of the first process , the wines being bottled before it terminates and thus allowing the first fermentation to continue in the bottle . |
| 13 | It had become a very sad sight indeed , but Jack hardly noticed as he turned and stared back down the hill to Sakata , its neat rows of buildings looking like so much Lego . |
| 14 | And yet she was in one of the nicest private rooms in the hospital ; she had a telephone and a television ; her nightgown was a silly frou-frou of frills and spilling lace and on her thin fingers the rings — diamonds and sapphires in platinum — rattled as she clasped and unclasped the sheet . |
| 15 | This is usually easier said than done as they rust and are difficult to find . |
| 16 | Even so , she had meekly done as they wished and taken on a responsibility that was clearly a bit of a burden . |
| 17 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 18 | He has n't done as I did and chopped his house in half . |
| 19 | The plaintiff scaffolder was injured when he fell and was not wearing a safety belt . |
| 20 | And er some of the schemes have been criticized but it was a blessing in a way that we got them done when we did and er we were able to house a lot of people out there and release ground in the centre of the town to be redeveloped and er brought up to modern standards . |
| 21 | Yes and eventually Shirley and I thought , well I mean , we spent weeks grouting , we grouted and we grouted and still water was coming through and we grouted and at last it seemed to be dry and the man came and did the re-artexing on the insurance and I had wa new wallpaper put up , for which I paid extra because he only allowed eight pounds a roll , the insurance company only pays eight pounds a roll and I had eleven pound wallpaper and a border and having got the whole thing up the s the patches have appeared again ! |
| 22 | The 1991/92 annual report of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has shown that it prosecuted and won less than 2 per cent of cases of river pollution reported during the period . |
| 23 | there 's there 's and we just , what he must of had and he skidded and there was a blooming long track of mud down the carpet you know ! |
| 24 | ‘ WE 'LL GET STUFFED if we try and play the game by their rules , because they 're better at it than us . |
| 25 | You are invited to our Diamond House to see a little of the art of the diamond cutter , have your own ring valued and cleaned if you wish and maybe even purchase a ring or stone at very attractive discounts on UK prices . |
| 26 | When the defendant has served his comments , the schedule should be lodged with the court , so that the trial judge can , before the hearing starts , get a clear picture of which of the issues raised in the case are agreed and which disputed and why from the pleadings , the experts ' reports and the schedule . |
| 27 | But she says I 've had but she says and she says she was the one wanted me over to sit |
| 28 | So you have had before I try and do n't , I wo n't go off with your homework hone honestly I wo n't . |
| 29 | The seller of specialist magazines grimaced when she smiled and as he pushed the door shut to the frisky chiming of the bell he grunted , ‘ Try the showroom , they might know . |
| 30 | She is damned if she does and damned if she does n't . |