Example sentences of "' [noun] and [vb -s] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If an employee 's hand slips into the governor 's pocket and removes any spare cash , that is theft ; if the governor puts his hand into employees ' pockets and takes their spare cash , i.e. reduces wages , even below the legal minimum , that is the labour market operating reasonably . |
| 2 | ‘ You see , ’ he continued , smiling unpleasantly , ‘ I travel with a young man , a friend of mine , who roasts boys ' hearts and eats them . |
| 3 | And then your editor goes on Jonathan Ross ' show and humiliates him more ( I have written a letter to Ross as well , for laughing at Jason like that ) . |
| 4 | ‘ He plays at pirates all the time , does wheelies on his bike , throws mud at his friends , kicks his football into the neighbours ' garden and pings his food around at the tea table . ’ |
| 5 | When some moss has stuck , each tit collects spiders ' webs and stretches them across the moss . |