Example sentences of "and [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose never interested in clothes before , tried the lot on and beamed at herself in the long mirror . |
| 2 | Dynamics of survival within the NMGC must be related to the role which the organisation has defined and redefined for itself in the light of a changing understanding of marital problems over time and in relation to the work of other agencies . |
| 3 | But Protestant orthodoxy in the generations after the Reformation had inclined to treat the Bible in a rather hardened and absolute fashion , and to search in it for a wider range of information than the Reformers were looking for . |
| 4 | Oppression lay on me like a dead beast , not gaunt and stiff-legged like the animals which lay where they had dropped along the desert road , but soft and smothering like something from which the breath had only just gone . |
| 5 | When he came , it was an anticlimax , but she squealed anyway and clung to him as if he 'd showered her with a gallon of spunk . |
| 6 | She embraced her sobbing daughter and clung to her in desperate shame . |
| 7 | Her thin denim jacket was sodden and clung to her like a wet tea towel . |
| 8 | Marjorie left Lizzie 's body at the vet 's and arranged for her to be cremated . |
| 9 | According to legend , Dame Janet decided that these ducks would be much happier in St James 's Park and arranged for them to be escorted thence . |
| 10 | Three years later , he emigrated with his parents to Israel , yet became a frequent commuter to the major musical centres of Europe , where he caught the eye of such musical heavyweights as Edwin Fischer , Wilhelm Furtwangler and ( most especially ) Arthur Rubinstein , who took an immense interest in the young pianist and arranged for him to be represented by his agent , the legendary Sol Hurok . |
| 11 | He telephoned the Forensic Science Laboratory and arranged for someone to be sent down . |
| 12 | All the stories I 'd read about him and heard about him from other caddies were true ! |
| 13 | The other side is the consciousness of perfection and blessedness which we recognise as mediated to us through Jesus and communicated to us by him . |
| 14 | Bob sat up on the bed and gazed at her in astonishment . |
| 15 | Mr Stokill removed my rope and gazed at me with commiseration . |
| 16 | A thing slid hugely over the crest of a nearby ridge , and gazed at me from several eyes . |
| 17 | She opened her eyes and gazed at him in disbelief . |
| 18 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 19 | She stopped for a moment , and gazed at it with pleasure , and saw how huge it was , surging against the rocks with far more power and energy than it had in the shelter of the estuary , flinging plumes of spray about in a reckless manner and dragging back to gather itself for the next rush forward . |
| 20 | Within a mere three weeks the Smolensk Party authorities also required all uezd executive committees to collate , check , and comment to them on the minutes of every single peasant meeting on mutual aid . |
| 21 | " Will you come and stay with me for a while ? " she asked gently . |
| 22 | I tell you one thing I 'm slightly starting to regret inviting my girlfriend to come and stay with me for three weeks in France . |
| 23 | We went in to the University and met up with Ian Jamieson , who invited us to come and stay with them for a few days . |
| 24 | I used to go and stay with them in their homes — in London , in Sussex , in Devonshire … ’ |
| 25 | Laura was due to go over and stay with them in September . |
| 26 | For a while Elaine was cared for by young volunteers who used to come and stay with her for a few months at a time . |
| 27 | Topaz found herself praying to a God to whom she did n't quite believe that Andrew would agree and stay with her for a while . |
| 28 | Unless you can arrange for someone to come and stay with you for at least a month after your operation , you will not be able to cope . |
| 29 | ‘ I shall convince the parents to let me come and stay with you in the holidays , ’ Antonia had promised . |
| 30 | When Rodie heard of what happened , she went up to Sam 's room and comforted him enough to bring him downstairs and sit with them on the terrace . |