Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 2 | After lengthy phone-calls between Berlin and Danzig on 8 August , Forster announced that a fixed currency levy was now in operation and everyone breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 3 | In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 4 | And everyone breathed a sigh of relief … so the Teds were human after all . |
| 5 | Most of his relatives , he said , traded in Bangkok and Singapore now , and everyone had a watch , a radio and money to spend . |
| 6 | Catchy tunes , though , and everyone had a singalong . |
| 7 | And nothing condemned a woman so swiftly to womanhood as grappling with a man . |
| 8 | And it seems to have happened because thirty years ago everybody like Jerry and me had a repayment mortgage which meant there were very few endowment mortgages . |
| 9 | Then Michael and me did a lot of singing . |
| 10 | I must have knocked it or something and I 'd a couple of shots left and I ought to have shot the swine but I could n't , not while he was sitting there killing himself laughing . |
| 11 | And I 'd a breath of fresh air . |
| 12 | See , Mum and I looked a bit up in my book |
| 13 | When I was at school and I got a row , my mother and father would assume I was in the wrong . |
| 14 | But that was only because I 'd lived in it for a long time and I got a discount so the house was really |
| 15 | The balance I have put towards something for us both — a new continental quilt for our bed here — and I got a king sized one , as JOHN always seems to get it all , but this may be big enough to let me hang on to my side . |
| 16 | If you brought a bottle of white and I got a bottle of white ready , if I had n't opened it , I 'd open yours . |
| 17 | ‘ And I got a chicken , ’ he said , ‘ the kind you like ! ’ |
| 18 | So she got straight onto the DHSS and I got a grant for three single beds and bedding . |
| 19 | It 's got an electric fire and food in the cupboards , and I got a cat and a sleeping bag and all sorts . |
| 20 | And I got a badge . |
| 21 | Yeah , and I got a transfer in Toc H I 'm a district member now |
| 22 | oh and I got a bike |
| 23 | ‘ I helped you by clearing all the leaves in the yard , ’ she told him half a dozen times , ‘ and I got a cold while I was doing it . |
| 24 | ‘ The Steve Cropper connection came about because he and I got a chance to get reacquainted with one another down in Seville at the Guitar Legends concerts . |
| 25 | Right I 've twenty three worth Bob and I got a bit of loose change as well . |
| 26 | and the secretary 's knocking on the door , the telephone rings , and I got a bit of work done . |
| 27 | We went via Kings Cross and I got a taxi across to Baker Street for Hertfordshire . |
| 28 | And I got a sister , I got a sister in America |
| 29 | I , I did n't get in while er I thought she were ten to four and I got a phone message off my daughter-in-law would I ring her . |
| 30 | Anyway they questionedme and realised I had nothing to do with it and I got a letter saying I was completely innocent and apologising profusely |