Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead , feeling as though with each step she took she was treading on her dreams , destroying them forever , she followed him mutely back to the sofa and seated herself where she had been before . |
| 2 | It is touching but rather embarrassing that after the film the rest of the people waited for the foreign quests to leave first , and clapped us when we went out . |
| 3 | And they spurred forward to pursue and take him , no doubt believing it a happy chance for them , and the Lord Owen caused his horse to appear to drop lame , and so encouraged and led them until they were spread all along the field in open order , within close range of the bowmen in the woods . |
| 4 | ‘ They are one of the few teams that have come here and attacked us and they did a good job , ’ he said . |
| 5 | The ward sister had actually drawn her aside and asked her whether she did not think it would be a good idea to let her husband see his children more often in the future . |
| 6 | Soon she realised that he was singing her praises to his friends , because other similar garden owners rang her up and asked her if she could do a few hours for them too . |
| 7 | Australian DJ Brian White told his listeners that a drunken journalist had approached Kylie after she had been presented with an award and asked her if she felt ashamed to have won it in a room full of so many talented people . |
| 8 | Leaving Georgia sleeping , he 'd knocked on Yvonne 's door and asked her if she wanted to go swimming . |
| 9 | Philip stopped , got out and asked her if she was all right . |
| 10 | ‘ Emma saw her in Bamford and asked her if she could send her the book to sign and Harriet said yes , of course . |
| 11 | Markby telephoned Meredith and asked her if she was interested in a country walk that morning . |
| 12 | ‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it . |
| 13 | I grinned lopsidedly and asked her if she wanted a drink . |
| 14 | She discussed the idea with her sister-in-law Mabel , and asked her if she would like to come along to help choose some suitable fabric . |
| 15 | Josie looked at her strangely a couple of times , and asked her if she felt ill . |
| 16 | She told Lizzie now that she would be coming down at the weekend and asked her if she would be kind enough to get her old room ready for her . |
| 17 | Yeah I put the shield up against the wall because I knew then that the whole house had been cleared and er bent down and asked her if she was alright . |
| 18 | ‘ On one occasion I woke up from an operation in hospital and asked her if she had brought my Echo . ’ |
| 19 | So I went in and asked her if she wants a smoke . |
| 20 | ‘ A couple of the girls felt she was being quiet and withdrawn and asked her if there was anything wrong . |
| 21 | that people were leaving the country. , my friend wrote to my niece in One House and asked her if I could live with her until I got fixed up in a home . |
| 22 | ‘ Prince Philip was interested to her that I already held the bronze and silver awards and asked me whether I had enjoyed myself going for gold , ’ said Christine . |
| 23 | She had read about the benefits of regression , and asked me whether she could go back to her childhood and try to uncover any other hidden details which might be relevant . |
| 24 | By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’ |
| 25 | She seemed flabbergasted , but rallied and asked me if I would look in at the Gray Mare in Kilburn and say ‘ hello ’ to her son Joe Kelly who worked there . |
| 26 | In late 1976 , Radio Telefis Eireann , the Irish state television service , decided to produce a documentary on Lebanon and asked me if I could locate any films that depicted the country in the days of peace . |
| 27 | So he called me up and asked me if I wanted to play it , which was incredibly flattering because I 'd been a fan of his for such a long time . |
| 28 | ‘ He seemed very worried and asked me if I wanted to go with him , ’ she said . |
| 29 | ‘ But several days later he came straight out with it and asked me if I was on the Pill and would I go on holiday to Scotland with him . |
| 30 | Two weeks later , to my horror , Mr Taylor stopped me in the corridor and asked me if I 'd consider doing another talk — to another class . |