Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Sunday School sat in the North Aisle and everyone had to take the same seat week by week . |
| 2 | They really dragged just watching telly , and everyone wanted to watch the soap operas and sit coms . |
| 3 | ‘ The plans have existed for three years and no-one has asked the supporters for their opinion , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 4 | Can you imagine poor old Tony and me conspiring to deflect the course of justice ? … |
| 5 | To my brother and me had fallen the task of disentangling our parents ' possessions from the original contents of the house . |
| 6 | There are detectives and DCIs and Chief Supers and Commanders every fucking where ; more tecs and CID guys and Anti-Terrorism Squad chaps and regional guys than you can shake a nightstick at , all asking questions , all asking the same fucking questions and me trying to give the same fucking answers ; seeing DI McDunn , sucking saliva through his teeth and letting me share.his B&Hs , is like meeting an old pal even though he 's got all his questions too . |
| 7 | I 'd felt powerless when I was abused as a child and I 'd felt the same powerlessness with the bank manager . |
| 8 | And I 'd written the postcard on boat er they gave us all postcards to send home . |
| 9 | And I 'd scraped the cooker |
| 10 | On this occasion the N1 cam was to the right of centre and I 'd knitted the right side of the neck correctly , with no problem . |
| 11 | And I 'd left the gates open an oh it was Friday ! |
| 12 | I had made my decision and I 'd taken the first step . |
| 13 | Eyes looking back and I 'd got the old bit moving all the time keeping , he said righto get out , you 're leading me , they were too pleased to get rid of them . |
| 14 | And I 'd got the Know me God Personally cos the words really stand out on that little green book . |
| 15 | I was out of the house faster than a rat up a drainpipe and I 'd slammed the door shut before Nigger banged into the back of it . |
| 16 | And I dress to suit the kind of life I lead . |
| 17 | There are volumes of evidence to substantiate what my hon. Friend has said , and I hope to give the House some examples . |
| 18 | Alistair Scott and John Shrewsbury were kind enough to give me the opportunity to work with the BBC and I hope to have the privilege again . |
| 19 | We were told to take food and water on a train going down to Mandalay and I remember taking the Mothers ' Union tea urn ! |
| 20 | ‘ The mist 's nearly cleared and I like to see the stars . ’ |
| 21 | and I like to see the little ones but er concert no . |
| 22 | The better the jam the better the rolypoly , and I like to gild the lily by lacing the dough with almonds and orange zest , too . |
| 23 | I like to watch the phosphorescence curling away from the hull and I like to watch the brilliant specks of light fade in the black deep water far in the ship 's wake . |
| 24 | But I can not accept mysteries and I like to find the reason behind them . |
| 25 | natural and I 'm and I never was , but I like to know what I 'm voting for and I like to tell the people who I 'm responsible for what they are voting for . |
| 26 | That night over a pretentious dinner ( ‘ delicate strips of milk-fed veal on a bed of herbs and accompanied by a tangy aromatic sauce specially prepared by our chefs ’ ) in a pretentious modern hotel and fortified by a bottle of local plonk , my Producer John Reynolds and I resolved to telephone the Palace Chamberlain in the morning , say that owing to a technical fault the film was not usable , and did the king have a spare hour in which we might shoot the interview again ? |
| 27 | I understand that Wyre Borough are forwarding to you a copy of a recent letter to their Environmental Health Officer from Nether Wyresdale Parish Council and I write to reiterate the concern felt by the Parish Council about this site especially the environmental and health hazards involved . |
| 28 | Not only has Burlison never made any verbal contribution to the committee 's workings , there has to date ( and I 've attended the whole of every meeting ) never been a vote in the Plant Committee . |
| 29 | He says it 'd be devastating — we built the bungalow just 6 years ago and I 've built the farm up over the years and now it 's all going to go under water . |
| 30 | I have in the last couple of lectures erm outlined or tried to outline erm Locke 's basic decision erm his concept of how we as individuals are related to nature , to each other and I 've emphasised the crucial importance of this notion of how we are related to God . |