Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This little Hampshire market town had not been designed for crowds such as these , and everyone kept on getting in everyone else 's way . |
| 2 | Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them . |
| 3 | It is an army roadblock and everyone gets out . |
| 4 | The cars stopped and everyone got out , standing around in little groups , talking in hushed voices . |
| 5 | The doctor drew up and parked beside her and everyone got out . |
| 6 | The engine died and everyone got out . |
| 7 | Suddenly there was a commotion in the sky and everyone looked up to see Ethel and Griselda swooping down on their brooms , waving and shouting . |
| 8 | Soon , the spaceship left Earth , and everyone looked down at the burning planet . |
| 9 | On the screen , the window cleaner begins to urinate into his loved one 's mouth , and everyone sits around , attempting to pretend that she 's enjoying the experience as much as they are . |
| 10 | And with a little extra trouble it can be turned into a splendid party dish — not for a grand formal party to be sure , or even a buffet party , but the sort of meal for intimate friends when you can put all the food on a huge scrubbed kitchen table and everyone sits round and helps themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ When James Torquay died here , and everyone carried on as though he were God incarnate instead of the superannuated useless politician he was . |
| 12 | When things are going wrong the Government 's supporters call it a failure of presentation and everyone trots out the old excuse that ‘ we are not getting the message across ’ . |
| 13 | Rachel stayed in her bedroom dressing , while she heard people coming and going from the villa incessantly , her father cheerful and everyone rushing around like mad trying to get ready . |
| 14 | I mean , you know in general , are you sort of sitting back , you know , letting the house run itself and everyone rushing round . |
| 15 | Here and there a fight broke out , girls screeched as someone goosed them , lovers clung together and ignored all that went on around them , pickpockets worked their art furiously and everyone set out to enjoy themselves . |
| 16 | At one huge rave last summer , the DJ announced , ‘ Respect is due to the visuals ’ , and everyone broke out in a massive round of applause . |
| 17 | Nude sunbathing down on the Waaf site ! ’ and everyone racing down to have a look . |
| 18 | As I said at the beginning , Confucius , that grand old Chinese philosopher , had it right : treat others in the way that you would like them to treat you and everyone ends up much happier . |
| 19 | So attention shifts in a rather desultory way to the ever diminishing group of small independent booksellers , and everyone ends up felling dissatisfied . |
| 20 | He is very wealthy and everyone looks up to him but as for me I could understand from my limited Italian he is very sad because one of his ships is very late in arriving in port and is feared lost . |
| 21 | The war is over and everyone bursts out singing ! |
| 22 | All conversation ceased and everyone turned around . |
| 23 | Eventually , as in most family crises , the initial shock wore off , and everyone simmered down . |
| 24 | I mean they only had their door there and letting in draughts and them running in and out you see we put that there look . |
| 25 | " A gift … " he began and them hurried on as Patrick started to shake his head . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's always the case of black people having to go mainstream to be accepted , instead of us doing our shit how we wan na do it and them coming over and taking a look , ’ says Roger D. ‘ We 're doing it for ourselves now . |
| 27 | The technique of getting them to supply the missing dialogue after a silent viewing of a scene provides a good opportunity for you and them to find out what language they have at their command and how flexibly they can use it . |
| 28 | So I went along there cos I thought if she was painting the children will be frozen and nothing to sit on and no |
| 29 | The man who can not make eight or ten bales at least has almost no object in life and nothing to live on . ’ |
| 30 | So far we have an apparently motiveless murder of an innocuous young doctor , and nothing to go on . ’ |