Example sentences of "and [vb past] [coord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They come to work and asked or something ? |
| 2 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 3 | For police warrants , normal methods of investigation must have been tried and failed and there must have been good reason to believe that interception would result in a conviction . |
| 4 | Its walls were of thick stone blocks and bulged and its low ceiling criss-crossed with smoke-blackened oak beams . |
| 5 | Important missing scenes have been found and inserted and there is a new score from Carl Davis . |
| 6 | I screamed and fought but nobody came . |
| 7 | It does give them the opportunity to provide the facilities , and on top of that on top of classification we now have grading , where every aspect of that hotel 's operation is examined and inspected and they are giving erm the classification as well as the grading , which could be highly commended or commended , and to give you some idea , out of the hotels in this region , you know , very , very few so far have reached the highly commended accolade , and those that do are well worth it , you know . |
| 8 | ‘ We regret in respect of the national anthems our undertaking has been violated and breached and we apologise unconditionally to anyone who has been offended by this breach ’ . |
| 9 | When a young boy , overcome with curiosity , stepped out and prodded the dog 's mouth with a stick , he was grabbed by the arm and hauled back roughly : and when a dog began idly sniffing the body , someone kicked out and shouted and it lurched away through the crowd . |
| 10 | But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered . |
| 11 | I ask that you should pay what I have provided and legated and what I shall provide and legate in codicils . ’ |
| 12 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 13 | and we we have tried and tried but you can not light the spark . |
| 14 | Mind you , it 's not such a surprise coming from one who is self-confessedly arrogant and opinionated and whose only accolade is that he edits a magazine . |
| 15 | Fremantle 's motion was put to a vote and rejected and it was agreed to recommend that new fire-proof Foreign and Colonial Offices should be built on part of the park to conform with a general plan for rebuilding the area . |
| 16 | Within the Labour Party the Socialist League was finding that its attempts to remould policy were resented and rejected and it began to look for allies outside the Party . |
| 17 | They are unproven and overexaggerated and they miss the essential point . |
| 18 | ‘ Normally , I would shoot through anything — but that day it rained and rained and there was nothing to be done about it , ’ Gerald says . |
| 19 | Edward Morris smiled and nodded but it was the stranger who spoke . |
| 20 | Dikeledi , the tough woman , who smoked and swaggered and whose voice was as hoarse as an old man 's , turned tear-filled eyes on the white woman 's face . |
| 21 | He paused and turned and she watched him surveying his land , strong , sure male potency exuding from every inch of his rugged frame . |
| 22 | ‘ Eldorado was pulled forward and rushed and I think that 's the last thing you should do with a soap . |
| 23 | Everything had been cleaned and tidied and there were no stains on the polished floor to show where his life had pumped out . |
| 24 | She kicked and wriggled but he held her firmly and carried her out on to the bank . |
| 25 | His uniform was clean and pressed and his buttons were shiny . |
| 26 | ‘ The portico was cleaned and repainted and there was substantial refurbishment of the clock tower . |
| 27 | ‘ He either knew what was happening to the economy at the last election and lied or he was living in a fool 's paradise unaware of the damage he was doing . ’ |
| 28 | He gathered her into his arms and kissed and her and then whispered , ‘ It would n't be the same though , would it ? ’ |
| 29 | Your bank may be able to help , especially if contracts are signed and exchanged and its only a matter of a problem with completion dates . |
| 30 | That herd was apparently shy , rather fierce and polled and it is possible that the Ardrossan was ancestral to the White Galloway , or its coat colour might have come from the other White Park herds in Scotland ( for example at Cadzow Forest near Hamilton , Blair Atholl in northern Perthshire , the Duke of Buccleuch 's estate at Dalkeith , the Cumbernauld estate or Cally Palace at Gatehouse-of-Fleet ) . |