Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Then his weight lifted and she opened her dazed eyes , confused , as he moved away to sit at the edge of the bed . |
| 32 | Do what you want and you regret it . |
| 33 | So we can talk about what we want and you know what we 're interested in , in the most |
| 34 | At the end you know what you want and you get your child care and your travel care . |
| 35 | Now people get all the sugar they want and it makes them sick . |
| 36 | T'missus at Laurels lets me bring 'ome what I want and I reckon them carnations is me favourite . " |
| 37 | You could have a look but like I say , ordering freebies now it 's up to the sales people to tell me what they want and I order them on their behalf . |
| 38 | ’ … the soul of our brother departed and we commit his body to be consumed by fire ’ the minister gabbled trying to keep pace with the vanishing coffin ; ‘ ashes to ashes , dust to dust … ’ |
| 39 | Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation . |
| 40 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 41 | Since just before I moved and it triggered it off . |
| 42 | Her hand trembled and she clamped it hard against her chest until the attack of nerves had subsided a little . |
| 43 | The girl 's hands trembled and she clenched them . |
| 44 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 45 | huh , I could n't believe it , I mean he 's been that thick and she says how old are you and he says thirty five , when she 's gone , when he 's gone she said blimey I thought he was forty five did n't ya ? , she said yeah , I said he ai n't wearing very well is he ? , then this woman come in and she was , she 'd had an operation and one of her stitches had n't dissolved and she said I have a shower instead of a bath , perhaps that 's why and Sue says yes that 's why because you need water to dissolve a stitch , so any way she said to her how old are you , she says thirty seven and Sue says |
| 46 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 47 | It was gone as soon as it had come and he re-established his public gaze . |
| 48 | He got straight back on to the divan and lay with his eyes shut , as if I should n't have come and I felt I ought never to have come ( especially without telling C ) , and I felt as well that it really was a bit much , a pose . |
| 49 | Shearson was left holding the baby when the music stopped after the buyout : J H Whitney Co , leading the buyout , had persuaded Shearson to put up a bridging loan , and that it would easily be able to sell much of it on ; in the event , the junk bond market collapsed and no-one wanted it . |
| 50 | A spokesman for the City 's surveyors department said : ‘ There was an element of confusion after the blast because the Chamber of Shipping building had partially collapsed and we thought there might be similar damage to the Baltic . |
| 51 | Talk to the next person but really you 're talking to there say and they do it back to you , but erm Oh so he did n't , he wo n't be going again then ? |
| 52 | I found it hard to find Mill 's arguments for this , although he seems to be , he seems to be arguing the point over several pages , but erm we get pretty much rhetorical claims and evidence and so he wants us to consider those states which have been ruled by despots with those contemporary states which have been democracies England versus Spain say and he thinks it 's obvious which type of system we ought to prefer . |
| 53 | she likes plenty , you know , and er , she did take a course on baby minding and she passed everything like , she could baby mind |
| 54 | ‘ If you are bullied and you cry it makes things ten times worse . |
| 55 | I know you 're going to be interviewed and I know which network it is , so do n't deny a thing . ’ |
| 56 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 57 | Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough . |
| 58 | Her foot caught and she wrenched it free of its shoe , clinging to fitzAlan 's hand all the while as he half led , half pulled her upwards . |
| 59 | So we referred it to the confed and er we had the officers down and the matter was resolved and we got our increase and it was acceptable by everybody . |
| 60 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |