Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have a contract which I honour and I expect it to be honoured . |
| 2 | Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation . |
| 5 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 6 | Erm tin does n't rust and it protects it from the air and water , you get 'em |
| 7 | I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said . |
| 8 | He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world . |
| 9 | Sometimes her lips moved and she muttered something in a low tone . |
| 10 | The isolation of the village from the outside world was mitigated by the existence of a close-knit village community with which the farm worker could identify and which provided him with the range of institutions and amenities which he then required in order to live the year round . |
| 11 | That 's a sign of the new maturity he says he possesses and I respect him for it . ’ |
| 12 | But I used to do work for customer down the garage there he used to have two cars to hire and I drove one in my spare time . |
| 13 | And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go . |
| 14 | I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force . |
| 15 | The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks , leaving Malc to continue alone . |
| 16 | She did n't answer and he followed her into her office . |
| 17 | The warehouse proprietor was unaware of B's purchase and himself bought them from A. It was held that the warehouse proprietor did not acquire good title , since being already in possession of the goods he did not take delivery under the contract of sale . |
| 18 | happens , and somebody has to sort out why it happened and who did it to them things like that . |
| 19 | Quite where the jobs are going and who does what at this stage I 'm not sure now we 're UNISON . |
| 20 | Taylor to resign and them to offer it to Wilko |
| 21 | At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned . |
| 22 | The scene shifted and I found myself at the head of a stairwell , aware that yet another place might be reached but only by somersaulting over the banister and walking my feet down the opposite wall as one might descend a defile in a crag . |
| 23 | She nodded and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her , then waved his finger in her face and said : ‘ And no drinking whisky ! ’ |
| 24 | Mrs Browning handed her Ellen 's missive as though it were hardly fit to handle and she took it with equal reluctance . |
| 25 | One of the men who most attracts him , Mubarak , is also one whose sexuality is most self-conscious , withdrawn , and complicated ; Mubarak 's masculinity is itself strung out across difference : he is a Sudanese African in Asia , and fighting for a people whom he does not understand and who regard him with a racist indifference ( pp. 194 — 5 ) ; he speaks perfect French , but with a Parisian urban working-class accent . |
| 26 | I have a pair of brown suede brogues that are really worn and I prefer them in their frazzled state ! |
| 27 | And it came home to me that you know we all had to come to terms in some way with erm with what it was all about and the kids and you know and it became something of a I mean i it was the experience that we went through you know it was i it was you know something that we 'll always remember I think because it 'll always make Christmas different I think for us in a way you know but it And when they came up from South Wales with car loads and van loads and I mean we all just sobbed you know I mean there was nothing to do really you know it was just and I think anyway that was Christmas , but I mean er . |
| 28 | Sent memos all round , you know and he called me in the office that day , to say I 'm really disappointed in you , I said , what do you mean ? |
| 29 | Soon her father returned and he continued it in greater detail . |
| 30 | Now of course what happened is that we claimed , we w went to the insurance and then they took they got a list of what was damaged and we replaced it for what he 'd lost er exactly . |