Example sentences of "[verb] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 That was why I kept pushing you and provoking you — to try and make you spit it out .
2 You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place .
3 To try and do what makes me happy , dress in a way that makes me happy .
4 Johnson 's reflections under the heading of ‘ Coriatachan in Sky ’ amount to only eighteen hundred words or so , yet they constitute the clearest view of him I have had so far , the best opportunity to try and assess what made him .
5 Colleagues , just to try and let you know what , er I 've got in my mind concerning the business that 's fell off the agenda yesterday and today so far .
6 Presumably Camb 's going to try and get her to tell him just why a seasoned driver like Fanshawe overturned his car on an empty road .
7 Er I think they 've gone up to Sting 's parents , er father- in-law to try and get him to say it .
8 runs well it 's so easy for other groups to , to try and get you to help them out .
9 And Len had witnessed his reaction and this had prompted Len to do what he had said he would n't do again , and that was to try and persuade him to accompany him home .
10 It was their own idea , started without help before I began my work as an adviser and I want to try and help them make it a success .
11 She would fall and make him drag her the rest of the way first .
12 So this was quite a mission which I believe has not been adequately covered in the history and was a forerunner of things to come and like I say we got through that mission without any damage , our gunners got to shoot at the first German fighters and we were an experienced crew with one mission under our belt .
13 Towards the end he could no longer fend for himself and good neighbours used to come and help me get him up out of bed and into a chair .
14 If appropriate one of our specialist nurses will then arrange to come and see you to discuss your practical needs and see how ACET can help .
15 Well that happened and er I was man and er they er brought me all the odd jobs that was going about and they used to go down the warehouse and er there was a fellow there , well a woman more than anything , know 'd where every thing was and in no time at all they showed me where the things were and er I er , young , it was in my memory , and in no time at all the men in the shop used to come and ask me to get them something from out the warehouse for this and that and the other .
16 Eventually she let him win and asked who told him .
17 In pure reaction from terror he broke down and wept himself into a deep , swooning sleep as soon as he was alone with his blessed candle ; but when he awoke strangely refreshed and heartened he had his wits again , and could reason about his escape .
18 ‘ Well , you see , miss , Mr Fennell wanted some shopping done and told me to leave him there , out of the wind .
19 This bloke says he wants four or five other vans by the end of next year and he says if you can get your driving lessons all done and passed he says you can take a van out on your own and have someone working under you I 'd , like you work under me .
20 But the whole lot was done and opened I think it was er in August , eighteen forty six .
21 They 've seen and heard nothing to convince them .
22 He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice .
23 They gave it shouting and yelling they meant it
24 I had heard all three works on this new BIS issue and thought I knew my feelings about them .
25 And er they used to come to me and ask things about what they should do and did I think they had a claim for this and that you know , and I used to tell them you see .
26 The cleverness was in using the wealth of old prints lying around ignored and simplifying them to make them fresher and give them a contemporary feel .
27 I will not dwell upon them but will re-emphasise what has already been said and ask you to give us all your support .
28 Wait and see what hits us . ’
29 As he ate and drank she found herself chattering away to him out of nervousness , a stream of things that went through her head , the small happenings of a day .
30 Just relax and let me love you .
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