Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] and [verb] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , the glances they managed to exchange , glances which played on a wide keyboard of reactions , served both to spin them together and to show each other off . |
| 2 | He picked himself up and breasted another mound . |
| 3 | ‘ If the NIE shares offer a good premium , and I expect that they will , then people should be able to buy them , sell them quickly and make some money to buy into BT3 if they want . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And they have been in touch , indicated their interest in pulling you out and requesting more information as to your whereabouts . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ She still manages to stick her fingers in the swabs with monotonous regularity , then she says ‘ Ooops ! ’ , grins and chucks them out and opens another pack . ’ |
| 6 | Get rid of them today and develop some trust in your team . |
| 7 | ‘ So , now you can take that coat off and come and sit opposite me here and put that satchel you 're gripping so decisively there . |
| 8 | He was waiting for her outside and wasted little time in virtually hustling her outside to where his car was waiting for them . |
| 9 | She loves her home and has enough money to stay on , but finds it lonely . |
| 10 | What right had I to bring him here and to inflict this sort of suffering on him ? |
| 11 | She looked at him again and saw this time that he was watching her . |
| 12 | The feeling of comradeship now in Liverpool , the feeling that everyone was in it together and helping each other , was something that her mother would never understand , she felt , nor her grief for the baby . |
| 13 | I 'd go it alone and rid this cinema of the bums who terrorise it every Sunday night . |
| 14 | reading literature for enjoyment , responding to it critically and using that reading for learning . |
| 15 | The poet picked it up and sang another song … |
| 16 | He said : ‘ The people coming to the party were a bit daft and probably would have picked it up and done some damage with it . ’ |
| 17 | I 've thought guaran two machines you 're guaranteed for four years then , cos they did n't write the serial number down , so if I got two machines and it goes faulty I just send it back and say this machine 's faulty , they do n't know how many I 've got |
| 18 | Then he left them and joined a small local firm of advisers , contacted me again and recommended another insurance company — Scottish Amicable . |
| 19 | The latter will end by confirming or rejecting the original theory , but humans , being what they are , will usually manage to prove themselves right and join some kind of inquisition to make sure everyone else is proved right too . |
| 20 | I must clean myself up and get some lunch — I have a meeting on grading with various people up the road in the Civil Service Commission at quarter past two … |