Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [coord] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , Stephen Timewell , mayor of Taunton in 1682 – 3 , a man who prided himself as having " tamed these stubborn Fanatics " during his term in office , nevertheless found that he too had to " leave off my shop trade , for ever since I have done these things not one of a hundred comes near me to buy or sell and they make it their business to persuade people not to come near me " . |
| 2 | Hold up this measured piece of work to the machine , neither stretching nor easing and you find you appear to need about 120 stitches . |
| 3 | But Basil encouraged and even found some tiny portion of my painting which could be developed though he agreed that I might copy more easily than imagine and he gave me a mounted butterfly to draw . |
| 4 | He neither went towards her nor withdrew and she saw it could not go on like that . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 7 | Shopping in the supermarket , you 're going around and looking and you know you ca n't have it , you have to leave it . |
| 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 | He paused and turned and she watched him surveying his land , strong , sure male potency exuding from every inch of his rugged frame . |
| 10 | She kicked and wriggled but he held her firmly and carried her out on to the bank . |
| 11 | The wooden fingers of his false left hand were bent and damaged and he turned it slowly under the light . |
| 12 | she probably would n't become a manager , because usually you think you can change and develop but I think she 'll be then be able to become a manager and she 'll sort of learn , but she 'd have to actually change her personality for it . |
| 13 | I persisted and persisted and nobody believed me . |
| 14 | a few years ago when my sons were teenagers I had some nice dripping and I said , you 've never had bread and dripping and I gave them some , I put a bit of salt on , I said , try this , I loved a bit of med bread and dripping when I was your age . |
| 15 | And I laughed and laughed and laughed and I put it in and you know what happened then . |
| 16 | I lay on my bed in a cheap lodging house and cried and I tell you Ellen I wished I was with you and receiving your kindness which was great to me . |
| 17 | They all came back through their agents and complained and I told them to forget it . |
| 18 | We ran and ran but it chased us . |
| 19 | And then they get bigger and they start thinking and watching and you realise you 're fouling them up yourself too and there 's not much you can do about that either . |
| 20 | Then Jovo with his club knocked down the wall and let out his mother , and they wept and embraced and he took her far away . |