Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , the thought ‘ They are on my left ’ does not ‘ succeed ’ as a thought unless I can also have other thoughts such as ‘ If I move to my left they will move to my right ’ , ‘ They are substantial ’ ( that is , not a chimera ) , ‘ They are reachable/not reachable ’ , ‘ They are supported by something ’ , ‘ A large opaque object coming between me and them would render them invisible to me ’ … |
| 2 | To throw up an impenetrable Berlin Wall between you and them could be tactless . |
| 3 | ‘ Caspar and me 'll be off home , then , ’ said Lee . |
| 4 | Thoo can choose it and Elizabeth and me 'll mek 'em . ’ |
| 5 | You and me would be a team , Stan . |
| 6 | " Why — Martha , girl — I 've always taken it for granted that you and me would — would - " |
| 7 | And then Helena , Joanne and me would be sleeping over but because they 've got a dog I 'm not going to sleep ! |
| 8 | Keith always had a reason , so we did n't mind that much , but both David and me used to get quite annoyed with Peter . |
| 9 | Normally , Marie and me 'd get a cup of coffee and then sit by the fire and chat . |
| 10 | Mick and me must drive them all there . |
| 11 | And then maybe Marie and me could even get married and I could sleep in her bed , and we could be all married and that . |
| 12 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 13 | " Father — is it possible — is it possible that Jennifer and me could be wed before I go with you ? " |
| 14 | Soon Frank and me will be on our own |
| 15 | ‘ Never mind , you and me will manage on our own , right ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Pa and me will be able to get the old claypit open again . ’ |
| 17 | Now the State has already got a problem because in the next century , it will have insufficient people at work to pay for old age pensions we already know Mr Portillo is doing a pension review and is looking about only targeting it to the needy at the bottom well that means a lot of people like you and me will miss out on State pensions . |
| 18 | ‘ Emily and me can take care of the shop ; you have a rest while you can — you look quite washed out . |
| 19 | My current owner , it said , is in need of succour and assistance ; why not give it to him , so you and me can go off somewhere and enjoy ourselves ? |
| 20 | That man and me can never meet , not on any terms . ’ |
| 21 | As to honest Partridge , he meant no wrong , for he is so bold a mountaineer , he can go anywhere that a sheep can ; and I dare say thinks every person can do the same . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ And I dare say it was too , ’ said Mrs Parvis . |
| 23 | ‘ And I dare say it 's a great advantage to Lord Darlington to have someone to keep an expert eye on the activities of the gardener . ’ |
| 24 | I was n't memorably arresting or amusing , and I dare say I fell back on the weather like everyone else , but it worked . |
| 25 | Here , then , in the deep ecologist 's environmental philosophy , the philosophy of animal rights finds a serious ( and I dare say powerful ) adversary . |
| 26 | However there is a bed and I dare say you are quite ready for it . ’ |
| 27 | riverside pub where Pip and Magwitch stay the night during their journey down the Thames , ‘ a dirty place enough , and I dare say not unknown to smuggling adventures ’ . |
| 28 | My mind was still not fully made up and I dare say that that was yet another exploratory move in my search for reactions . |
| 29 | Besides , you are a grown woman now , and I dare say the truth will come out whether I tell you or not . |
| 30 | He had an impulse to say , ‘ This is the music of 1988 ; these are our heroes ; that building on the headland is our architecture and I dare not stop my car to help children home because they 've been taught with good reason that a strange man might abduct and rape them . ’ |