Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he turned her around with one swift jerk and forced her to face him . |
| 2 | They change the persona and help me to detach myself completely from my working life . |
| 3 | ‘ To my grief and surprise I found her mind bowed down to the very depths of painful disquietude , unable to realise the presence of her Saviour , and harassed with the fiery darts of the great Enemy … |
| 4 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
| 5 | Shall I give her a ring and ask her to fax it ? |
| 6 | Emil briefly consulted a notebook , stowed his travel bag on a rack in a small bedroom and directed me to put my big in the one next door . |
| 7 | Any minute and he would be inviting her through to the bedroom and urging her to call him Alexander ! |
| 8 | Identify a selection of cutlery distributors , send them one of your pieces of cutlery and ask them to match it and send their sample and yours back . |
| 9 | ‘ Well , I felt dreadful about it , and one morning I went to see my godfather at the Admiralty and begged him to get me into the Navy . |
| 10 | pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there . |
| 11 | The Maggot now ordered me into the right-hand pilot 's seat and told me to keep my thieving hands off his knobs . |
| 12 | A series which is broadcast each week has a number of features designed into it to help viewers recognise " their " programme and encourage them to watch it at the same time every week . |
| 13 | I sat with him in the canteen before a programme and watched him eat his way steadily through eight Eccles cakes with a glass of milk . |
| 14 | I sat with him in the canteen before a programme and watched him eat his way steadily through eight Eccles cakes with a glass of milk . |
| 15 | until I opened my mouth and heard myself say it . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's his pleasure , ’ he said , ‘ that figure of mischief over there , to blow any piece of rubbish out of his mouth and challenge me to return it . |
| 17 | I thought it might be easier to get you what you 've got in already you 've still got tea round your mouth and have you cleaned your teeth cause they were n't very clean um you could take Tom 's midnight garden with you |
| 18 | Well , the inspector came and noticed a hole in the roof and told us to mend it . |
| 19 | She put her hand down to push him away and he grabbed it , squeezing it around the erect penis and forcing her to rub it up and down . |
| 20 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
| 21 | 1 Read more about the surgical procedures mentioned in this chapter and ensure you understand them before reading on . |
| 22 | He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved . |
| 23 | Interested , I asked him to whack my bottom with the same instrument and urged him to do it properly so that I could feel what it was like — he did so and I was only just able to restrain my tears it hurt so much . |
| 24 | Then he held two men friends of his estranged wife at gunpoint and forced them to drive him 200 miles to her secret address at Barrow-in- Furness , Cumbria . |
| 25 | That would considerably reduce the turnover of personnel , encourage people to serve in the force and enable us to use their expertise in it for much longer , so that less time will be spent on training . |
| 26 | Jokes and laughter can be a wonderful way of bringing people together but Gowie 's so-called jokes are the sort that cause only anger and unhappiness and make everyone despise him . |
| 27 | Go on I tell you what why do n't you flip it over and start on the other side , even though it says this side done , this is an old tape from a seismograph and er we were afraid to use it in our work but I think the sound 's alright on it , you flip it over and where it says this side down , put that side up and use the other half of the tape and let me hear your comments back . |
| 28 | I do n't believe she heard me because she yawned , handed me the key and told me to hang it round my neck so that no one could take it from me . |
| 29 | For most individuals this has been no great loss , the system usually being considered a much more complicated procedure than simply walking into a showroom and purchasing whatever took your ( and your pocket 's ) fancy . |
| 30 | When the Men came Woil would simper and whisper his pleasure and let them handle him as they liked as he said such things as : ‘ Nice Man , pleasant person . |