Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | But he turned her around with one swift jerk and forced her to face him . |
2 | Perhaps you 'd give a ring and let me know I 'd welcome your feedback . " |
3 | Shall I give her a ring and ask her to fax it ? |
4 | Any minute and he would be inviting her through to the bedroom and urging her to call him Alexander ! |
5 | 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 . |
6 | ‘ 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 . |
7 | pound fifty or something for like a shampoo and rinse I mean I 'd use it if I go in there . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | until I opened my mouth and heard myself say it . |
10 | ‘ 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 . |
11 | Well , the inspector came and noticed a hole in the roof and told us to mend it . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | I am half-pissed and brilliant , Francis takes me for egg and chips and strong tea and tells me to give it up . |
14 | 1 Read more about the surgical procedures mentioned in this chapter and ensure you understand them before reading on . |
15 | He 's honest to a fault and makes me feel I 'm greatly loved . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 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 . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | However , I said I would try so I put on my best uniform , nicely pressed , and as I paraded in front of him I said I had turned up the hem of my skirt and did he think it was too short ? |
22 | She stood up to walk stiffly around the desk , glaring at him as he stepped politely to one side and let her precede him from the room . |
23 | He sat on her lap and let her hug him . |
24 | Then without the slightest compunction she thrust her basin of money and book of tickets into Sally 's lap and let him drag her , protesting theatrically , onto the dance floor . |
25 | He thought of his own rigorous training , the constant reports on his work and conduct which followed him from computer base to computer base . |
26 | ‘ You could explain to your editor and ask her to find you a collaborator , a ghostwriter . ’ |
27 | You also need to be prepared to listen to the other person in return and allow them to tell you things . |
28 | ‘ Then she told me she 'd been offered a part in Jane Eyre at Warrington rep and did I think she ought to accept . |
29 | A London grandmother was particularly troublesome because of her drinking sprees , but her granddaughter was expected to clean her front doorsteps every Saturday : ‘ the old bugger used to sit at the window and watch me clean 'em . |
30 | He walked with her to the door of the hall and watched her stepping it out across the square , her shoulders back , her head defiantly erect . |