Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form .
2 Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation .
3 Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her .
4 And as part of the deal , I had some petty cash with which to buy them all sandwiches and coffee so they could get changed or dressed while they ate and I took them to the next job if they had one , or wherever they wanted to go .
5 I agreed and I put him under training for Mosquito , and to the best of my knowledge ( and this is only a guess ) he did over 70 sorties , got himself at least one DFC , if not two , and became a very worthwhile member of the Pathfinder Force .
6 happens , and somebody has to sort out why it happened and who did it to them things like that .
7 At last the little flame flared and she set it to the paper , watching the end blacken , smoulder and curl as it burned .
8 She nodded and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her , then waved his finger in her face and said : ‘ And no drinking whisky ! ’
9 Soon her father returned and he continued it in greater detail .
10 She opened it frantically , half wrenching the door off its hinges , and looked down , screaming as the expected room disappeared and she saw nothing except a terrifying precipice and below , lying crashed and sprawled on the rocks , Mark .
11 When she began to unbutton his shirt he stood , paralysed , staring at the slack flesh round her stomach , he shivered and she took it for excitement ; he had dreamed about this , waiting for the moment when he would instinctively know what to do , would take control , but instead she was rubbing against him with a cool professionalism that unnerved him .
12 However , I insisted and he ushered me into the Captain 's sea cabin .
13 We left and he followed us to the church door .
14 The Fernies got rid of her when I left and she walked me to the front gate .
15 And erm she was like with him and she said and she said something like , Oh I 'm going .
16 So I said oh well , I said er if you we really want to get the nitty-gritties I said you know we did n't receive a Christmas card from you I said but we sent them to you .
17 , I said , she said but I expect him to .
18 I asked him what he wanted and he hit me with a gin . ’
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