Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In pure reaction from terror he broke down and wept himself into a deep , swooning sleep as soon as he was alone with his blessed candle ; but when he awoke strangely refreshed and heartened he had his wits again , and could reason about his escape . |
| 2 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 3 | The cleverness was in using the wealth of old prints lying around ignored and simplifying them to make them fresher and give them a contemporary feel . |
| 4 | As he ate and drank she found herself chattering away to him out of nervousness , a stream of things that went through her head , the small happenings of a day . |
| 5 | In the seat in front two passengers recognized the farm where they lived and wanted me to see it too . |
| 6 | He watched the engineer go , and then turned and let them take him up to the wall-walk , and down into the beleaguered city where , once , the Genoese had planned to keep him hostage while his company fought for Carlotta . |
| 7 | The same would be true to a lesser extent if I allowed and helped someone to write my life . |
| 8 | So I lied and said I detected nothing untoward in finding a bullet-riddled boat awash in the Bahamian seas . |
| 9 | She grunted and let him help her sit . |
| 10 | The Rolling Stone 's wife Jerry Hall rang and warned her to keep her hands off her husband . |
| 11 | ‘ And the reason the boy wonder suddenly rang and invited me to watch him go through his paces was because he wanted to show off something rotten , ’ she teased , intent on bringing him back down to earth . |
| 12 | Well er I went when I was when I went first went and do you know I went into the to the place and do you know I run away from the place . |
| 13 | Yeah I like to , I like to have a go at different things I mean the the the other the other lunchtime we had you know he came in at lunchtime and er Shirley had gone somewhere Ann and er I 'll have the chicken kiev for me please so so I went and did it did you cook that for him ? |
| 14 | He recognised how she felt and did nothing to encourage it . |
| 15 | ‘ And when she noticed I had two other children with me she laughed and said she knew what a handful they could be . ’ |
| 16 | The secretary laughed and said he thought he could guess who that was . |
| 17 | Their tales of legendary warriors and kings , Roland , Guillaume d'Orange , Arthur and Charlemagne , of their great conquests and their deeds of arms and chivalry , were meant to stir the hearts of all who listened and move them to live their own lives according to the pattern set by the heroes of the past . |
| 18 | She pleaded and begged me to change my mind , but I was adamant . |
| 19 | Just then a young man appeared and called me to follow him . |
| 20 | She smiled and let him have his way . |
| 21 | With a small guttural sigh she relaxed and allowed him to part her thighs . |
| 22 | He rarely went for a tightframed shot , but instead honed in on whatever it was the subject had and made them give him more . |
| 23 | She began to tremble , but although he must surely have known that she was not enjoying what he was doing , he said and did nothing to reassure her , nor gave her any sign of love or affection . |
| 24 | Let , I said well the best thing ju to do erm er Pam I said is just to ignore them I said and ignoring them makes it you know ? |
| 25 | Is it not time he retired and let somebody do something ? |