Example sentences of "and [adj] [coord] [pers pn] [be] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'm still stiff and sore and I 'm receiving treatment for an injured shoulder ’ he said .
2 Oh yes it 's , it 's been changed a lot and a , and er , it 's made such a difference and I 've met er , I 've got a er fr a very good friend who 's , who 's a Red Cross young man who I met at Leah Manning and he takes me out in the car which I would n't , never get out otherwise because my boys are all working you see they ca n't , they 're busy working and erm do shift work and security work , one 's got his own security business and the other one 's got a factory in Bishop 's Stortford so that they do n't get much chance , they work away , some of them do that they can not get to take me out see , so he takes me out , which he 's very , very good you know , he 's , yesterday he took me to erm , yesterday we , he took me to Ongar to see his sister in the bungalow and then he took me for a meal at erm The Chariot at er , at Brentwood , Brentwood , yes Brentwood The Chariot , it was quite nice I had rather , a good time , erm cos usually I ca n't get out unless I go out in the wheelchair you see I 'm confined to a wheelchair , though I struggle out into the kitchen with me two sticks and I 've got a stool in there that I do all my own cooking and I make cakes and that and I 'm doing a cake gon na make a cake for Christmas for me brother and make a cake , er another one for myself like , but , and then I go to my erm daughter-in-law 's to spend Christmas Day and then I , I 'm going to my son 's and spend Boxing Day which is my birthday , I 'll be seventy four on Boxing Day I 'm dreaded to say , yeah , but erm , this young man that takes me lives in Northbrooks , he 's er a widower , but he 's very , very good , he helps all us old people , you know , he 's ever so good he is to me , he comes up and brings my shopping today , does my shopping for me as well , so , well he 's , yes , he 's most kind , for , nearly two years I 've know him , that 's a photo over there , it was taken at a wedding look , of my , that 's it , over there , taken at a wedding dear , very good
3 and it said about tin cans and aluminium and that and it was costing them less excuse me to use recycled you know er used aluminium
4 No the woman was n't in the shop you see and young girl another girl in there Julie and that and she was running on to Pam .
5 I 'm sorry I put a nought I thought it was two hundred and fifty but I 'm advised it was twenty five .
6 They were a bit big for me but they were lovely and dry and I was feeling great when he came in with a bottle of champagne .
7 ‘ It was between half-past seven and eight and he was going towards Moorgate , why do you ask ? ’
8 A , a curtain is used to screen you off , and if it 's a very cold day we 've got infra-red heat we 've got a lamp above the he , the couch and we actually put on the infra-red heat so we warm you up first before you start , before we start so your body is feeling nice and warm and you 're feeling relaxed , we have nice music playing and it does help right , with the tension that builds up on the shoulders .
9 Her life felt empty and meaningless and she was taking anti-depressants .
10 Beneath it , Harriet Shakespeare 's face was huge and haggard and she was leaning hard against the woman beside her .
11 ‘ He 's good and honest and he 's done nothing wrong , ’ said Mother .
12 Across all divisions , Heartwatch participants are getting younger and younger and it is hoped that everyone who is waiting to be involved in the programme will be given an appointment before summer 1993 .
13 Lewis had stood , coolly staring , even smiling at Ruddock 's aggressive tough-guy antics before the start , and he explained : ‘ I could see he was agitated and edgy and I was determined to go out there and antagonise him even more . ’
14 Unfortunately one day when it was earlier on he , he got his commands mixed up and we was m marching down the yard and the drive , and we was marching towards the factory up and down and right wheel and about turn , left wheel , basic foot drill you know it had been going for about ten minutes and all and we was going down towards the factory and erm we kept on going , we was getting close to the factory and he , he he forgot his words forgot what er command he wanted to give and he shouted stop you 'll be in the bloody factory in a minute instead of sa shouting halt , you know , he , he got flummoxed .
15 ‘ They still remain chaste and celibate but they are released from the vows of poverty . ’
16 Many of his junior colleagues in Glasgow and Edinburgh subsequently filled senior academic and hospital posts in this country and overseas and he is remembered by them with much gratitude and affection .
17 As the long days of sunlight drew on Asik became weaker and weaker but he was kept going by an object in the direction of the city which looked like another lorry , but this one was not moving .
18 Mind you when she went home she noticed her accent was getting worse and worse and she was picking up a sort of English reticence or so they enjoyed telling her .
19 The branches that form the walls are light and springy but they are backed by stout tree trunks .
20 Chief Supt Dave Thompson , who is in charge at Sefton , the division where the murder took place , said : ‘ The family feel alone and isolated and they are going through a sense of frustration and they need to know more information . ’
21 But that 's just the point — it 's dismal and bleak and they 're frozen stiff , hoping to catch Ramirez in the stake- out and barely able to express anything , but what they do express is infinitely lugubrious and despondent .
22 Leading objector Jill Coleman said last night : ‘ We are still angry and amazed and we are determined to fight on . ’
23 Well it 's cheap and cheerful but I was keeping it , you know within your budget .
24 By 1130 her reputation had spread far and wide and she was sought after as superior for many communities .
25 One social services source told Sunday Life : ‘ The RUC was given all the names of boys who were placed in the home between 1981 and 1983 and they are trying to track them all down .
26 Er , that same prophet Isaiah , in the same chapter , he says surely , our griefs he himself bore , and our sorrows he carried , yet we ourselves esteemed him stricken , smitten of God and afflicted but he was pierced through for our transgressions , he was crushed for inequities , the chastening for our wellbeing fell upon him .
27 The whole face was transfigured , the eyes round and bright and she was sitting there speechless , quite beautiful in a blaze of silence .
28 This dispute became long and bitter and it was left to the Bishop , John Hisley to intercede and in consequence the Vicarage was re-endowed .
29 Adventure in Kingston 's stones is fast and active but it is handled with a light touch .
30 Leora personified the courage : I remember her trying to calm her screaming autistic son , taking him in her arms , rocking him , comforting him , until at last he became tranquil and quiet and she was left with his violence in her .
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