Example sentences of "[noun] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose .
2 The Parquet had existed , he thought , since at least 1883 when a reforming Minister of Justice had unearthed in his office some Arabic translations of parts of the French Code Napoleon and promulgated them as the new Egyptian legal system .
3 ‘ Now , now , ’ Miss Louise called back sharply , ‘ mind your manners and let them in . ’
4 They had such nice manners and treated me like one of their own , so I reckon I was one of the lucky ones .
5 Second , because governments and ministers still retain political objectives and motivations , they will attempt to guard jealously information within their purview and to use it in such ways as to influence and direct public opinion .
6 Pot up a hew clumps and bring them into the kitchen .
7 Nigel Buxton , 41 , swerved snarply across the road when he lifted both his hands off the wheel and ran them through his hair , Didcot magistrates heard .
8 " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? "
9 The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow .
10 If you have quick release wheels , take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel .
11 We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’
12 He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest .
13 " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art .
14 ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house .
15 Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal .
16 I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust .
17 It also reduces the load on the tail-skid or wheel and makes it slip sideways more easily .
18 Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’
19 But he turned her around with one swift jerk and forced her to face him .
20 I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements .
21 Its presence will indicate hostility towards religion and make it very difficult for people to take religion seriously .
22 Bede perceived in Ceolwulf a love of religion and recommended him to Ecgberht , bishop of York , in 734 as a willing helper in the work of ecclesiastical reform and organization .
23 Only Sinead O'Connor would have the courage , the reckless spirit , to take on songs made famous by the greatest singers — Ella Fitzgerald , Billie Holiday , Peggy Lee — to sing them live in front of a 47-piece orchestra , then take on organised religion and blame it for child abuse , and damn the consequences .
24 The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years .
25 For more than a decade , Lloyd 's has been riven by scandals of various kinds ; professionals employed to assess the riskiness of insured risks and apportion them among the rich risk-takers have been discovered to have salted funds away on their own account .
26 This practical 2-day course highlights the risks and provides you with the knowledge to contain them .
27 I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ?
28 We camped upriver from the falls , stalling the leap into the chasm of some of the water by boiling it on the Trangia and making it into Earl Grey tea .
29 In an effort to combat the isolation and fear I felt at the time , I sought out a number of parents in similar situations to my own ; we had to create our own support systems .
30 By introducing him to Pan Am 's lawyers before bowing out again , Miller had broken Coleman 's alarming sense of isolation and put him in touch with at least a measure of the support he needed , support that the DIA itself was unable to give .
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