Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 2 | However , hillwalking is largely safe but there are risks and we have to educate people about these risks if we are going to improve safety . |
| 3 | They probably would n't serve me anyway ; little rich girl on the hill , her friends ‘ dabble ’ in the arts and they do n't take smack and neither does she , really , except on weekends . |
| 4 | But then that question was asked last night erm from one chap about sport versus the arts and I suppose to me it is a quality of life issue erm where do you start an and stop I mean you have a problem when you have a recession do n't you , where you say okay we i we are in a recession we have got limited resources we have to make decisions . |
| 5 | In the morning I went with Dr Viola to the Academy of Arts and there met Professor Dachauer . |
| 6 | However , ‘ Motherese ’ is composed of many different characteristics and it seems reasonable to suppose that there is considerable variation among adults in respect of how far these features are reflected in their speech to young children . |
| 7 | Music 24 songs and nothin' to hear Geoff Dyer goes down to the Springsteen river , and finds that it 's dry |
| 8 | Mm , cos mum had Reverend come round , you see cos dad were n't , none of us were religious least of all dad , he could n't do none of it , so we said to , we did n't , we did n't know what vicar to choose cos none of us go to church so me mum said dad used to go to the church where me sister got married to the little Derby and Jones twice a week and Reverend is always there so mum said we 'll have him , dad got on well with him , he liked him , he knew dad , anyway he come round to see mum and I were n't there cos I had to go and sign on , I bloody wished I had been , anyway she said , she told him all about dad and she said I want you tell everybody how brave he was in the war and what a good father he were and a good provider and how he lived for his grandchildren and so on and so on , she said I do n't want no hymns I just want his own organ music all through the service and nothing else and just some , do a couple of prayers , she , so he said right the Lords Prayer will be fine that 'll be nice , well he never said nothing , he said I did n't know John but he said I 've been told he was a good man , he worked in a hospital , which he did , but I mean you 're only like an engineer we were n't really emphasising on that and that was all he said , he played a bit of the organ music before we went in , a bit as we come out and there was about eight bloody prayers and the songs and everything read out and made us sing a hymn ever so disappointed , hardly said anything , hardly play , played his music , no , I was well disappointed about that |
| 9 | I met the guys , loved the songs and they asked me to be their agent . |
| 10 | Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance . |
| 11 | I 've got to play some flamenco and bass on a couple of songs and I get to do lots of weird effects and things . ’ |
| 12 | We 're constantly reworking songs and I imagine in the next few months we 'll probably be reworking members too . |
| 13 | The old tricks should be left alone , because the reality of it is that when I go on tour in a couple of months , I 'm going to be playing all these songs and I 've been careful never to repeat past compositional techniques . |
| 14 | He teaches me one of his songs and I sing it while he plays the guitar . |
| 15 | ‘ I have always wanted to write songs and you find yourself having to learn to play the guitar . ’ |
| 16 | The persistent pinging assaulted her ears and she forced it into her head . |
| 17 | His lips were doing wonderful things to one of her ears and she heard him swallow , then rasp , ‘ I 'm taking you upstairs to my room . ’ |
| 18 | Golden hoops swung from her ears and she wore a fine gold chain around her neck . |
| 19 | Kate 's bitter yell of denial appeared to fall on deaf ears and she spun away on her heel , more than ready to take sanctuary in her own smaller room . |
| 20 | She did n't hear the screams because there was a roaring in her ears and she lost consciousness , pinned by the car to the lamp post . |
| 21 | I can see your poor little furious red face now , glaring at me and the tears kept running down your cheeks into your ears and I remember wondering if one 's brain could become waterlogged . |
| 22 | Then the words rebounded back to my ears and I heard their sound and their meaning , and the pain came back at that moment , too , and it all made sense , the way a policeman 's knock on the door must make sense when you 've committed a crime . |
| 23 | Later I descended with the songs of the skylarks still in my ears and I listened to the grumbling of the men in the mist of the grey streets . |
| 24 | But then she scratched me between the ears and I started purring despite myself . |
| 25 | There was a savage splendour to his aroused body , and Maria called his name faintly , from far away , it seemed , as blood drummed in her ears and he took her into his arms again , sinking to the bed with her . |
| 26 | The roar of the patrol boat 's huge petrol engines thrummed in his ears and he glanced back over his shoulder . |
| 27 | Ruth was beginning to feel chillingly alone , as Fincara whispered into Adam 's ears and he knelt there motionless . |
| 28 | Paddington could hardly believe his ears and he hurried back outside as fast as he could go but once again he was too late . |
| 29 | People who drank six cups of coffee a day had reaction times 6 per cent faster than non-coffee drinkers and they did 4-5 per cent better on memory and reasoning tests . |
| 30 | now I , I have seen foxes and I mean they are they are now in built up areas are n't they ? |