Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must have drunk deeply because the very next week in her column Beatrice introduces her readers to a ‘ charming book of Breton verse by Max Jacob ’ , translates a poem of his and describes him as ‘ one of the few classical critics in the world ’ . |
| 2 | One more time my skin warms against his and reminds me that I am this person , not generic , wife of nothing . |
| 3 | The man takes my hands in his and places them within the box and around the point of life . |
| 4 | A classic example is the agoraphobic housewife whose husband is , ‘ really wonderful , very sympathetic and understanding … he does everything for me … he comes around all the shops with me and drives me wherever I want to go ’ . |
| 5 | To give him time to make his getaway he ties me up , blindfolds me , gags me and hides me in a cupboard . |
| 6 | And so when God comes to me and asks me to do something he 's already walked that path before me . |
| 7 | Things have been patched up between us by Lord Coleworthy , who likes me and thinks I do a good job . |
| 8 | He wrenches his cigarette from his mouth , glares at me and grinds it into the ashtray , disconcerted by the firecracker element . |
| 9 | The same bloke who was there before comes up to me and tells me they 're closing . |
| 10 | My daughter hugs me and tells me how proud she is . |
| 11 | Then he goes all quiet and throws some money at me and tells me to hurry up and ca n't wait to get the other boy out of the shop . |
| 12 | I have to dress in my sweaty , dirty clothes and go back down to the kitchen , grumbling while she makes me a coffee , and I complain about my wet boots and she gives me a fresh pair of William 's socks to wear and I put them on and drink my coffee and whine about never being allowed to spend the night and tell her how just once I 'd like to wake up here in the morning , and have a nice , civilised breakfast with her , sitting on the sunny balcony outside the bedroom windows , but she makes me sit down while she laces my boots up , then takes my coffee cup off me and sends me out the back door and says I 've got two minutes before she arms the alarm and puts the infrared lights on stand-by so I have to go back the way I came , over the estate wall and through the wood and down into the stream where I get both feet wet and cold and I fall going up the bank and get all muddy and eventually drag myself up and through the hedge , scratching my cheek and tearing my polo-neck and then trudging across the field through heavy rain and more mud and finally getting to the car and panicking when I ca n't find the car keys before remembering I put them in the button-down back pocket of the jeans for safety instead of the side pocket like I usually do , and then having to put some dead branches under the front wheels because the fucking car 's stuck and finally getting away and home and even in the street light I can see what a mess of the pale upholstery my muddy clothes have made . |
| 13 | I find that the minute I write down , erm , you know , somebody phones me and says I want another meeting with you , let's make it for next Friday at three o'clock in the afternoon , and I find within half an hour of me writing that down on the calendar card in ink , er , the people who 's parentage I then start to question , phone back and say well whoops , you know we , we forgot we actually had another meeting then , and so on and so forth . |
| 14 | He stands over me and says I 'm not doing it then he stands over me oh god it 's gone , it 's gone , it 's oh look pick them up , oh what 's he gon na do ? |
| 15 | He 's half way frew his forf punnet , he turns to me and says he ca n't fink why he has all these troubles with his skin ! " |
| 16 | He takes me and picks me up from school and takes us where we wan na go you know , off to the shop , off to here , off to get some get some drink and takes us for a drive and |
| 17 | I am greatly touched that she thinks of me and remembers me even in the state of forgetfulness of human affairs in which she now finds herself . |
| 18 | Then this young punk comes up behind me and hits me on the head with a car-tool . |
| 19 | I give a little laugh and Peter looks over at me and hits it again , harder this time . |
| 20 | And a that surprises me and concerns me because when this went to District Council 's Environment and Planning Committee first of all speed was of the essence . |
| 21 | ‘ You heard how Bathsheba loves me and expects me to visit her tonight . |
| 22 | That is what frightens me and stops me from telling her . |
| 23 | That is what frightens me and stops me from telling her . |
| 24 | He reaches for me and holds me tight , and the tremble of him is tremendous . |
| 25 | ‘ He just keeps telling me that he loves me and needs me . |
| 26 | At least , this human being loyally follows me around the place , keeps tabs on me and rings me up the whole time . |
| 27 | As Korah , Dathan and Abiram stand defiantly at the doors of their tents with their wives and children , the ground opens beneath them and swallows them up , together with the tents and all their belongings . |
| 28 | By the time they have reached their 40s , many former fatties have found a pattern of eating that suits them and keeps them slim . |
| 29 | The case manager passes the reports to the lawyer who completes them and passes them to a supervisor . |
| 30 | But when someone puts an arm around them and asks them how they are , they are bewildered . |