Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Obviously it 's hard work , ’ she adds , ‘ but it really struck a chord with me and that made it seem easy . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd rear up on players if they said anything and footballers are n't the bravest people in the world , so they used to think twice before they said anything to me and that helped me . ’ |
| 3 | But all Frank had to do was speak against them and that made an end . |
| 4 | Break themself from all those things that hold them and that captivate them and hold their interest . |
| 5 | The FMLN also claimed that aid from international organizations was being prevented from reaching them and that captured FMLN members were now being held as political prisoners . |
| 6 | anyway we left them and and said |
| 7 | Er we moved over to using ASCII so that we could actually hand edit them and and look at them . |
| 8 | And er er and and that that these have er substantial advantages for them and and do n't know but but there 's got to be an element of doubt . |
| 9 | So I er we used to catch these blackbirds and them in a and pull the string and they used er try and catch them and we used to we used to kill them and and pluck them |
| 10 | Most ( although not all ! ) horses do become less worried about strange objects as they get older , but some old horses are just plain silly about some things , but it is mostly a bit of a game to them and if ignored , they soon settle down ! |
| 11 | Careful experiments have made it clear that they take note of the geographical features below them and when leaving their home loft they circle above it as if refreshing their memory with one last look before departing . |
| 12 | All right then well thank you Simon that 's a broad thank you and and thank you very much for your money as well a hundred and fifty quid he gave that 's loads of dosh er to come in for the day as well and I 'm going to take you out for a a nice lunch in a bit when he can wonder around have a poke around everywhere this afternoon too so should be all right should n't it that ? |
| 13 | The best thing to do because having said that then I might say Mike what 's your opinion what was important to you and and pass it on ? |
| 14 | ‘ Barry Horne worked very hard alongside him and that allowed Ian to do the ball work . |
| 15 | In one Douglas Fairbanks tells a woman to follow him and when faced with her persistent refusal , arguing as she does that she can not abandon her home , he tethers his horses to the latter and carts the whole house off in a burst of white-toothed laughter . |
| 16 | So he fought with him and and took his stick from him and gave him a whack on the head and he dropped , and the story goes he says we 'll go home now lads . |
| 17 | But er it was quite a simple job and er I liked it , then now and again I used to walk down to the station master 's or the station inspector 's office you know , have a chat with him and and get the gen on what was for the weekend working you see . |
| 18 | Staying was the point ; they stayed there with her and that enabled her to stay there with them . |
| 19 | She tolerated my mother because the children loved her and that left her free , d' you see ? ’ |
| 20 | They seldom could avoid looking over their shoulders at her and when forced to explain this , they normally fell back on one of three arguments . |
| 21 | One would imagine you would you would now say , They and and have done some evidence to back it up , that that they 're now competent . |
| 22 | He did n't really mind which one , the Hallé would do for a start , but he had n't the faintest idea how to go about it and nor had anyone else . |
| 23 | Oxford did all the attacking but Luton did all the scoring … it only took one goal to win it and that came from Ceri Hughes midway through the first half … |
| 24 | Tweed , the Liberal election agent , ‘ knew … that it was not illness or the tedium of a long convalescence which kept him out , but that his heart was not in it and that confronted with the serried ranks of vested interests which compose this new Government , his sympathies were as always with the bottom dogs … ' |
| 25 | And it let an old house alongside with nothing in it and hardly a door on it and that stood right alongside of that one and it must have been like a comb it just must have gone in strips the gale for that house was now twelve foot away from the other one . |
| 26 | My wife Tracey went to evening classes to learn about it and that proved very helpful . |
| 27 | And well I remember hearing about it and and saw it probably as I grew up myself . |
| 28 | But I think I 'd actually like to support that idea , I think we ought to er er write back to them and say it 's a splendid idea , erm let's have more of it and and thank you to the local government commission for s er seeing to this after a hundred years . |
| 29 | Well not recycling bringing it back into the thing , washing it and and refilling . |
| 30 | Er anyway as I say er I realized when I 'd started talking er that I was digging a bigger and bigger hole for myself so I er I climbed out of it and and made an exit . |