Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the rules are inadequate , then the answer is to get them right and enforce them , not to rely on equitable principles which are uncertain in their application to a modern market . ’ |
| 2 | If we want to keep the best scientists and the best engineers in this country , we 'd better do two things : we 'd better attract them with good pay and we 'd better train them right and give them the proper facilities . |
| 3 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 4 | Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house . |
| 5 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
| 6 | Stack them high and sell them cheap . |
| 7 | The magazine Fair Lady carries an advertisement in which a white woman addresses the reader : ‘ I discuss family planning with my domestic and take her to the nearest clinic . |
| 8 | I waited there for what seemed ages , and then they put me in a room on my own and told me to put on a paper gown . |
| 9 | Having endorsed this as a learning technique , let me make a few recommendations and observations of my own and list my personal ‘ top ten ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ That will be a little difficult , ’ he agreed politely , ‘ but I 'll do my best and pass your feelings on to the rest of the team . |
| 11 | Olazabal 's compatriot Sevvy Ballesteros , who has fallen upon hard times after 68 tournament victories worldwide , said : ‘ The US Open is not my type of golf course , but I try to do my best and see what happens . ’ |
| 12 | Yeah good old laugh , I remember my scout motto , I promise that I 'll do my best and do my duties its going back a long , long way brother . |
| 13 | Of course , if you are musical yourself , then what a wonderful excuse it would be for composing a tune for someone special and writing it out neatly on manuscript paper . |
| 14 | Most of these are n't signed , but if we look at them early and register our interest in the act , we hope the band will consider us to be their agent when they have a record deal . |
| 15 | I do n't know what view of these events my uncles took as we woke them early and followed them around as faithfully as any spaniel — maybe that was why they often nipped off to the pub in the evenings . |
| 16 | I used to roll them in my hand and get them warm and get them in my finger like that and shoot it down , and watch it go down er |
| 17 | I lack that biological instinct which makes most women want to reproduce themselves , especially when they are in their thirties and feel they might be leaving things a bit late . |
| 18 | Nails was generally asleep not long after ten , preferring to get up when the sun did , take Firelight out and clean up her stable and do his running practice before going home for breakfast . |
| 19 | He gave his life for the King , because , as I entered , Detchard pulled himself free and drove his sword into the doctor 's side . |
| 20 | She slid the cup into a pocket of her waterproof and raised her head . |
| 21 | She gives her half-laugh and tells me she does n't know how old people generally are when they get married . |
| 22 | We are a long way from liberating the woman from the artificial status of woman artist , which only serves to segregate her further and prevents her working as an individual professional artist , regardless of her political stance — do we call a man a male artist ? |
| 23 | The barman pulled the knot on his bow tie , gave himself a shot of booze , drank it , then gave himself another and carried it out into the garden , strolling away from the orchard and the tufty grass . |
| 24 | I wanted to keep her warm and handle her as much as possible in preparation for training . |
| 25 | But if it makes somebody uncomfortable and makes them overly conscious of their gender erm and perhaps how they look , then that 's what I think is sexual harassment . |
| 26 | Before she could take in any more of the scene , a short , red-faced man bustled out from an office to her left and planted himself squarely in front of her . |
| 27 | Lords at one end , a working class hero at the other , and in between an encounter with the history which linked and divided their fortunes — that , surely , is a walk with a theme to remember . |
| 28 | Hal Shepherd gathered his daughter up , hugging her tight and kissing her , delighted to see her . |
| 29 | He wanted to reach out and wrap her in his arms , to hold her tight and comfort her , but he had been wrong before . |
| 30 | I brought her up , gave her a few significant experiences , got her married , made her unhappy and killed her off . |