Example sentences of "[verb] and [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clearly thought he had won and it annoyed her . |
| 2 | On the dashboard in front of him the radio crackled and he picked it up . |
| 3 | he was in bed with her and she and no she pushed her husband and of course he turned over naturally , he were n't , he did n't know and she pushed him again and he tied them up there , took all their jewellery off of them |
| 4 | God , he was so gorgeous … her hands were moving on to his strong thoat , thrusting into his black hair , she was losing her head again as the kiss deepened and she heard him give a low growl of harsh excitement , his mouth increasing the pressure until Rachel was obliterated by him , dazed , clutching him with shaking hands , gasping hoarsely against his mouth , feeling his strong hands move swiftly up to her breasts to stroke her nipples and force a long hoarse cry of exquisite desire from her . |
| 5 | And it bounced and bounced and bounced and I thought it was going on for ages but it did n't . |
| 6 | There were a man that used to come and they called him the gauger well we would likely call him the customs officer now . |
| 7 | And then he was partly taken over by a piece he neither intended nor wanted to write and which preoccupied him obsessively , the dramatisation of the dispute , in the Yellow House in Arles , between Paul Gauguin and Vincent Van Gogh . |
| 8 | Although this is an isolated example it is typical of the problems I encountered and which led me to the conclusion that the product simply is n't ready for release into the market in its current form . |
| 9 | We rose and he took me a short distance to Bread Street . |
| 10 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 11 | He had asked her what was happening and she told him as truthfully as possible . |
| 12 | Richard phoned and she told him about it , omitting the part about her offer of a donation . |
| 13 | Jenna moved and he let her go at once , coming lithely to his feet and helping her up . |
| 14 | Since just before I moved and it triggered it off . |
| 15 | Her hand trembled and she clamped it hard against her chest until the attack of nerves had subsided a little . |
| 16 | The girl 's hands trembled and she clenched them . |
| 17 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 18 | huh , I could n't believe it , I mean he 's been that thick and she says how old are you and he says thirty five , when she 's gone , when he 's gone she said blimey I thought he was forty five did n't ya ? , she said yeah , I said he ai n't wearing very well is he ? , then this woman come in and she was , she 'd had an operation and one of her stitches had n't dissolved and she said I have a shower instead of a bath , perhaps that 's why and Sue says yes that 's why because you need water to dissolve a stitch , so any way she said to her how old are you , she says thirty seven and Sue says |
| 19 | I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait . |
| 20 | He got straight back on to the divan and lay with his eyes shut , as if I should n't have come and I felt I ought never to have come ( especially without telling C ) , and I felt as well that it really was a bit much , a pose . |
| 21 | Shearson was left holding the baby when the music stopped after the buyout : J H Whitney Co , leading the buyout , had persuaded Shearson to put up a bridging loan , and that it would easily be able to sell much of it on ; in the event , the junk bond market collapsed and no-one wanted it . |
| 22 | Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough . |
| 23 | Her foot caught and she wrenched it free of its shoe , clinging to fitzAlan 's hand all the while as he half led , half pulled her upwards . |
| 24 | With the onset in the later stages of unmistakable labour pains in my lower abdomen all doubts were resolved and I knew I had to do something about it . |
| 25 | He did not change expression , but an eyebrow flickered and I knew I had him . |
| 26 | She had tried to get out of the car when he was driving and he considered it lucky that they had n't been killed , but as he and I were together more I came to admire her resolution and good sense . |
| 27 | In short , it was claimed that meditators ' moral senses were enlivened and it helped them ‘ become better Christians ’ . |
| 28 | His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling . |
| 29 | I asked him how he would prefer to be addressed and he said you can call him what you please , as long as it is polite . |
| 30 | ‘ The PCC would n't give him a bean towards getting it repaired and he said he 'd spike their guns and do it himself . ’ |