Example sentences of "[pers pn] [coord] [vb past] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Impulsively she put her hand over his and said with passion : ‘ You are going to have to deal with a smart , slick world , quick to ridicule those who do not understand its manners — a world where you want friends , not enemies .
2 I shall have words with you later , Rob , ’ he added significantly , then he turned as Heather slid her arm into his and stood on tiptoe to kiss his cheek .
3 Then I adjusted the red screen behind me and went into Small Ward Two .
4 I took one of the suitcases of clothes I had brought with me and went to Newhaven to get the boat for Dieppe . ’
5 When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places !
6 So when I er went up , I took it up with me and said to Carolyn I said I said you wanted your mum to have this , said oh nan you can have it , I 'll go into and get myself another one she said .
7 The powerful motor roared into life and the car moved smoothly past me and headed for town .
8 Sam scampered on ahead of them and waited at Dobbs ' field .
9 Back in Hampstead I left them and went on home .
10 Michael Swinton looked easily at both of them and said to Alexandra , ‘ My dear , you really are holding court . ’
11 Sherlock Holmes was listening with his eyes closed , but now he opened them and looked at Helen Stoner .
12 He turned away from them and struggled for control .
13 The Vice Mayor of Beijing came to address them and appealed for calm , assuring them that the ‘ murder ’ would be dealt with speedily and according to proper legal procedures .
14 I have told them time and time again and the people have endorsed them and endorsed in voting pattern by giving me eighty nine percent of the vote .
15 McPhee slid along in front of them and stood beside Owen .
16 Vulgrin 's castles still held out but Richard ignored them and turned against Viscount Aimar .
17 The son of a caretaker who had annoyed them was waylaid by four of them and bludgeoned to death .
18 But then , when I le left you and went to work I 'd eat those pasties and crisps and then perhaps I 'm still hungry , sometimes I 'd go and have a Chinese all at the wrong time , that 's what all that is in n it ?
19 You woke up did n't you and came into mummy and daddy 's bed .
20 But I had to speak to you you see and I dialled you while you actually said on the air that anyone that won had to speak to you and said to Karen look if you ring back I 'll put the answer phone on .
21 Quinn set off fifteen minutes before me but arrived in Kensington three minutes ahead .
22 After about fifteen seconds he removed-them and turned to Halzman , who had also removed his .
23 According to John and Marie , who finally married him and came to Baldersdale when she was twenty , Hannah played no part in the courtship rituals of Baldersdale .
24 The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money .
25 As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ .
26 Finding Bill on the far side of the room , she went up to him and asked without preamble , ‘ Where 's Faye ? ’
27 There was a woman on the sofa beside Richard : as I watched , he pushed her down beside him and lay on top of her .
28 A woman came out behind him and looked from left to right .
29 He pushed the pad aside , drew the typewriter towards him and began to type again , squinting down at his friend s tiny handwriting .
30 Goldberg , pushing aside pad and pen , drew the little typewriter towards him and began to type again .
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