Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [verb] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But my dogs have always , much rather come shopping with me and sit in the , . |
| 2 | People smiled at me and sang in the streets . |
| 3 | We reached Mandalay and I went straight to the Winchester Mission where dear Willie Garrad looked shocked to see me and said in a scandalised voice , ‘ Oh , but you ca n't possibly stay here ’ — it was a Brotherhood you see ! |
| 4 | He turned his head slightly towards me and spoke in the direction of my tie . |
| 5 | It bounced and rolled between them and lay in the shadow of the chair . |
| 6 | Then collect them and sow in a very shallow container like a dish or bowl containing a mixture of coarse sand and loam or fine peat or potting compost . |
| 7 | All the children who were living far away , they brought a sandwich and a flask with them and eating in the desk in the classroom . |
| 8 | The archaeologist ran in front of them and stood in the middle of the road . |
| 9 | Bodie got out of the car and strolled past the two men , standing quite close to them and browsing in the window of the shop before which they stood . |
| 10 | Woolley turned his back on them and sat in the middle of the cloth . |
| 11 | It should be stressed that large wooden articles such as doors are usually far better stripped by removing them and dipping in a caustic tank . |
| 12 | It was quite a new idea over here , you did n't do your washing at home but brought it out to these machines , and the courteous manager greeted you and put in the soap powder for you , and had the clothes all ready for you when you came back , but was n't alas , as it turned out , much of a hand at doing the accounts . |
| 13 | The body that had been racked with sobbing was now pressing into him and moving in an altogether different rhythm . |
| 14 | But Modigliani did not forget and in 1915 , when Indenbaum met him in Montparnasse , looking pale and unshaven , Modi came up to him and said in a hoarse voice , ‘ I 'm going to paint your portrait . ’ |
| 15 | I leaned over him and said in a different tone , " Do you know where Toby is ? " |
| 16 | Tavalouze sidled up behind him and said in a low voice , ‘ Remove your hood , the veil . |
| 17 | Werewolf softly whistled Mark Knopfler 's Going Home from Local Hero and did n't stop even when Jenkins walked up to him and said in a plummy voice : |
| 18 | When John returned from lunch — very punctually , just before half-past one — Ianthe found herself studying him and taking in the details of his appearance . |
| 19 | When the British king of Gwynedd in north Wales , Cadwallon ap Cadfan , invaded Eadwine 's territory in 633 or 634 , Penda joined him and participated in the overthrow of Eadwine in battle at Hatfield Chase ( HE 11 , 20 ) . |
| 20 | Hurrying under cover of darkness up to Roscarrock Hall where a real priest was visiting from Ireland or Spain , they whispered their confessions to him , received absolution from him and knelt in the Roscarrock family chapel to hear a proper Latin Mass and to receive in their mouths the living sacrifice , the Body of Christ . |
| 21 | Three thousand miles away in North Hollywood , in November , the man closes the door behind him and stands in the foyer taking off his hat . |
| 22 | She could feel the muscles of his arms jump where her hands were touching him and exulted in the power she seemed to have over him . |
| 23 | Well , she 'd lost her bonus now , she observed ruefully to herself as the tall dark stranger turned once more to look at her and remarked in a scathing tone of voice , ‘ I would say that , considering the state your car 's in , about the only thing it 's good for is to be used as a battering-ram . ’ |
| 24 | She wept softly , while he held her and believed in the augury that this happiness could not possibly end in death on a battlefield , for such an end would be against all that was good and sweet and lovely in the world . |
| 25 | When they stood up she thought with ill-humoured relief that Nicole was about to step into her car and drive away , but Piers turned to her and said in a flat voice , ‘ I 'll see you later . |
| 26 | He looked at her and said in a hard voice , ‘ I do n't suppose you know what it 's like to feel simply damned useless . ’ |
| 27 | Then he looked at her and smiled in a shamefaced way . |
| 28 | Ruth followed her and stood in the doorway . |
| 29 | The speeder bucked and dived , and Ace struggled with the controls while chunks of hot stone and metal rained around her and sizzled in the ankle-deep puddles on the floor . |
| 30 | He looked closely at her and spoke in a slightly louder voice and more slowly . |