Example sentences of "[vb pp] and [pron] [verb] [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 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 .
4 For example if the business primarily sells paperclips does it include the design , manufacture , packing and sale of the paperclips or is it simply a sales outlet ? ( 2 ) Second , understand what assets the vendor uses in order to conduct the business being sold , where these assets are located and who owns them .
5 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
6 I told the guard at the reception desk in the dark , grim entrance why I had come and he told me to wait .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 ‘ If you are bullied and you cry it makes things ten times worse .
10 Lisabeth 's eyes clouded and I knew I 'd done enough .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 ‘ If they wish to have their children privately educated and they feel they ca n't afford it , when the time comes they can talk to the benevolent fund , ’ he said .
14 " Gemma dear , he has a right to be considered and I believe he is a fresh-air man — the Gages and the Bartram-Hyndes have all been brought up to that .
15 In short , it was claimed that meditators ' moral senses were enlivened and it helped them ‘ become better Christians ’ .
16 His voice was muffled and I thought he was trembling .
17 Yes and I I I think y my Lord the plaintiffs will be cross examined quite considerably on the damages claimed and I think it might help your Lordship to see erm the way .
18 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 .
19 ‘ 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 . ’
20 She was being strangled and I pulled him off .
21 I was the first British person most of them had met and they see me as a bridge to the outside world , ’ she said .
22 Everyone says how well I 've done and nobody teases me now .
23 I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step .
24 ‘ It 's done and I hope he likes it , ’ Finlayson told the adjutant .
25 I want a job done and I want it done properly .
26 He reminded them of all the things that he 'd said and done and he prepared them for their mission in the world .
27 ‘ I am top of the averages of the England bowlers selected and I think I am bowling as well as anyone in the side at the moment .
28 But we can actually get it framed and I mean we 'll get it for well under that .
29 His eyes were small , but as shrewd as any Topaz had seen and she knew she would n't be able to gull him .
30 This is the first show of Cooper 's dedicated exclusively to this medium that I have ever seen and it impresses me as providing the ideal means for her to achieve that tenuous balance between coy decorativeness and crude primitiveness which she uses successfully to convey the psychological weight of a figure 's gesture .
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