Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | If it 's her computer though , they might just erm , thingy it and change it to suit them . |
2 | From the description and sketch you drew I 'm sure you 've seen Link Stakes . |
3 | They 've seen and heard nothing to convince them . |
4 | His catches at Tring on flavoured maggot were extraordinary and led me to follow him . |
5 | There seems nothing at all strange about the Church , which paid the salaries of these men and expected them to serve it , considering the question of whether or not they should be able to engage in an activity which , no matter how acceptable , would have diverted them from their main task . |
6 | The Editor read the cable through and asked what steps I proposed to take . |
7 | I showed the article to my wife — a mathematician — and asked her to remind me about ‘ eigen analysis of the covariance matrix [ z ] ’ etc , but I gather that such analysis is not exactly commonplace or entirely obvious ! |
8 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
9 | In his mind he spoke another girl 's name ; a girl long dead , and asked her to forgive him . |
10 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
11 | He looked at me and asked me to take it . |
12 | Smith was a slow reader and took about an hour to read and ponder the document , after which he approved it and asked me to take it to Harold Wilson . |
13 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
14 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
15 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
16 | All eight doctors signed a letter on 13 December to the Secretary of State for Health and asked me to pass it on . |
17 | I thought at the time she made nought of it , but back last summer , like you say , round August bank 'oliday , she came to see me and asked me to tell 'er everything I remembered 'bout the day of the explosion . |
18 | ‘ When your mother came to live here and asked me to advise her , ’ he said uneasily , ‘ I naturally wanted to know some background . |
19 | She rung me up and asked me did I want a microwave oven ? |
20 | When I was political editor of the Daily Mirror , Maxwell took a shine to this hat and asked me to get him one identical to it . |
21 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
22 | They went to see my husband in hospital and asked him to see them when he came out . |
23 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
24 | A woman came up with a red balloon and asked him to autograph it , and he took out a fountain pen and commenced a squeaky signature . |
25 | Social Services or somebody to do with or somewhere contacted him and asked him to do it but they paid all cash . |
26 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
27 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |
28 | When it seemed to be over , I went next door and called Fielding and asked him to give me an incredible amount of money . |
29 | I wrote to Mr Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm . |
30 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |