Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think we even heard the cry , we want a minimum , we want a minimum wage , and everyone knows what that would do to the unemployment figures . |
| 2 | He hated to see a dripping tap , and nothing made him angrier than Blackpool Tower blazing with , what to him was , utterly squandered energy . |
| 3 | He is a ‘ movie ’ man ; and nothing does him greater credit than his energetic campaign to get Kodak to mend their stock , so that colour-films of the past do not automatically fade and turn green . |
| 4 | I see him sluggish and stoned in my mind 's eye , his ginger hair and heavy lidded eyes , his clammy , groping hands and nothing to call his own . |
| 5 | Lutyens 's verdict was law , and nothing escaped his personal praise or criticism . |
| 6 | Under his guidance , Parliament House was transformed from a nineteenth-century warren into a modern court-house and nothing gave him greater pleasure than to explore , and share with others , its secrets and treasures . |
| 7 | He was no respecter of persons or institutions or ideas just because they were vested with a brief authority , and nothing gave him more pleasure than to prick the bubble of pretension . |
| 8 | To-day , the world 's great athletes in almost every sport have the opportunity to earn large sums of money as a result of their skill and dedication , and no-one begrudges them that , but the Olympians compete in the Olympic Games solely for the glory and the chance of winning a gold , silver , or bronze medal . |
| 9 | Then standing , you bent over and me holding you open … and sometimes , the strange sight of our mirrored selves , limbs and bodies wrapped around each other . ’ |
| 10 | And me ate them all |
| 11 | and whom did he first tell of this passion ? |
| 12 | And I get me twenty five pound Marks 's voucher . |
| 13 | And it comes to the first of August , and Graham gets his car , his new X J S , and I get my new Lada , and we 've been out at midnight doing all this , but we come to the branch in the morning , and he parks his X J S there , and I park my Lada next to it . |
| 14 | ‘ Designing a ring is always a lengthy process which involves me producing a number of drawings until the customer and I get it right between us . |
| 15 | And I get it green for her now . |
| 16 | And I get it green for when she stands up in class . |
| 17 | And I tell them this : |
| 18 | ‘ One word of this and I tell your local rags where you learnt your craft . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I hear a song and I tell my musical director what tempo I want it in , and how it 's going to end . |
| 20 | I 'm not and I tell you honest it 's , it is frightening me a bit . |
| 21 | And I tell you one of my early recollections when I went to school , I 'm going back now , was er across the way from where I lived , was a family and their name was , I remember the name although I 'd only be about nine . |
| 22 | And I tell you another thing I noticed , I cut through the car park in the lane behind Shirley 's one day this week , I went through and and the back door of the old police station 's open . |
| 23 | And I tell you this , that 's the advice your own mother would give you . |
| 24 | ‘ Indeed I have , mon ami , ’ said Auguste crossly , still mortified that his entrée should be selected , ‘ and I tell you this : it does not make sense . |
| 25 | Erm , I would like to close by saying that erm I just thought it would be just a nice idea that I would invite any of you members of the Council and wives who have n't got anything else to do on Christmas morning , if you fancy popping up to my house for a glass of sherry or whatever , just on a casual basis as a little thank you for what you 've done over the erm over the last twelve months , I extend that invitation to you all and District Councillors if they wish to come and I would like to say , on behalf of the Council , that I hope you all have a , this is the last full meeting , and to everybody here I hope you have a very nice happy peaceful Christmas and I hope we all go into the new year with renewed vigour . |
| 26 | There 's also want more money to cheapest in the country and I say good and I hope we can fit it in this budget time and I hope we all support this , for this . |
| 27 | Promotion is the priority and I hope our missing fans will see this as a positive move in the right direction . ’ |
| 28 | When I had occasion to talk to the Home Secretary about this , I asked him about this and he said oh , we want it to be local and I said you mean local not region and he said yes , local and I hope my noble friend who was there will remember that when he comes to decide whether this region things ever going to get a running . |
| 29 | In those days I used to hang out at the Giaconda Cafe in Denmark Street where all broke musicians hang out , and I remember his first single came out and he dragged me into the record store next door , Francis Day & Hunter , and he said , ‘ Have a listen to this ’ . |
| 30 | Now er w w with every respect , to say that he survived it is something of a crass statement , because I remember reading about him thinking is n't this country getting good that we can have a black guardsman , and I remember my own disappointment when I read that he had to leave the regiment . |