Example sentences of "and [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boycott led the way with 86 and everyone made a contribution of sorts , but soon after lunch on the final day they were 290 for 6 and defeat was still possible . |
| 2 | After lengthy phone-calls between Berlin and Danzig on 8 August , Forster announced that a fixed currency levy was now in operation and everyone breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 3 | In the end Krushchev backed down and everyone breathed a sigh of relief . |
| 4 | And everyone breathed a sigh of relief … so the Teds were human after all . |
| 5 | Most of his relatives , he said , traded in Bangkok and Singapore now , and everyone had a watch , a radio and money to spend . |
| 6 | Catchy tunes , though , and everyone had a singalong . |
| 7 | A band of volunteer drivers provides transport to and from home , volunteers and the Mothers provide the refreshments and everyone enjoys a trip out each year . |
| 8 | And nothing condemned a woman so swiftly to womanhood as grappling with a man . |
| 9 | Mature trees make this an attractive place but there is no offer of hospitality and nothing to delay a walker from passing through and entering the fell road beyond . |
| 10 | But by August 1958 both sides realized that world opinion was turning against them , partly as a result of the scientists ' warnings , partly out of revulsion and fear , partly because nuclear disarmament had begun to be a popular political issue — and nothing makes a politician have second thoughts faster than the awareness that he might be losing votes . |
| 11 | And no-one likes a spot of moist-eyed nostalgia as much as Moz ! |
| 12 | And it 's an opportunity for her and me to say a couple of words to us , and for us certainly to thank her very much for her service . |
| 13 | Both had ended in the humiliation of that brawl at a dance and me taking a swing at a hapless policeman . |
| 14 | And it seems to have happened because thirty years ago everybody like Jerry and me had a repayment mortgage which meant there were very few endowment mortgages . |
| 15 | Then Michael and me did a lot of singing . |
| 16 | ‘ How 's about you and me having a sit in my car ? ’ |
| 17 | Mr Barnet rowed the boat and he let Edward and me have a turn with one oar . |
| 18 | It 's an apprenticeship and I get a day off each week to go to school . ’ |
| 19 | Oh , dear , she thought , half an hour late , and I get a persecution complex — of course people were n't staring at her . |
| 20 | We visit the charming sheep and I get a chance to wear my wellingtons after all . |
| 21 | He shakes his head and I get a shiver , remembering just that gesture of his , repeated and repeated so that it became like a nervous tic after a while , back in Strathspeld , after Clare 's funeral in ‘ 89 ; a gesture of disbelief , refusal , non-acceptance . |
| 22 | I 'm 32 and I get a lot of shit for it . |
| 23 | ‘ They are entertaining and patient creatures and I get a lot of pleasure from them . |
| 24 | I think about Mr Jackson and I get a sort of uncomfortable feeling when I remember he was waiting for me at the house and I did n't come back . |
| 25 | I must have knocked it or something and I 'd a couple of shots left and I ought to have shot the swine but I could n't , not while he was sitting there killing himself laughing . |
| 26 | And I 'd a breath of fresh air . |
| 27 | See , Mum and I looked a bit up in my book |
| 28 | Tony and I dig a platform for the tent , lowering the snow by about seventy centimetres to give us a nice protective wall . |
| 29 | For example , we meet and I tell a joke ; we both laugh ; you respond with a joke ; we both laugh . |
| 30 | Sadly , I have n't finished it ; I have it in typescript and I hope a lot of editing will take place , but the plot is great . |