Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb -s] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put the right clothes on someone and everyone judges them by their appearance . |
| 2 | ‘ In a small village , the most minor event is discussed endlessly because nothing very much ever happens , and everyone knows everything about everyone else … ’ |
| 3 | And er I gets him down and I gets him into the stable , and I gets all the clothes off him and he gets into a bag , a bran bag , more bags and lay down and covered himself , and I hung his clothes round the boiler fire . |
| 4 | It 's just that , nowadays in life , you make a mistake and someone bangs you on the head for it . |
| 5 | Then panellists start wandering off without making excuses and someone tops everything by asking ‘ Crispin of Chainsaw ’ how he gets his guitar sound : ‘ Like , do you kick in your amp or do you use distortion pedals ? ’ |
| 6 | And yours sounds nothing like it ? |
| 7 | It also goes with the people he moves among , the ‘ circles ’ and ‘ sets ’ of The Possessed , many of whom are travellers too , and with the ‘ quintet ’ which he does n't belong to but is entangled with , which he tries to kick himself clear of , and which dumps him in that pond and leaves his cap behind . |
| 8 | ( a ) The prohibition in paragraph ( 2 ) of this rule shall not apply to a business consisting of a management consultancy or a company secretarial service and which offers none of the services specified in that paragraph save the drafting of documents under sub-paragraph ( 2 ) ( j ) and the giving of legal advice , provided such drafting or advice is ancillary to the main purpose of the business . |
| 9 | For many black people , this is the only form of protest open to them in a society which is racist and discriminatory and which consigns them to the lowest positions in the class structure . |
| 10 | The trick is to find a feed that your horse enjoys and which provides him with all the nutrients he requires to do the work you are asking of him . |
| 11 | So massive a change of emphasis must be of fundamental significance , not only to the anthropologist and the social historian , but to the child psychologists , psychiatrists and psychotherapists whose very existence as a group depends upon the climate of opinion which regards their professional skills as valuable and necessary , and which places them on an equal footing in social esteem with the more anciently respected callings of the paediatrician and the pedagogue . |
| 12 | The first and possibly the widest of these is its use to indicate feelings of pleasure and happiness , of general well-being and even of personal security , which comes from an association between two or more of earth 's creatures , and which attracts them to one another . |
| 13 | The beliefs are seen as influencing , at least in significant part , the behaviour in which the members of the group engage and which distinguishes them from other groups who hold different beliefs . |
| 14 | And who supplies you with flour ? |
| 15 | But rugby maverick , 34-year-old Tim Wilby , now guesting with his eighth club and who describes himself in rugby 's who 's who as a ‘ socialite ’ , lends his distinctive skills and experience to the pack . |
| 16 | It is easy to think of the doctor , for example , whose father and grandfather were doctors before him and who takes it for granted that his son will follow in his footsteps — without really stopping to consider whether that is what his son wants to do . |
| 17 | The question arises who is this analysis for , and who does what about it ? |
| 18 | Quite where the jobs are going and who does what at this stage I 'm not sure now we 're UNISON . |
| 19 | Imagine a mercantile agent who obtains possession of the goods ( perhaps by borrowing them from the owner ) and who shows them to X , an innocent prospective purchaser . |
| 20 | Then there is the tale of a lying girl , as she may be , with whom he makes love , and who alarms him with word of a threatening German — a former SS man , perhaps . |
| 21 | Miss Clapp sees the excuse notes and she takes me for English . |
| 22 | Now she gets them and she sells them for ten quid . |
| 23 | Look at you — a few sneezes and she pops you into bed like a six year old . " |
| 24 | See , she leans over this door and reads your palm and you pays her a bit of silver , sixpence say , or a shilling , and she pops it in this little drawer just beside her . |
| 25 | Over and over he told himself : ‘ You failed her , and she hates you for it . |
| 26 | And she goes up to the two blokes and she grabs them by the balls and goes mm not bad , nice butt , you know ? |
| 27 | ‘ Mrs Morey says I 've got beautiful hair and she brushes it for me . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ She has been the target of such spite that it disgraces those who offer it , and she bears it with a dignity that makes me proud , ’ he said as Mrs Kinnock stood behind him , smiling but with tears in her eyes . |
| 29 | And she matches them with cheerful clothes . |
| 30 | She is in the early stages of pregnancy , her belly gently swelling inside her pink dress , and she tells me with obvious delight that she is expecting a summer bambino . |