Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this section we will consider review this argument and develop it using the work of Box ( 1987 ) . |
| 2 | After I 've stopped chucking and coughing they restart the video and we cut to the other scene and the tall hospital chair and the little guy again with empty eyes and McDunn says his bit about Persistent Vegetative State . |
| 3 | contacting employers and encouraging them to use the ES to fill their vacancies ; |
| 4 | MOLLY SCRUTTON 's interest in movement began at an early age and led her to join a junior dance group and later a gymnastics club . |
| 5 | It was the not knowing which perturbed him most and led him to take an action which he knew would lead to his inevitable and somewhat painful death . |
| 6 | Anyway , if such a well-bred person was unlucky enough to be afflicted with one of these ailments , he was more likely to consult some understanding physician privately ; and so it was largely the dirty and damned who attended the special clinics . |
| 7 | This proposal aroused very considerable opposition from many of the institutions concerned and NAB itself made a reasoned case for some amendment , which appears to have made some impact . |
| 8 | A stranger followed 26year-old Janice Butler into a lift at Aintree Hospital Trust 's site in Walton , Liverpool , and asked her to push the button for his floor . |
| 9 | He came to see her every evening and asked her to recount the events of that day . |
| 10 | After checking that the proper procedures had been followed and that the incident had been fully recorded , Rachel contacted Louise Raymond , the factory welfare officer , and asked her to telephone the man 's wife and inform her that he was being admitted to hospital . |
| 11 | He wrote to Mary admitting the ‘ ardent attachment ’ he had so long felt for her , and asked her to confirm a rumour that she too was now engaged . |
| 12 | After breakfast , she called the housekeeper and asked her to summon the rest of the staff . |
| 13 | ‘ However , he did show me his dogs ' pedigrees , so I rang the breeder and asked her to send a description of the puppies which she had sold . |
| 14 | Athelstan tossed her a coin and asked her to bring a fresh tankard and some wine whilst he roused Sir John . |
| 15 | She became even more frightened as Athelstan outlined his request and asked her to bring the napkin as soon as possible . |
| 16 | ‘ Michael was anxious to get it sorted out and asked me to arrange the wedding . ’ |
| 17 | It was then that I knew I could have a fight on my hands : If the manager sided with him and asked me to move a few feet away then I 'd have no choice but to join in the squabble . |
| 18 | Their president , Gordon Stulberg , became president of Twentieth Century-Fox and asked me to direct The Poseidon Adventure , which became the company 's most profitable film . |
| 19 | ‘ When Julius phoned me yesterday and asked me to bring the files he wanted to work on , he did n't tell me you were staying here . ’ |
| 20 | Just to show I 'm nobody 's fool I contacted a veterinary surgeon and asked him to examine the dog ( who was a year old ) to make sure it was n't sickly , had a leg on each corner , would n't keep toppling over , and had a head fixed on the right end . |
| 21 | Middleton said his friend David had called for him at 10pm on the night the bank was broken into and asked him to drive a car to Jedburgh . |
| 22 | Seeing a young officer in the bar , the chairman bought Cooper-Key a drink and asked him to give the list a quick once-over . |
| 23 | His scores may not sound impressive but Clarke was obviously impressed by the Sheffielder 's effort against John Wisden , Hillyer and himself and asked him to join the ranks . |
| 24 | Kalchu spoke to the dhāmi and asked him to call the god to the shrine that night . |
| 25 | Well , I could go to the casting and asked him to put the pattern in and fire it for it , to cut the sand out like that , you know so that the metal 'd run in like that and you 'd got the big head as you wanted , you know and er it 'd take you like castings with the machine and all that sort of thing , it was all hand stuff you know and yeah |
| 26 | The hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood ( Mr. Wilkinson ) intervened in the Prime Minister 's speech and asked him to specify the Government 's aims and objectives at Maastricht . |
| 27 | Daisy found him by telephone in Harrogate with the news of Fred 's death and asked him to identify the body for her . |
| 28 | Then I saw Linley , dozing in the printers ’ room , and asked him to deliver the copy . ’ |
| 29 | A woman drove a van into the garage at Cooksdown in County Tyrone and asked him to fit a new exhaust . |
| 30 | To celebrate the arrival of two notables in town , I approached the mayor , well known for his Butchers Arms , and asked him to send a joint off the Old Dun Cow or even a Bulls Head . |