Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [verb] [pron] " 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 | For one thing poor countries produce similar commodities , and encouraging them to increase their exports has flooded the market . |
| 5 | A lead team of managers and trade union members oversees the whole programme but the emphasis is on involving employees and encouraging them to solve their own problems . |
| 6 | Introducing young people to society and encouraging them to express themselves should not create conflict , as long as there is a co-operative understanding within the family or community . |
| 7 | His catches at Tring on flavoured maggot were extraordinary and led me to follow him . |
| 8 | Spice drew us round the world , showed us it was round , and led us to confront ourselves again . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Instead of retaining exclusive control over classroom resources , Rick showed pupils where equipment , etc. was kept and expected them to help themselves to whatever they needed . |
| 11 | Tracey was in one of his self-pitying moods , and expected her to do something about it . |
| 12 | The Editor read the cable through and asked what steps I proposed to take . |
| 13 | 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 ! |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | In his mind he spoke another girl 's name ; a girl long dead , and asked her to forgive him . |
| 16 | But she found hardly anyone who wanted to talk to her afterwards apart from an American girl who admired her frock , and asked her to guess what they had had for luncheon . |
| 17 | Her unfortunate gaffe over tea made it impossible for Elisabeth to offer any excuse when Mitzi Baum accosted her on the stairs on the way to dinner and asked her to share her table . |
| 18 | Later he called me to a meeting of the Executive Council and asked me to say what I thought the principles of the Department should be and how they could be implemented . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | He looked at me and asked me to take it . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
| 23 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 24 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 25 | All eight doctors signed a letter on 13 December to the Secretary of State for Health and asked me to pass it on . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ When your mother came to live here and asked me to advise her , ’ he said uneasily , ‘ I naturally wanted to know some background . |
| 28 | She rung me up and asked me did I want a microwave oven ? |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |