Example sentences of "and [pers pn] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rumoured to wait until dark and them to cross into the white suburb and steal wallets from trousers draped across bedroom chairs while their white owners slept . |
| 2 | So Grandma and Grandad had one bedroom , Mother , Father and me slept in the other one , and the two brothers slept downstairs . |
| 3 | At least , out here , I have — I admit this with shame — I have delivered an extended breech with the nurse giving chloroform at one end and praying and me delivering at the other end and swearing , and the baby lived , the mother lived , and everything was all right . |
| 4 | There was a long pause during which a kind of stage fright seized me and perhaps him too : we remained in our positions , Richard sitting up in bed and me standing at the window , looking at each other helplessly like actors who have forgotten their lines . |
| 5 | ‘ I did not want things that Picasso gave Douglas and me coming on the market , and Billy very decently gave me the drawing ’ . |
| 6 | That left only Annabelle and me to help with the washing up . |
| 7 | He is Cancerian and I 'm a Sagittarian and he describes it as him rushing towards the dark , and me rushing towards the light , and we both drag each other back , into a kind of middle earth . |
| 8 | and go and I tack up the horse and I get on the horse and everything and I do n't mean to say |
| 9 | I also wondered — I was only seven — if the fire had anything to do with Alf Norris and I looking into the boiler room the day before ! |
| 10 | I looked and I looked as the candle fought with the wax and cast a flickering light on her face , and I just could n't get over her . |
| 11 | ‘ Clark and I looked at the thing for five minutes and we said ‘ Wow ’ ’ , White told New Scientist . |
| 12 | Yet , directly I stepped out into the sunshine again , my superior self took over , and I looked at the matter differently . |
| 13 | Anyway , I come in ah , I went int kitchen , and I thought oh , there 's a loaf out of freezer , and I looked at the loaf but there 's only about four sandwiches in it . |
| 14 | We visited each weekend , and I looked after the baby during the week . |
| 15 | And I looked upon the earth and saw a dish set , and workmen lying by it , and their hands were in the dish : and they that were chewing chewed not , and they that were lifting the food lifted it not , and they that put it to their mouth put it not thereto , but the faces of all of them were looking upward . |
| 16 | And I looked upon the stream of the river and saw the mouths of the kids upon the water and they drank not . |
| 17 | show them the garden , by Saturday night I felt shattered for it and I 'd come home and I looked in the cupboard and I said Ton well what do you want for your dinner then ? |
| 18 | ‘ I work with women all day and I go to the pub to get away from them ’ … |
| 19 | ‘ I remember the date and I go to the grave every Thursday when I 'm in England . ’ |
| 20 | And then expand on it , and so I go into each of these and I go to the and I say a few words about each of these particular themes . |
| 21 | Right , where 's this morning 's paper and I go to the bogs ? |
| 22 | I congratulate all those who won trophies and I commiserate with the runners up and others , in the knowledge that it may be their turn next year . |
| 23 | ISAAC AND I STAY at the farm for two more days . |
| 24 | When I go , I hold my breath and completely immerse myself under the water , trying to keep as relaxed as possible , and I stay under the water for a few seconds . |
| 25 | En route we fried and ate the well tenderised cod — this was filmed with plenty of zizzle track — and I drank to the loss of another illusion in the Scotch that will never be seen in Saudi Arabia . |
| 26 | Isaac and I step through the kitchen and into the family room , a large warmly lit area with thick , wheat-coloured carpet , a TV and a couple of overstuffed couches . |
| 27 | And I hope over the next few months that the people that 's present today and other people , get more involved in the campaign . |
| 28 | So I hope , in my remarks , and I hope in the general tone of the debate , there 's enough to reassure London Region that we need to move forward at a careful pace . |
| 29 | Mr Deputy Speaker I I 'm grateful to the honourable gentleman for posing the central question and I hope in the course of my remarks I will satisfy the house , if not all Labour members , that the settlement proposals are at is all to the good and delivered by councils throughout Wales and that they offer enough money er to avoid sacking essential staff , certainly the offer enough money to avoid sacking any teacher who is needed in the classroom . |
| 30 | And I remember at the time , I was chasing you over a most ridiculous national press story that Emlyn did n't like the idea of you a pop singer appearing in one of his classics . |