Example sentences of "and [verb] [pron] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Neil had not meant to consummate his love for McAllister , but having begun to heal and reassure her he had started something on its way which was beyond his control , or McAllister 's either . |
| 2 | ‘ I had always been taught in Germany to trust my doctor , and obey what he said , ’ she explained . |
| 3 | The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it . |
| 4 | The language helper can give a command , and obey it himself ; he can give a command and you obey it ; you can give the command and obey it yourself ; you can give the command and he obeys it . |
| 5 | She stood for hours behind him , seeing him sketch , then stop and change what he had drawn . |
| 6 | And then if they come along and change anything we hit , we hit them for the , the extras . |
| 7 | ‘ If I pick up something and drag it it makes this white noise sound , ’ Gaver demonstrates . |
| 8 | Move out into the country , go back to living in old rabbit-holes and eating whatever we can find . |
| 9 | He complained and when the defendants were made aware of his complaint they made sure he received 20 free films and reimbursed him his postage and packing . |
| 10 | The APM and the report provided an opportunity for governors to explain , justify and evaluate what they had been doing , especially with regard to the quality of education offered . |
| 11 | They wanted to stop equality for black people and to kill anyone who did n't agree with them . |
| 12 | But even if American anti-imperialism were diluted in practice , the British knew they still faced an uphill struggle after the war to regain the degree of international power and influence which they believed was rightly theirs . |
| 13 | But his immobility , long maintained , hinted at the heaviness of his thoughts , and lent him something of the awe that attached to his odious creation . |
| 14 | He sat beside me and lent me his shoulder as a back-rest . |
| 15 | The move followed the completion of a report , commissioned by Col. René Emilio Ponce , the military chief of staff , and drafted by junior officers , which criticized the conduct of the military operations against the FMLN and attacked what they described as corrupt practices by senior officers , the vagaries of the promotion system and the lack of accountability of commanders . |
| 16 | The statement praised the intifada and President Saddam Hussein of Iraq , and attacked what it described as " American imperialism and its ally , the Zionist entity " , " the Damascus regime and the Arab Gulf regimes " , and " the Iranian regime " . |
| 17 | The governor expressed his disillusionment in letters to Penn and others : ‘ the hosts of mosquitoes are worse than armed men , yet the men without arms [ are ] worse than they ’ ; and attacked what he saw as Quaker hypocrisy : ‘ each praying with his neighbour on First Days , and then preying on him the other six ’ . |
| 18 | One day , the Head of Sixth Form — a teacher called Don Palmer — came in and asked what we were doing . |
| 19 | Just came over and asked what we wanted . |
| 20 | Ben said that he 'd heard I 'd been having some problems and asked what they were . |
| 21 | When Tiguary indicated the gun emplacements at intervals in the Belmont stockade and asked what they were for ( he had an idea ) , Kit waved a hand and answered , ‘ So the chickens can pop in and out . |
| 22 | Trudging back one evening , having been out all day and having had no luck , Charles spotted a large heap of rocks on the hillside above them , and asked what it was . |
| 23 | At the bottom he found the three letters CIS and asked what it was . |
| 24 | Once you saw the word " prostitution " in a church magazine and asked what it meant , and once " rape " in the newspaper . |
| 25 | On the other hand , on one of my visits I was at a meeting when I heard some commotion outside and asked what it was . |
| 26 | A lackadaisical boy with spots admitted him , and asked what he wanted , as if it did not greatly matter . |
| 27 | On one of the last occasions I saw him , I mentioned my dealings with Mountbatten and asked what he thought of him . |
| 28 | Lanre Oke , defending , said Sandiford , 29 , was in the robing room at Southend Crown Court when Laurence Marshall came in and asked what he was doing . |
| 29 | ( A fine baby boy was born the day Eric arrived , and asked what he thought the child should be called he suggested ‘ Armistizio ’ . ) |
| 30 | Afterwards , he got me and asked what I was doing in the doorway with Symington . |