English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "And" in Example Sentences
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2243450	There's an apostrophe missing. "It's and "its" are different."  -- I know. It was a typing error.	CK
2943819	With his mother very sick and a tight deadline at work, Tom has a lot on his plate at the moment.	patgfisher
1140203	A typhoon hit Tokyo on Wednesday with strong winds and heavy rains stopping public transportation.	CK
34775	Foods rich in vitamin E include dark-green, leafy vegetables, beans, nuts and whole-grain cereals.	CM
1854138	Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.	CK
288218	He had gone there to help garbage workers strike peacefully for better pay and working conditions.	CM
309949	Her novel ideas are time and again getting her into trouble with her more conservative colleagues.	CM
288105	His novel ideas are time and again getting him into trouble with his more conservative colleagues.	CM
954188	My guests have only been here since yesterday, but they've already eaten me out of house and home.	CK
3001470	The difference between you and me is that I'm actually interested in trying to do the right thing.	CK
305370	They are better educated, healthier and wealthier than their parents' generation was at their age.	CK
3315468	Tom picked up the five cards he had been dealt and saw that he had a pair of aces and three kings.	CK
2270599	Yesterday the unveiling of the founder's statue and the opening of the school building took place.	_undertoad
2895685	All things considered, I think we could say that the meeting was successful and met its objectives.	patgfisher
2327459	Girls begin puberty around the ages of ten to eleven, and boys around the ages of eleven to twelve.	Hybrid
300993	He was out of shape when he took a long hike with his sons, and he was stiff and sore the next day.	CM
309184	Her classmates folded three hundred and fifty-six cranes so that one thousand were buried with her.	CM
1499096	I don't like snack bars. They're expensive, noisy, and full of the smell of tobacco and fried food.	dracae
953666	I told you not to play your cello late at night, but you did and now the neighbors have complained.	CK
1101950	I'm begging you. Don't make me laugh. I did too many sit-ups yesterday and my stomach muscles hurt.	CK
1060602	If you were a spy trying to pass as a native speaker and said it that way, you'd likely get caught.	CK
58045	Since in this organization they're all chiefs and no Indians, it's a wonder any decisions get made.	CM
49569	Their influence becomes greater every day, but they are uncreative and can't make value judgements.	CM
1095243	Tom comes from a culture where women artificially color their lips and put holes in their earlobes.	CK
3003449	Tom snuck out and surreptitiously bought Mary a big bunch of flowers for their wedding anniversary.	patgfisher
3340500	Tom was by far the brightest student in his class and he breezed through every exam with top marks.	patgfisher
847253	You will never get far without the co-operation, confidence and comradeship of other men and women.	Source_Benedict_1921
404134	"Oh? Where's Keiko?" "She said that she has a teacher, parent and child meeting so she'll be late."	CM
2009910	A high proportion of crime in any country is perpetrated by young males in their teens and twenties.	CM
386723	After eight months passed and his broken heart healed, George eventually started dating girls again.	CK
847254	He insists on things being done in the most efficient way and he usually does them that way himself.	Source_Benedict_1921
1331568	One of the greatest secrets of happiness is moderating your wishes and loving what you already have.	CM
942833	That knife wasn't sharp and I couldn't cut the meat with it, so I resorted to using my pocket knife.	CK
3024001	The judge asked the defendant if he knew the difference between telling the truth and telling a lie.	CK
3009018	Tom forgot his shopping list and only got half of what he had intended to get when he went shopping.	patgfisher
1092318	Tom was unsure what Mary would be like and he wondered whether she would get along with his friends.	CK
1111462	When the tempura I make cools down, it immediately loses its crispiness and doesn't taste very good.	CK
26139	As an Englishman, he is particularly sensitive to the differences between English and American usage.	NekoKanjya
953914	I've heard that people who eat vegetables and fruit every day are less likely to have a heart attack.	CK
276689	If you buddy up to everybody and anybody, pretty soon people will think you're just a people-pleaser.	Zifre
1955447	Please wait until the bus has come to a complete stop before standing up and retrieving your luggage.	_undertoad
3058238	Tom and Mary booked a room with two beds, but when they arrived at the hotel, there was only one bed.	Hybrid
1414446	Until 1986, in the schools of England, it was legal to punish children with belts, sticks, and clubs.	enteka
320503	All this walking is killing the soles of my feet and my toes. I wonder if I have the right size shoes.	CM
245863	Knowing how much school for my kids is costing, it's impossible to relax with a beer and take it easy.	CM
2150564	My father, grandfather, great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather all had the same name as I have.	galoosh33
954278	Some people consider it a waste of time to study languages such as Klingon, Interlingua and Esperanto.	CK
3068479	Tom got in with the wrong crowd during his teenage years and was arrested for car theft several times.	patgfisher
1858695	"Tom gave Mary a box of chocolates and one long-stemmed rose for her birthday." "That's really sweet."	CK
847267	I never see a library without wishing I had time to go there and stay till I had read everything in it.	Source_Benedict_1921