Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] and [noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My heart sank and numbness took over . |
| 2 | Since Father died and Mam walked out I 've had the running of this house on my shoulders . |
| 3 | Then the door opened and Mum walked in . |
| 4 | Back on the storm-front , lightning flashed and thunder exploded in long runs that seemed to envelop the length of the mountain chain as if spread by a giant paint-roller . |
| 5 | If something did go wrong , if tempers flared and violence broke out , they could be hard put to control it . ’ |
| 6 | as if she had had a signal from the Chief Superintendent , Sergeant Henley subsided and Coffin took over the questioning . |
| 7 | After a hard frost the passage walls sweated and water trickled down the corridors . |