Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much for security , Ruth mused as she leapt back into the jeep and drove up the long gravelly drive ; I could be a burglar for all he knew . |
| 2 | And Newton himself exudes the confidence of someone who has just had a shave and put on a fresh shirt . |
| 3 | The Champagne houses were naturally outraged at the government 's ineptitude and drew up a vociferous protest , signed by eighty participants , condemning the publicity given to the ministerial communiqué . |
| 4 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 5 | Instantly he slackened speed and punched out a sizeable hole in the shattered glass with his clenched fist . |
| 6 | Manolo flicked a switch and brought up the other figure . |
| 7 | Corbett dug into his purse and brought out a few coins . |
| 8 | We spilt a few beans and touched the odd ( female ) nerve and laughed off a few fiascos . |
| 9 | Twenty-five years ago , the line built by George Stephenson in 1836 was saved from closure and took on a new lease of life as the North Yorkshire Moors Railway . |
| 10 | She was celebrated in the media , was featured in a 1940s radio programme and built up an impressive list of clients Sacheverell Sitwell , the Marchioness of Bristol and the Countess of Rosebery plus a clutch of other aristocrats placed regular orders , and a certain Mrs Demarest of the Manor House , Harrold , Bedfordshire used to send twelve small cheeses in lieu of Christmas cards to a selection of her titled friends . |
| 11 | Having collected the mail and picked up the following day 's patrol tasks , the vehicles arrive and we return to Rosemount for lunch . |
| 12 | The pellet went right through the cat 's neck and came out the other side , leaving a gaping wound . |
| 13 | Cranston delved into a small leather pouch he had taken from his saddle-bag , undid the cord at the neck and drew out a small vase containing the poison he had taken from Springall 's house . |
| 14 | Does my hon. Friend think that the Labour party was acting in the best interests of Britain and of our Baltic friends when , in 1969 , it did a deal with Brezhnev and handed over the Baltic gold ? |
| 15 | She nodded as Madge offered more tea and reached out a podgy hand for another piece of shortbread but the injustice still rankled . |
| 16 | The two Senussi soldiers were sent off on a recce and reported back the following day that there was no checkpoint on the road leading into the town . |
| 17 | Can he raise the profile of good research and weed out the poorest work ? |
| 18 | His talents were demonstrated through a system that gave him opportunities and brought out the best in him . |
| 19 | They scrambled from the police car and headed down a narrow alleyway , their hands resting lightly on their sheathed batons . |
| 20 | As The Maniacs Came Killing I rolled three more into the trusty Smith and West Point and took up a manly pose . |
| 21 | She rummaged in a Gucci handbag and took out a small bottle of aspirins . |
| 22 | She opened her handbag and brought out an astonishing assortment of cosmetics , with which she daubed my face . |
| 23 | After gobbling up whatever I could find in the house , I crept into bed and pulled the blankets over my head in a vain attempt to stifle the mocking voices and shut out the ugly visions . |
| 24 | I jumped off the wheelbarrow and pulled out the only literature I had to spare — details of the expedition in English . |
| 25 | This Bishop found the palace and other buildings neglected and in a ruinous condition and carried out a great deal of repair work to the palace and also added to the building ( to quote ) , " in a most commodious manner " . |
| 26 | And the people who were farming Blind Beck at the time killed a pig and sent down a lovely pork pie to us . |
| 27 | But all the first-year students had arrived together on the first day of term and sought out the one fixed event in the university calendar , the Freshmen 's Fayre . |
| 28 | Meh'Lindi reached into the trunk and lifted out a small tentacle , which squirmed as it left the stasis-field . |
| 29 | He reached into the side-pocket of his tracksuit and pulled out a flat black box . |
| 30 | Had the sentry panicked at the sound of a galloping horse and fired off a lucky shot , or was there a more sinister design ? |