Example sentences of "[noun] and [vb past] in [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sqd Ldr Jimmy Malley had a distinguished career with bomber command and flew in the legendary Wellington F for Freddie , featured in the film Target For Tonight . |
| 2 | Cupping his hand beneath Beth 's elbow , he looked deep into her eyes and said in a quieter voice , ‘ Do n't feel bad . |
| 3 | With Romy he 'd had a real romance but it had flourished only on the Continent and withered in the cold climate of England . |
| 4 | A helicopter flew low over their heads and turned in a tight circle . |
| 5 | Andrew Gallagher on the right wing , beat two tackles and scored in the first five minutes of the game , following a neat Jeremy Hastings pick-up . |
| 6 | They tipped the contents of one oil drum into the car and threw in a burning rag . |
| 7 | The rings had spilled out of the tin and lay in the tufty bits of grass like slugs trying to eat their own tails . |
| 8 | She emptied in half the tin and threw in a lighted match for good measure . |
| 9 | The female detective glanced around the canteen and spoke in a confidential whisper , her eyes drilling into Pargeter 's so as to miss none of her reactions . |
| 10 | We climbed the low hills northwest of the loch and lay in the long grass under the pines and the birch , looking out over the small glen to the forested hill on the far side where the old railway tunnel was . |
| 11 | He leaned against the door of the ambulance and drew in the mossed and woody scent of trees . |
| 12 | The couple worked at the same tasks as their staff , they dressed in the same way , educated their children at the same schools and ate in the same canteen . |
| 13 | This morning the school party , including the wet member , having gone on well ahead , I crossed the beck and sat in the warm sun outside the gorge , simply looking . |
| 14 | Suddenly , a girl aged about 16 walked up from one of the scattered houses in the village and stood in the same spot he intended to use for his photography . |
| 15 | He jingled his car keys and said in a quieter voice : ‘ Has this anything to do with whether you keep this house or not ? ’ |
| 16 | Then she realised he was referring to their escape and drew in a shaky breath of relief . |
| 17 | Atwater , born in Atlanta , Georgia , became involved in Republican politics while a student at the University of South Carolina and worked in the successful 1980 and 1984 presidential campaigns of Ronald Reagan . |
| 18 | Whereas restorers in the past speculated on some of the missing elements and snapped in a few flowers here and there , we take the view that if it 's missing when we took the carving down then it will stay missing when we put it back up again . |
| 19 | Willie pulled off the weighted shoes and stood in the dark hallway shivering helplessly , his teeth rattling inside his clamped jaw . |
| 20 | The bones were mixed with sediment and tumbled in a rotary tumbler in three stages . |
| 21 | The old gentleman was a continual critic of the City Council and started in the late ‘ twenties , in conjunction with Mr. Allan B. Lemon , the well-known Salisbury Solicitor , a Salisbury Ratepayers ’ Association . |
| 22 | Last year he cracked in the mountains and came in a disappointed seventh . |
| 23 | For the three weeks of rehearsals before the production opened in Edinburgh , he moved out of his Wimbledon home and stayed in a small hotel room , away from his wife and children . |
| 24 | He looked a dangerous striker and got in a good header which I think you got to the right and got your hand to ? |
| 25 | Müller arrived ahead of him by twenty minutes and waited in the private room at the back . |
| 26 | Markby sat glowering at the gas fire which had dulled its bright flames and hissed in a soft insistent way . |
| 27 | When a BEA Comet blew up in 1967 as the result of an explosive device on board and crashed in the Mediterranean between Rhodes and Cyprus , very little wreckage was recovered from the sea which was about 11 000 feet deep at that point , so the question of salvage did not arise . |
| 28 | And on the hour Gill picked up a Hitchcock through ball , controlled it on his chest and fired in a memorable goal . |
| 29 | The meat within was garnished with herbs and cooked in a rich onion sauce . |
| 30 | The only break in his time at the store , also known as the Man 's Shop , came during the Second World War when he joined the RAF and served in the Middle East . |