Example sentences of "[noun] and [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm how many brothers and sisters did you have ? |
| 2 | Its hue and texture made him wonder whether he could risk blowing his nose without making yet another visit to the bathroom . |
| 3 | He shook his head in furious disbelief and Robyn felt herself tremble as he ran his fingers through his hair in a gesture of fury . |
| 4 | How many hours of project work and revision did he put in ? — I can tell you — none . |
| 5 | Oh are we gon na be doing tennis and stuff did he say ? |
| 6 | But , for one thing , the sheer size of the defeat made him and his players determined that it would never happen again and , for another , the power of Lillee and Thomson made him realize just what a potent weapon a battery of fast bowlers would be . |
| 7 | What particular cities and districts did he visit ? |
| 8 | At this , Rosie , Katie , Heather , Isabel and Clara felt themselves put upon their mettle , and they swerved round , slowly , to expose their disdainful faces . |
| 9 | Edward looked warningly at Helen and Helen heard herself say that there was a small piece of land . |
| 10 | Susan went to bed early , and Breeze and Gay made themselves toast and welsh rarebit , and settled down for a long evening by the fire . |
| 11 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 12 | A miasma of despair rose from the cluster of black Workshops and Fenella felt it billow out and engulf them in its sick , cold desolation . |
| 13 | The rank odour of sweat and urine made him wince . |
| 14 | Then Jaq and Googol heard him pray squeakingly in proper Imperial Gothic , as if thus he might be heard across the galaxy . |
| 15 | For a miracle , almost boiling hot water poured out of the taps into the bath and Julia let herself have a really deep bath for once , lying there dreaming about the day when her life might be whole again and weaving plans to make it so , until the skin of her fingers and toes crinkled and the water felt cold . |
| 16 | She opened the fridge and Oliver heard her give an exclamation . |
| 17 | But he did not engage the jackdaws and Hazel saw him pick up another carrot and start back with it . |
| 18 | A TODAY analysis of his victory shows a combination of caring policies , sex and power helped him win . |
| 19 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
| 20 | It had since been rebuilt ; its arched windows and roofs made it look like a Russian provincial home . |
| 21 | His shoes squeaked on the hard floor and Julia heard him walk towards the door . |
| 22 | A car horn behind them shattered the air and Roman let her go . |
| 23 | They found the brassiere under the bed and Jo let him hook it up at the back for her . |
| 24 | It was born on a Sunday afternoon and Carrie and Albert and Nick saw it happen . |
| 25 | Griffith 's ambition to be both artist and prophet made him elevate melodrama into something fuller in terms of its emotional and social range and the stunning way in which the totally real sense of society sustained his story-line gave his films what appeared to be the power of history and the richness of literature . |
| 26 | Michael 's face broke into one of his winning smiles and Joe felt himself relax . |
| 27 | Nick was some way along the line , at the bend where the track curved round the mountain and Carrie saw him put his hands over his ears as the train blew its whistle . |
| 28 | At a speed that neither could match Louisa and Horrocks saw him hasten back down the lake . |
| 29 | Others had tried the same demolition job when Ian Hislop took over at Private Eye , but the continued involvement of icons Ingrams and Cook helped him survive . |
| 30 | Modigliani 's profound humanism and pessimism made him distrust political systems . |