Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb past] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So maybe the Indians understood this and tipped up the raft because they were trying to kill Father Firmin ( me ! ) so that Father Antonio would survive and baptise them . |
| 2 | Uncle Basil was amused by this and rigged up a device like a stone age " Comeback tennis " only with an old composition cricket ball . |
| 3 | At 3.00pm we staggered onto the summit after endless moves of II and III and guzzled down the orange juice . |
| 4 | He would attempt the impossible and set up an airline from scratch in three months . |
| 5 | On the first note of the following eight-bar break I took the first step , missed the second and somersaulted down the rest , orchestrated by drum rolls and cymbal crashes as the rest of the band dissolved into discord . |
| 6 | But Mrs Porter 's back was turned as she unplugged and packed up the vacuum cleaner , and the very private smile Tom telegraphed across the room to Belinda told her more than the most sweetly worded compliment could have done . |
| 7 | ‘ Be a dear and put out the cat ’ , ‘ This train timetable may help you ’ and so on . |
| 8 | Although the family ties were not very close , we have always been very friendly and spent quite a lot of time together . |
| 9 | However , if it was too weak and watered down a version of Presbyterianism for the Scots , it none the less proved far too rigid and alien for the majority of the English laity . |
| 10 | He was still barely conscious and had n't the energy to be anything but himself . |
| 11 | This was seized upon by Walter Marshall when he became Director of Harwell in 1969 and set about the development of commercial work for industry . |
| 12 | We papered the walls white and put up a border : with curtains and a lampshade to match , it only came to around £50 . |
| 13 | One of the victims of an alleged murder attempt has told a court how she was tied up , beaten and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed over a hill . |
| 14 | It 's alleged the couple were kidnapped and forced into a car which was then set alight and pushed off a hill at Barrow Wake in Birdlip . |
| 15 | By contrast her bowl curled in a perfect arc from the left and finished up a foot from the target , keeling over on to its side . |
| 16 | The four set off along Brunel Road , following the tunnel wall until they passed the Labour Exchange then they veered left and picked up the road which ran alongside the river . |
| 17 | In both key stages 3 and 4 they should have the opportunity to present an extended piece of work that has been planned , drafted , revised and polished over a period of time . |
| 18 | The real lesson of the 23 July Cabinet meeting was that , in spite of all the doubts expressed , Margaret Thatcher and Geoffrey Howe stood firm and gave not an inch . |
| 19 | Joe Selwyn joined the Glosters in 1932 at the age of 18 and spent over a decade in the land of the Raj . |
| 20 | She said he threw the baby around , tried to strangle them all and ripped up the furniture . |
| 21 | Half way through the meal Taff produced a bottle of red wine scrounged from H.Q It certainly tasted good and set off the meal . |
| 22 | She was credible and creditable and played well the transformation from gauche , unworldly girl to dignified lady . |
| 23 | His tutorials were always stimulating and ranged over a variety of subjects . |
| 24 | I knew when people were married and slept together a baby usually followed , but this did n't enlighten me about the facts of life . |
| 25 | Later on , his mother hoped , when William married and set up a household in his turn , he would make it like the royal one , a model of harmonious order . |
| 26 | The ( Castroist ) Tupac Amarú Revolutionary Movement ( MRTA ) bombed a dozen Lima banks on Nov. 4 and carried out a grenade attack on the presidential palace on Nov. 5 which wounded three people . |
| 27 | North-East heavy metal band who scored four minor hits in the early Eighties and built up a following on the live circuit . |
| 28 | Bourne coloured and turned up the report . |
| 29 | Our own Nellie Button trained , qualified and took over the class . |
| 30 | Ba pe blamed ‘ Those damned Communists ’ , but Saw firmly believed that Aung San was responsible and stored up a grudge against him . |