Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] [adv prt] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although now swallowed up in the borough of Rochdale , Middleton people forever affirm their loyalty to Manchester , a city to which they naturally belong . |
| 2 | It was Rodrigo 's actions that now stood out in the notice of the people : it was El Cid 's name they called in the streets . |
| 3 | We were going round and round in a weird dance and nearly slipped over in the pee that was splattered on the floor . |
| 4 | Sometimes the rug is simply washed in water and then left out in the sun to dry , but many weaving groups now add chemicals to the water in order both to alter the tonal intensity of the colours and to give the pile a gloss or matt sheen . |
| 5 | She paused and then went on in the same proud tone she had used when she showed them the bathroom , ‘ Mr Evans is a very important man . |
| 6 | In bitter scrapping over Douaumont on May 24th , Thaw shot down a Fokker and then went back in the evening for more , but was cornered by three enemy planes . |
| 7 | Scunthorpe 's Stevenson was cautioned and then sent off in the space of 60 seconds , and while Burnley tried to take advantage the visiting 10 seemed as vulnerable as green bottles . |
| 8 | Finally Ms Cann proposed an unorthodox and possibly unique solution : publication rights as part of merchandising would be retained by the publishers jointly , to be pooled and then shared out in the most appropriate way . |
| 9 | Once or twice Allen loosed off an arrow at a scampering squirrel , more in play than with any idea of hitting it , and then scrabbled about in the undergrowth to recover the shaft . |
| 10 | It bumped into his foot , beeped at him , and then bustled off in the opposite direction . |
| 11 | Having walked the Gorges of Kakouetta and then rested up in the benign landscape of Sainte-Engrâce , you may feel you have the legs back to inspect another of the spectacular limestone phenomena of the Upper Soule . |
| 12 | Put the line ferret through the system and the loose ferret may well be located and subsequently dug out in the same way as a rabbit . |
| 13 | Now it was more of a cross between cinema and radio , sometimes watched intently , but sometimes left on in the background . |