Example sentences of "and [vb past] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cranston drained his cup and beamed in self congratulation , giving a sly grin at Athelstan , who glared back . |
| 2 | The thin figure leaned over and whispered in the sleeper 's ear . |
| 3 | The man behind me leant forward and whispered in my ear , ‘ Tell that guy to quit yapping will you ? |
| 4 | Lee took them from her and kissed her and whispered in her ear : ‘ Be nice to Conrad , ’ because she knew Philippa considered him decadent and damned . |
| 5 | She stepped forward on tiptoe and whispered in his ear . |
| 6 | At midnight , the nice Salvation Army wife , who had travelled with us , shook my arm and whispered in my ear , ‘ Be careful , there 's a man at your feet . |
| 7 | He put his hand in his jacket pocket , searching for his wallet , and as he did , Doug , serious now , yanked Harry towards him and whispered in tones from which all traces of his cockney accent were now absent . |
| 8 | Suddenly the old man grabbed him and whispered in his ear , ‘ Shh ! |
| 9 | She flinched , and whispered in his ear , ‘ Ouch , you 're pulling at my wool . ’ |
| 10 | " This way we 'll get to see more of the real Saigon , " he said loudly for the benefit of their father — then he winked confidentially at Joseph and whispered in his ear : " And the last one there is a horse 's ass . |
| 11 | But as she bent to give her the bowl , she lowered her voice , and whispered in Rosa 's ear , ‘ Be careful , you 're not a child any more , you must n't forget that . |
| 12 | Clare had planned so often the details of her own wedding , so often pictured herself , radiant in a long , white dress with train , leaning on her father 's arm , advancing with a slow , fragile step down the aisle towards Mark , handsome and smiling in morning dress , while the organ pealed and the candles and flowers blazed , and the guests beamed and whispered in the crowded pews — that she felt a surge of pity for the girl who would have nothing to remember but this sordid little ceremony . |
| 13 | After dinner on our last night , then , while Anne was pouring coffee at the sideboard , Poppy walked behind my chair and whispered in my ear . |
| 14 | A servant scurried in , leaned over Sir Richard 's shoulder and whispered in his ear . |
| 15 | He kissed her again , on the forehead this time , and whispered in her ear , ‘ Kiss me back , McAllister . |
| 16 | When the man who waited with her crept to her shoulder and whispered in her ear , as he did several times between his nervous pacings about the room , she made him no answer , and never seemed even to be aware of him , though her braced tension made it plain that nothing that passed in this apartment escaped her instant notice . |
| 17 | A courtier leaned over and whispered in my ear . |
| 18 | Duncan looked at the long green grass and , as he looked , the wind blew strong and the tall , green grasses swayed and whispered in the wind . |
| 19 | Sir Brian suddenly lifted his face and whispered in Athelstan 's ear . |
| 20 | She confirmed to McIllvanney that the weather-fax machine and the Loran and the Satnav and the radar and all the other things that hummed and winked and glowed in the night were working properly . |
| 21 | a fat woman … frightened and fainted in the street ; |
| 22 | Increasing recognition of how oppositional images get incorporated and redefined in ‘ mainstream ’ fashion , coupled with an awareness that images do not have fixed meanings and can be subverted , has led to a re-evaluation of traditionally ‘ erotic ’ clothes . |
| 23 | He meant that the deepest and profoundest truth , the truth that ultimately matters and is in the end really worth grasping , can not be of the sort that can be contemplated and appropriated in an attitude of serene detachment . |
| 24 | It also troubled Peggie Boswell , and arose in those memorable letters between herself and Johnson . |
| 25 | Late complications were of much greater concern and arose in eight patients ( 20% ) at a median of 3.3 months ( range 0.25–12 ) from the initial insertion . |
| 26 | Even liberals believed that the colonies would remain loyal if they received economic benefits and shared in the ideals of liberty , equality and fraternity , which France provided through her ‘ civilising mission ’ . |
| 27 | Total DNA was extracted from white pupae ( 100 of Trichogramma spp. and 5 of Muscidifurax ) after these were surface-sterilized with 70% ethanol , thoroughly washed with sterile water and homogenized in a Mini-Bead beater ( Biospec ) . |
| 28 | The juveniles continued to fly south-west , and wintered in southern France and Spain . |
| 29 | All that is most sensible and clearheaded in the Catholic church will meet in Rome on May 17 to celebrate the beatification of Mgr Josemaria Escriva ( 1902–1975 ) who founded Opus Dei , the unecstatic religious movement which may yet save Christianity from the sex therapists . |
| 30 | They stood there , still and dark and hatted in rows . |