Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sarah had previously suggested that they should try the effect of Queen Caroline 's ‘ Christmas trees ’ — young fir trees set in tubs and put upon the table or in a window seat and then decked with penny candles . |
| 2 | The woman , whose hands were still bound , clambered from the back seat into the front of the two-door car and then struggled to safety . |
| 3 | ‘ Last night I went to an art exhibition in my sister-in-law 's gallery and then went to dinner to celebrate my brother-in-law 's birthday . |
| 4 | Nadir pressure was referenced to the prevailing midoesophageal body pressure in that second and so took into account changes of basal oesophagela body pressure produced by common cavity episodes . |
| 5 | His son Charles was also wounded in the battle and only escaped with difficulty . ’ |
| 6 | Coleman had joined BNS in 1963 with an Oxford history degree and initially cconcentrated on work study . |
| 7 | The broad gauge set the standard for developments for half a century , largely because the greater stability permitted higher speeds than were then possible on the narrow gauge and hence led to engineering advances that would make such speeds possible , eventually in the narrow gauge as well . |
| 8 | He presented the mayor of West Berlin with a statuette of a woman holding a dove of peace and then walked through Checkpoint Charlie . |
| 9 | Isabel stepped back so she would n't bump into the girl and instantly cannoned into fitzAlan instead . |
| 10 | Harry Foy as Needle Nugent looked the part and always stayed in character . |
| 11 | This new evidence was held by the defence and only came to light during the trial . |
| 12 | Those that he produced for sale through the Redfern Gallery were usually printed in editions of fifty and include Thames-side , Bull Fight , Spain , Tropical Landscape , Horse Guards in their Dressing Rooms at Whitehall and Working Men 's College , this last relating to his association with the Working Men 's College in Crowndale Road , Mornington Crescent , where he gave a lecture , ‘ The Painter 's Intention ’ , in 1952 , taught lithography and also acted as Art Adviser . |
| 13 | The doctor thought for a moment and then nodded in agreement . |
| 14 | After further washings in phosphate buffered saline the slides were incubated with peroxidase conjugated strepavidin diluted 1:400 , washed in phosphate buffered saline and the labelled cells were visualised by the diaminobenzidine reaction and lightly counterstained with haematoxylin . |
| 15 | He was directed towards a glider landing strip , but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland . |
| 16 | He was directed towards a glider landing strip , but he appears to have clipped a tree and then crashed on farmland . |
| 17 | I realised the truth when I became close to a friend of a friend and gradually fell in love with her . |
| 18 | The Dormouse woke up for a minute and then went to sleep again . |
| 19 | Only this : it is misleading to suggest that a socialist alternative qualitatively different from the actual record of 1964–70 existed in potentia and merely went by default , on account of a failure of political will . |
| 20 | Simon Lilley was hurled more than seventy feet by the impact and later died in hospital . |
| 21 | Loretta took her friend 's advice and then listened in surprise as , in spite of the hot weather , Bridget ordered a casserole . |
| 22 | Max has been to numerous rehearsals with his celebrity owner and once appeared on breakfast TV . |
| 23 | Just , get a bath and then got to bed . |
| 24 | But German was the speech of the ruling minority and therefore coincided with power and privilege . |
| 25 | If roads were contained within a perspex tunnel and regularly patrolled by wildlife wardens , armed with splints and bandages and trained in every kind of veterinary first aid , I suppose it might go some way towards reducing this tragic toll . |
| 26 | From here we carried on along a river and soon arrived at Sokol which has just one house — a traditional forester 's cabin with deer antlers above the front door . |
| 27 | Hence Behaviouralism , the version of a more general behaviourism specific to International Relations , which we shall meet in the next chapter , is commonly spoken of as a Positive approach and often contrasted with Realism on this score . |
| 28 | Quinn eased the armchair away from the wall , grunted a few times for the benefit of the wall microphone , switched off the tape-recorder , rolled on to the bed and genuinely went to sleep . |
| 29 | In our first encounter with Satan we find him within the burning lake of Hell , having fallen from such a great height to such a great depth and now engulfed in fire , licked by flames , seemingly in pain , according to Milton 's narration , yet still able to speak with an uncanny strength and courage against ‘ the potent Victor ’ ( I. 95 ) . |
| 30 | Suppose the suspect had taken the taxi to get rid of Carella , got out at the hospital to confuse matters further , walked around the comer to the terminus and then continued by bus to his original destination ? |