Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Are you suggesting that Barney made up his mind to kill Angy and cold-bloodedly chose a method that would throw suspicion on someone else ?
2 Everything needing a temporary home found its way into the stable and then became a permanency .
3 When he found it , he tapped along the feed pipe at random and then gave a couple of good , square bangs on the connectors before he tried the starter button .
4 SLIGHTLY tired but spiritually refreshed a group from Middlesbrough area returned at the end of October from a memorable series of visits .
5 I have now had the opportunity to look over the attached and also asked a colleague to do a quick proof-read .
6 Some have been initially successful and then suffered a relapse , suggesting that at least some of the cases owed their success more to the Hawthorne effect than to a deeper understanding of people .
7 Parkin looked worried but then snorted a laugh through his chiselled nose .
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