Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] and [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I shut my eyes then and went to work . |
| 2 | Jenna closed her eyes again and drifted into sleep with a tantalising thought uppermost in her mind . |
| 3 | She peered at the tangle of brambles inside and shook with excitement : there was a perfect spider 's web today . |
| 4 | Joe tapped his fingertips together and looked from face to face . |
| 5 | Astor was a German who had settled in Canada about 12 years earlier and started in business , trading with Indian tribes and immigrant trappers . |
| 6 | They said he answered some of their questions sarcastically and spoke in Russian , even though he is bilingual and the questions had been put to him in Moldavian . |
| 7 | Then he took his arms away and roared with laughter and drew comic glasses round her eyes on the glass . |
| 8 | And I went berserk about two nights later and said for god 's sake you 're driving me bonkers , go away and sleep on the sofa . |