Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [was/were] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A batch of children accompanied by a young woman and the billeting officer who had brought Willie had walked past them and were heading towards the Town Hall . |
| 2 | The world closed quickly in on them and was limited to the gleam and crackle of the dying fire before them , to the firelight on each other 's faces , and the pale darkness of the sky above them scattered with stars . |
| 3 | Topaz did n't have a chance to reply because Timothy Amsterdam had walked up to them and was staring at the marquis in blank amazement . |
| 4 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 5 | Seb 's statement brought a chorus of derision from a couple of navvies who had entered the tent behind him and were listening to the conversation . |
| 6 | ‘ My husband went to register him and was told of the tree offer . |
| 7 | Mr Tondut of Roo Management expressed outrage at the difficulties conservationists caused him and was quoted in the national press as saying , ‘ I do n't want to do anything to damage these houses . |
| 8 | Julia asked her and was touched by the way Felicity 's face lit up . |
| 9 | It was only when she had closed the door behind her and was hurrying along the corridor that led back into the hall that she noticed the painting . |
| 10 | He had risen ahead of her and was standing by the door now , pulling it open , inviting her to leave . |
| 11 | The house had a large garden with a small river running at the foot of it and was situated in the small quiet village of . |
| 12 | They finally halted in a rough copse of thorn that had lopsided boulders scattered about it and was sheltered from the wind by the long shoulder of a hill . |
| 13 | The lake of liquid peat had burst through into the workings beneath it and was deluging into the colliery . |
| 14 | She had followed us and was standing at the door . |