Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] and [verb] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dickie relented and pulled out a packet of mints from his pocket . |
| 2 | Marie sighed and pulled out a dining-chair from under the table . |
| 3 | Corbett nodded and followed both the envoy and his strange companion out of the room and down to the main hall of the castle . |
| 4 | Laura said something else , Edward grunted and put down the phone . |
| 5 | The old pals reunion at White Hart Lane … that 's Spurs v Swindon finished as it started all square … former Town favourite David Kerslake set up the Spurs goal for Jason Dozzell … and then another old County Ground hero Colin Calderwood went and gave away a penalty … it looked like a handball at first but Calderwood was guilty of pushing … |
| 6 | Benedict rose and came down the table . |
| 7 | Lucenzo grinned and held out a chocolate tartuffe . |
| 8 | Helen frowned and pushed back the hair from her forehead , a habit she had when thinking . |
| 9 | Grainne gasped and put out a hand to Raynor . |
| 10 | Willie rose and clattered down the hallway . |
| 11 | Adam grinned and put down the phone . |
| 12 | Ferrand smiled and took out a bottle of brandy . |
| 13 | Emily turned and walked up the wide staircase , looking painfully at the bare walls where paintings of her ancestors had hung for generations . |
| 14 | Nicolo turned and held out the glass . |
| 15 | And when Reeve tapped towards mid-off and ran , sailor 's roll turned into effective hustle as Watson gathered and threw down the keeper 's stumps with Gooch still well short . |
| 16 | Traditional Hawaiian society only began to fall apart when the godhead became detached from the environment : when Captain Cook arrived and ushered in a foreign idol , ubiquitous , omnipotent , immortal , but disembodied , absent , invisible . |
| 17 | Eric spat and choked down the line , and there followed the noise of the phone-box handset being smashed around the inside of the booth . |
| 18 | Anne chuckled and looked only a little abashed . |
| 19 | But his smile froze as Tristan appeared and set down the tureens before him . |
| 20 | Whitlock smiled and pulled up a chair . |
| 21 | Wolsey smiled and pulled out a gold-edged handkerchief to wipe his nose . |
| 22 | Benjamin nodded and stared where an ostler was trying to calm an excited horse . |
| 23 | And as he climbed into the car and started the chilled engine , he had to make a very strong effort indeed to close the door on the compartment of his mind where Marjorie belonged and open wide the door to careful logical thinking about the project and this newest complication . |
| 24 | Laura stooped and picked up a gym shoe half buried in the mud . |
| 25 | Preston sighed and picked up the news section . |
| 26 | Willie Moe snorted and picked up the boy by the leg and started to whirl him as if winding him up , which was part of a new routine called ‘ The Living Propeller ’ . |
| 27 | Polly turned and went down the ladder . |
| 28 | Marcus gagged and pushed away an almost untouched plate . |
| 29 | He told Brett and Rogers to hold back then crossed to where Whitlock stood and held out a hand of greeting . |
| 30 | Dexter parked and switched off the engine . |