Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Portuguese escudo joined the European exchange rate mechanism on Friday and yesterday shot to pole position , hitting the top of its 6 p.c. band , and heaping pressure on the pound which remains the weak man of Euro currencies .
2 Or to jeer at the discredited Baltic Communists who rode in behind the thugs , proclaimed themselves in charge in Lithuania and Latvia and then scuttled for cover .
3 She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station .
4 She had originally run it with first husband Stephen and then went to work at the Midland pub opposite Central station .
5 Shortly before midnight he was hit by a car in Victoria Road and later died in hospital .
6 I went into London and I picked up this Tokai and just fell in love with it — it just had the perfect neck .
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