Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adj] and [vb past] [adv prt] " in BNC.

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1 One hot night he came home drunk and lay down on the flower-bed in the garden just outside the studio and fell fast asleep .
2 The Queen turned slowly round and sat down .
3 She walked out barefoot and turned up at her grandparents ' home in Speke with a sleeping bag wrapped around her .
4 He wanted to do Natural Sciences at Cambridge , worked terribly hard and got in .
5 She looked suddenly innocent and sat back in her seat , humming .
6 Many of the ‘ real ’ sentences that were processed took so long and used up so much of the computational processing of the SUN system that full testing was not feasible .
7 Willie grew more reticent and mumbled out something that George could n't hear .
8 Forty minutes was enough , but after a shower and a breakfast of fruit and cups of tea I felt very sprightly and strolled out to the row of shops nearby .
9 She stopped when she got quite close and crouched down , putting her hand out to me .
10 With that , careless of his obvious amazement that someone of her slender weight could not only pack such a punch but dare to do so , she spun rapidly round and raced back the way she had come .
11 Sir Ralph became very angry and stormed out .
12 When she did this , all the men in the theatre got very excited and stood up .
13 Before this razor sharp satire became too cutting and brought down the Government , I decided to ask Neil and John a few questions …
14 Then local Danny Webster skated well 'ard and picked up G&S sponsorship from the US pros .
15 She sat very upright and looked down at her green lap and the bronze toes of her boots , and the brown silk handbag on a gilt chain which contained a handkerchief , a phial of sal volatile and some of Aunt Emily 's calling cards in a mother of pearl case , since she had none of her own .
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