Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [vb past] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She hardly looked up as we entered but continued to stir the huge , black pot which hung above the flames , now and again throwing in a scattering of herbs and the occasional piece of raw , fatty meat . |
| 2 | From these impressions , I naively expected and hoped to find the horsedrawn carriages on the streets of London . |
| 3 | From these impressions , I naively expected and hoped to find the horsedrawn carriages on the streets of London . |
| 4 | Sweetman turned and pretended to notice the sports-fishing boat for the first time . |
| 5 | Fascinating to watch : how she smoothed down the shard of the totem to make it a circle , to flatten it out ; how she trimmed and chipped to make the natural lines flow ; how she scored out the eyes , the mouth ; how she touched colour with her fingers to emphasize the woman in the land , in the mask ; how the dead wood began to live and breathe . |
| 6 | It is true that even as he complained and tried to protect the British position , so he could sometimes admit to the desirability of American support . |
| 7 | But none of these explains the tireless persistence with which he both articulated and sought to reconcile the contradictory aspects of his thinking . |
| 8 | He was a comical little man but as she smiled and tried to say the right things — ‘ Oh ! |