Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The process was patented by Squire in 1875 , and Squire and Messel described and demonstrated it before the Chemical Society the following April . |
| 2 | So remorseful was Shiva that he took the head of the first creature he encountered and placed it on the boy 's shoulders . |
| 3 | There was a noticeable hesitation before Tamar rose and kissed her on the cheek . |
| 4 | I rose and faced her across the table . |
| 5 | You felt , tasted and swallowed it in an effort to breathe . |
| 6 | She stopped and halted him with a hand on his arm . |
| 7 | Ryan stopped and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 8 | She stopped and drew me behind a screen of goldenrod , tangled and wild like a neglected hedgerow . |
| 9 | Easy-E says representatives of Sony intimidated and threatened him during a meeting in 1991 at the SOLAR Records office in Hollywood . |
| 10 | And on a Saturday with Jenny going in if there 's any overtime you and old what's-a-name was there and he came and tapped me on the shoulder . |
| 11 | She came and kissed him like an anteater , and he went out of the door . |
| 12 | Mrs Donnan came and took me by the hand . |
| 13 | He finished dressing , then came and held her by the shoulders , kissing her lightly on the mouth . |
| 14 | He was supported by a most devoted wife who looked after him for many years until , late in his life , he rejected and abandoned her for a younger woman . |
| 15 | He winked and waved her to a chair , then turned his attention back to the caller . |
| 16 | She seemed inclined to give Harry short shrift , but at his mention of Heather 's name , she relented and showed him into the front room , where a meagre measure of calm and quiet prevailed . |
| 17 | He both expected and accepted it as a matter of course . |
| 18 | But she over-reacted and dragged him to a south London police station . |
| 19 | Father bought the cheeses on a counter-account with Mrs Thomas : he took the cheeses she made and supplied her with the equivalent value of goods and animal foods . |
| 20 | And her white Reeboks screeched at the marble as she turned and led me to the waiting forms . |
| 21 | Finally , still silent , she turned and led us into the main room . |
| 22 | He suddenly swung her into his arms , his tortured breathing the only sound in the darkened barn , and instead of carrying her down the stairs he turned and lowered her to the soft hay that was spread thickly on the floor behind them . |
| 23 | When he turned and saw her on the ground he strode back , hunkering down beside her . |
| 24 | At once she turned and hit him over the ear as hard as she could . |
| 25 | The old cow turned and licked her with a huge , wet tongue until her blouse was damp all over the right shoulder , but it was not comforting . |
| 26 | It twisted and turned and bore her into an ominous and derelict suburb , stark in the orange street lights . |
| 27 | Mandy spotted them and waved that they were all right , and Matthew turned and headed them into a safe cove , too . |
| 28 | While half of her brain hated and despised them for the job they were doing , the other half acknowledged that at least part of her present mission was to buy newspapers and read what was said . |
| 29 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 30 | They bound Guthlac ‘ in all his limbs … and brought him to the black fen , and threw and sank him in the muddy waters ’ . |