Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] and [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Gascon led Corbett and Ranulf through a maze of corridors which led out to the back of the palace , across a deserted dusty yard into one of the large outbuildings there . |
| 2 | Rob Madgwick dispossessed Wright and fired in a shot that was well saved by Stuart Burt . |
| 3 | Agatha ignored Fidelma and returned to the much more worrying matter of Timothy 's encounter with a chit called Topaz Chilcott . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's fine , ’ he told Mariana and crossed to the window , checking his watch . |
| 5 | ‘ I had n't seen him , ’ admitted Martin and turned to the foreman . |
| 6 | Jimmy pulled away again and joined Gilbert and Frye at the windows . |
| 7 | Still trying to keep an eye on Cardiff , Duvall joined Rohmer and looked into the corridor . |
| 8 | Gleizes and Le Fauconnier became friendly in 1909 after a meeting at the home of a young socialist writer named Alexandre Mercereau , where Gleizes also met Metzinger and Delaunay for the first time in the following year , although these meetings did not lead to immediate friendship , and Gleizes knew little about their work . |
| 9 | The fellow looked furtively round , licked his lips , and beckoned Corbett and Ranulf into a shadowy window recess . |
| 10 | ‘ Come in , English Clerk , ’ the Bishop beckoned Corbett and Ranulf to the bench before his table . |
| 11 | On which fine piece of mental self-deceit I thanked Morag and went to the telephone . |
| 12 | Farrell grabbed Kellerman and pointed at the window . |
| 13 | The temperature remained high so Spencer called Humberside and asked for a QDM ( bearing to effect a return ) . |
| 14 | When I last saw Mailer and talked about the impending book , the atmospherics had turned suddenly propitious . |
| 15 | Having no alternative , Fiver accompanied Hazel and Bigwig to the burrow where Hazel had spent the previous night . |
| 16 | Gallaudet , Principal of the College , recommended McCandless and Jaffray to the British authorities for the Albert Medal ( the highest civilian award in Britain and the British Empire at that time , since superseded by the George Cross ) . |
| 17 | ‘ Cheers , ’ said Hitch and snapped off the radio . |
| 18 | She felt she had Roirbak and Malamute in a corner : it was just that they had n't yet looked over their shoulders to see the walls closing in behind them . |
| 19 | No 71 MU , the RAF 's prime repair and recovery organisation , dismantled Queenie and left with the Lancaster for their base at Bicester on August 24 , 1970 . |
| 20 | In the spring we left Africa and sailed round the island of Madagascar into the Indian Ocean . |
| 21 | I 'll meet you there , ’ and he left Willie and headed towards the group of listeners with Sammy at his heels . |
| 22 | No-one was more closely involved in an emotional , controversial and fluctuating summer than the much-travelled Kepler Wessels , who thought his international career was over when he left Australia and returned to the country of his birth five years ago . |
| 23 | " That 's all right , " said Mike and tore along the corridor to his metal work class , his rubber soles squeaking on the linoleum . |
| 24 | It then crossed the Indian Ocean and rounded Australia and arrived at the small purpose-built port of Tokai northeast of Tokyo in early January . |
| 25 | As they rounded the bend towards Westminster , Ranulf nudged Corbett and pointed to the near bank . |
| 26 | Bailey nudged Clarke and pointed to the photograph of Catherine Deneuve on the front page of the paper . |