Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] [coord] [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Productive activity was carried out by peasants , who lived on and cultivated the land which was controlled by the feudal lords .
2 He hopped in and unzipped the rucksack , taking out only the scope which he pointed back towards the lakeside .
3 Charles got in and slammed the door .
4 He got in and pressed the button for the first floor .
5 ‘ I came to tell you something , but no one was here so I got in and took a look . ’
6 He was out again early ; too early even for the car to have been ticketed yet , as he found when he got in and turned the engine over to be sure that the cold and damp of the early hours would n't leave him with any last-minute problems .
7 I hauled back the wheel and the plane mushed down and hit the water .
8 Leila Williams ( a former beauty queen ) and Chris Trace were its virgin presenters , the show a seven-week experiment that caught on and gave the world John Noakes ' arse , the most famous shitting elephant ever , many an expedition to Ceylon , sticky-backed plastic , ‘ soldier dolls ’ , umpteen dogs , Sarah Greene ( cheers ) and a hell of a lot of jeeps paid for by old forks and ring-pulls .
9 But when he knelt down and tested the earth with his hands , some of the tracks seemed fresh .
10 The friar knelt down and tickled the cat between his ears .
11 At one point he knelt down and parted the heather with his hands , so sure was he that he had found it , but there was nothing but the scree and the tiny plants which grew amongst it .
12 Eventually they died and sank down and joined the compost at the base of the leaves which , in fact , helped nourish the plant .
13 He heard her whisking and wailing on her way , and he bent down and laid the cock-feather on the stone , and behold with a heavy groaning and grinding the huge stone swung up in the air and down in the earth , as though on a pivot or balance , disturbing waves of soil and heather like thick sea-water , and showing a dark , dank passage under the heather-roots and the knotty roots of the gorse .
14 She bent down and took a grip of either side of a crate to steady herself .
15 The lad bent down and seized the foot but Beamish broke in .
16 Rosten bent down and wiped the sword on the back of Wolfe 's tunic , then straightened , facing Gosse .
17 The T'ang turned , then bent down and retrieved the book , finding himself strangely reassured by its familiarity .
18 When he reached the store he bent down and fondled the Labrador 's ears , his face softening .
19 Pushing up his sleeves over the elbow , he swilled cold water over his hands and arms , then bent down and sluiced the whole of his head .
20 Georgina bent down and scraped a piece of mud from her sturdy brown shoe .
21 As the child turned her back to her , Aggie bent down and buttoned the top of the dress ; then she said , ‘ You hungry ? ’
22 He bent down and put a hand in the water , and swore when an electric shock ran through his elbow and shoulder .
23 A khthon bent down and slid a tray across the floor .
24 I 'm not denying people 's right to do it , but politics is about power , and suppose the Social Democratic Party moved in and swept the board , what would we do then ?
25 But Nicola waded in and grabbed the baby as the fake social worker tried to pull him away .
26 A trio of Grumman ‘ Cats ( Hellcat , Tigercat and Bearcat ) took to the air , Bob Mitchell 's PT Flight brought the training theme to the fore and the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight put on an exciting synchronised display with two Spitfire XIXs ( PS853 and PS915 ) before the Lancaster thundered through and filled the air with the sound of Merlins .
27 The knights were greatly offended at this foul sight , insomuch that they rose up and left the chamber .
28 The wheel dates from the 1955 Campaign for the Congress of the People which drew up and adopted the Freedom Charter .
29 When we began , we therefore had six members helping lead the open youth club ; one who headed up and organised a coffee bar which aims to be open whenever the centre is open ; others who were involved in the drama ; keep fit ; OAP 's and other groups .
30 Then , as he made no move to come any nearer , she sank back and lifted an eyebrow .
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