Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her breasts rose and fell in a deep sigh . |
| 2 | Despite the swell the water was smooth and dark and oily , with great masses of weed which rose and fell in a slow rhythm . |
| 3 | Pascoe watched a globe as it glowed in the darkness , then rose and fell in a sizzling arc . |
| 4 | ‘ Are you out of your … ? his father stopped and looked in a startled manner at his mother , who had given him a sharp dig , then began to cough . |
| 5 | I did n't bother the milkman , but a lady kindly came and put in a little battery — and then the neighbours adjusted it and got it going . |
| 6 | They came and stood in a little group , disciplined and obedient . |
| 7 | Caroline turned from a conversation as Maggie passed and said in a conspiratorial whisper . |
| 8 | ’ At the door he turned and said in a clipped voice , ‘ Where 's the Miracle-Worker ? |
| 9 | Her heartbeat flared and subsided in a disjointed kind of rhythm . |
| 10 | At that point he was attacked by twelve Bf109s , but evaded and got in a good burst at one that overshot him . |
| 11 | Extras wailed and rhubarbed in a lukewarm pagan frenzy . |
| 12 | ‘ That 's a jolly long walk , if you do n't mind my saying so , ’ Harvey remarked and smiled in a twisted way . |
| 13 | Jess heard and knew in an absent way that he was speaking to her , but all her attention was on Captain Meredith , framed in the doorway of the inn . |
| 14 | They may seem inexpensive , but a will is a legal document and should be drawn up carefully and signed and witnessed in a particular way . |
| 15 | They grew up loved and cherished in a large family with three older sisters . |
| 16 | Stretched on the concrete of the yard I gasped and groaned in a frantic search for breath . |
| 17 | He then proceeded to another of his homes , Cornbury Park , where he relaxed and took in a little hunting . |
| 18 | In her essay ‘ Sculpture in the Expanded Field ’ , 5 art historian Rosalind Krauss explored ideas about categories in ways that might be useful to this discussion about textiles : ‘ over the last 10 years rather surprising things have come to be called sculpture : narrow corridors with TV monitors at the ends , large photographs documenting country hikes … categories like sculpture and painting have been kneaded and stretched and twisted in an extraordinary demonstration of elasticity , and display of the way in which a cultural term can be extended to include just about anything ’ . |
| 19 | Riven hung on to his mount 's bridle grimly whilst it bucked and reared in a desperate effort to get away . |
| 20 | Later , Andre Breton , Salvador Dali , and other surrealists stayed and worked in a now-destroyed hotel on its wild western shore , the famed Cote Sauvage . |
| 21 | Her breakfast finished , she showered and dressed in a beige and white skirt and plain beige top and , after a slight struggle with the clasp , fastened her gold locket around her neck before setting off to explore . |
| 22 | I sympathized and threw in a few choice obscenities and ‘ hanging 's too good for ‘ ems ’ but made a note to pick up a few watches next time I was down the Brick Lane midnight market . |
| 23 | He washed and dressed in a magnificent embroidered robe topped with a great gilt turban , then returned to the feast . |