Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neville Shute , the eminent author , widely known for his book A Town called Alice , once resided in Howden , along with Barnes Wallis , one of the greatest inventors of the 20th century , who designed and helped to build the airship R100 . |
| 2 | He rose and began to prowl the room . |
| 3 | She made a belated grab for her wits while Guy rose and went to answer the summons , exchanging a few murmured words with whoever was on the other side of the door . |
| 4 | Cranston roared as he rose and went to fetch the boots standing in the comer . |
| 5 | When the large whisky-blending house of W. and G. Pattison collapsed fraudulently the following year he tried and failed to arrange a rescue package , but DCL did provide financial help to firms unwittingly caught up in the crash . |
| 6 | The last heard of Gert was in 1943 when he tried and failed to join the RA F. Bloomsbury House urged him to settle for the Pioneers . |
| 7 | After his father 's death in 1900 , Pearse became head of his family and , along with his brother , tried and failed to keep the family firm prosperous . |
| 8 | Labour tried and failed to make the election a referendum on these changes . |
| 9 | I bathed and changed and decided to start the evening with the bounce of Sidney Bechet . |
| 10 | Judge Beach disagreed and refused to grant an injunction . |
| 11 | Gedge remembers long periods of silence each time Charman visited and begged to rejoin the group . |
| 12 | Half believing that his leg was broken , he stooped and tried to fend the object off with his hands . |
| 13 | They registered and avoided using a porter . |
| 14 | He could feel it as a line of cherry heat across his back when he turned and began to climb the stairs more carefully . |
| 15 | He turned and tried to open the door again , but it was impossible to do so . |
| 16 | She sighed and continued to turn the pages . |
| 17 | Hurst nodded and started to pin the team-sheets back up on the board . |
| 18 | ‘ Awful , awful trouble , ’ she replied and began to re-tell the story which Derek had told earlier in the evening . |
| 19 | Here were the people who were now convinced the paper existed and wanted to join the venture . |
| 20 | Two of the trio who walked and cycled to promote the Trans Pennine Way |
| 21 | Robyn swallowed and struggled to keep the anger she felt at the forefront of her mind . |
| 22 | Morrissey however , hearing of Kent 's archaeological digging into his past , completely panicked and demanded to see the results prior to publication . |
| 23 | Instead of relaxing and letting nature take its course — it would probably have passed quite easily when he passed his water — he panicked and tried to remove the safety pin by not so gentle manipulations from the outside . |
| 24 | The armoury was founded by Altgraf Ernst Salentin ( 1621–84 ) who inherited and began restoring the castle in 1645 following the damage of the Thirty Years War . |
| 25 | Find out when he last called and try to get an impression of what they thought of him . |
| 26 | And after after he came and settled , my three brothers went and dig dig the graves in the old Llaneilian church you know . |
| 27 | Parents saw and began to understand the difficulties which teachers faced and became more sympathetic and supportive . |
| 28 | Other hands tightened my blindfold until it hurt and started fitting a cloth over my mouth . |
| 29 | The barman laughed and began to pull a couple of pints . |
| 30 | Lydia shivered and knelt to light the fire . |