Example sentences of "[vb past] and [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It twisted and turned and bore her into an ominous and derelict suburb , stark in the orange street lights . |
| 32 | Mandy spotted them and waved that they were all right , and Matthew turned and headed them into a safe cove , too . |
| 33 | He turned and shouted something to the mercer below . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Rather than have him insinuate himself into the building later and perhaps annoy her neighbours , she capitulated and invited him to the flat . |
| 36 | They bound Guthlac ‘ in all his limbs … and brought him to the black fen , and threw and sank him in the muddy waters ’ . |
| 37 | He sighed and took her by the arm . |
| 38 | He sighed and lowered himself to the other end of the settee . |
| 39 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 40 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |
| 41 | I nodded and followed me to the house . |
| 42 | He nodded and followed her through the back door into the kitchen . |
| 43 | Helen nodded and followed him into the kitchen . |
| 44 | She nodded and followed him from the Rosemount wing and across the grounds to her car . |
| 45 | Peter nodded and drew her to the rail of the river-walk to look over the side . |
| 46 | I shook my head , and she smiled and nodded and patted me on the shoulder and padded off to the kitchen . |
| 47 | They nodded and invited him to a meeting . |
| 48 | He anticipated and insured himself for the re-emergence of Richard Nixon from the political wilderness in 1968 , and correctly judged that Ronald Reagan would defeat Jimmy Carter in 1980 ( which was not such an inevitable result as the next eight years made it seem ) . |
| 49 | Benjamin grinned and clapped me on the shoulder . |
| 50 | The strange boy grinned and wiped it on the seat of his shorts . |
| 51 | But Evans merely grinned and helped himself to a stool from under a neighbouring table . |
| 52 | ‘ Bullshit , ’ she remarked and punched him in the arm as he grinned . |
| 53 | A fine fool she 'd look if Silas returned and found her in a state of emotional upset . |
| 54 | Police said : ‘ He lied and took us on a wild goose chase . |
| 55 | I remember feeling Morris dealing with my dead-weight , as he folded and shovelled me into the back of the cab . |
| 56 | ‘ Victor 's story is that she was willing , she undressed and led him to the bedroom . |
| 57 | He grunted and followed me into the apartment . |
| 58 | With these basic materials , Hegel developed his total system which included and explained everything from the nature of knowledge through the evolution of human society and culture to the whole history of the universe . |
| 59 | He waved and shouted something at the mercer in the street below , then scrambled back onto the ladder again and started to descend . |
| 60 | Well you should save the programmes you recorded and watch them on a Saturday . |