Example sentences of "[vb past] and [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They squirmed , shrivelled and after a brief struggle , gave up the ghost . |
| 2 | He turned now and led her towards the door , but there he stopped and in a quiet voice said , ‘ Now , do what I tell you . |
| 3 | In the same patient haemoperitoneum and haemothorax occurred and in a further patient a large subcutaneous haematoma was seen . |
| 4 | Samantha woke and for a split second imagined she was still at home , still free to stretch and rise and walk and wash , still at liberty to heed her instincts and indulge her whims . |
| 5 | He was wearing a homburg and his face was swarthy , thickly browed and with a thin moustache , which gave him the appearance of a continental . |
| 6 | Leaves are narrow , bright green , tapering to a point at the tip , wavy or crinkled and with a bold midrib with two parallel veins on either side of it . |
| 7 | Then he , too , turned and without a backward glance went out into the passage , slamming the door . |
| 8 | Just then the shape turned and with a fierce cry attacked Mr Rochester violently . |
| 9 | Lizzie turned and in a low voice said to Peggy , ‘ They get their money easy , the ones who write that stuff . ’ |
| 10 | Promotion for Mr Wilson followed and after a brief visit to Naples to tie up affairs he returned to London . |
| 11 | It was like a little explosion because it was n't just a question of telling one other person ; I had to tell my parents and I had to tell all my schoolfriends and make sure that my world existed and to a great extent it did . |
| 12 | These are followed by floating leaves borne on long stalks ; these leaves being slightly darker than the juvenile ones , sometimes undulated and with a prominent midrib bearing four to five parallel veins . |
| 13 | P'raps they 've gone blackberryin' , he thought and for a fleeting moment he wished that he was with them . |
| 14 | Drago chuckled and with a sweeping gesture indicated his companions . |