Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finn looked up angrily and Melanie ran upstairs before the sharp words and blows began . |
| 2 | Weir and Wainwright did well at the line-out and the loose forwards were just as quick and creative as their much more illustrious opponents . |
| 3 | On the 20th of March Katherine and Beatrice dined together at the Closerie des Lilas . |
| 4 | In the back of the car , Henrietta and Samantha made exaggerated vomiting sounds at the very thought of it , and Jacqueline joined enthusiastically in the pantomime . |
| 5 | Lightning forked overhead , illuminating the camp like day , and thunder crashed deafeningly through the deep darkness that followed . |
| 6 | ‘ Inscrutable bastard , ’ Bodie said , as he and Doyle walked back to the car . |
| 7 | He broke off abruptly , and Doyle glanced round as the sleepy shape of Stone 's young son , Nick , entered the room . |
| 8 | A pheasant squawked and birds burst out of the trees . |
| 9 | The sun blazed down on the ancient circle of stones , bees buzzed diligently as they searched for late pollen , and birds sang cheerfully in the nearby trees . |
| 10 | With few exceptions the cottages and houses opened directly onto the street with no front gardens . |
| 11 | Grace jumped into the boat , and William pulled hard with the oars . |
| 12 | Wills make it clear that fathers and sons worked together in the same little workshop , and perhaps the women and girls helped occasionally . |
| 13 | IBM Corp , Hewlett-Packard Co and DEC got together at the Open Software Foundation 's Challenge'93 shindig in Boston last week to demonstrate their implementations of the Distributed Computing Environment . |
| 14 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ said Jean , whose lips and fingers tingled slightly at the opportunity to say as much . |
| 15 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 16 | Shot and shell rained in on the village , orchard and chateau grounds , tearing up the earth , smashing roofs and rafters , but causing little in the way of casualties . |
| 17 | The baby was now cleaned up and Sarah looked down into the bluest eyes she had ever seen . |
| 18 | Some nights , me and Sarah went down to the ocean with a few flasks |
| 19 | The slide of bodies bathed in perspiration ceased as Luke shuddered and stilled momentarily before moving to kneel over her , surveying her with glittering eyes , his shadow cast over her , and Maria fell back against the pillows with a hoarse sob , wordlessly pleading with him to end the torment , aching for him , needing to feel him inside her , hating him for prolonging her agony like this and resenting the control that enabled him to do it . |
| 20 | Inside , the oak panelling and crystal chandelier of the hall and stairway co-existed happily with the gleaming appliances in the kitchen and the uncomfortable plastic chairs of the lecture room . |
| 21 | Friends and colleagues past and present got together at the Brunswick Arms in Stamford Street to give him a big send off . |
| 22 | In every Legion Regiment , the English-speaking people stuck together in tight groups , drinking together , socialising together and looking after each other ; Australians , South Africans and Canadians joined in with the club , which evolved its own codes of conduct and unspoken rules of behaviour . |
| 23 | He was dialling when Miles and Frances came in from the kitchen . |
| 24 | On these mornings her freckled face was blanched , and she sat motionless at the breakfast table , staring sightlessly into a cup of cold , wrinkle-skinned coffee , while her long red hair gradually slithered out of the nest of twists she had knotted it into , and hairgrips pinged out over the floor and the table around her . |
| 25 | They changed roles , and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster 's shoulders , his weight hardly bending Garvey 's back . |
| 26 | my brother and sister went away for the week , right , |
| 27 | Her older brother and sister found out about the situation and teased her unmercifully . |
| 28 | But coaching and plans went out of the window . |
| 29 | The car drove in through the dusty , bleached stone gates to the stone courtyard where a fountain played and cicadas buzzed noisily in the palms and jacarandas moved softly in the hot sea air . |
| 30 | They are not necessarily the cheapest but can sometimes offer a package deal supplying all requirements from a single source with own stock and products bought in for the purpose . |