Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Inscrutable bastard , ’ Bodie said , as he and Doyle walked back to the car . |
| 2 | He broke off abruptly , and Doyle glanced round as the sleepy shape of Stone 's young son , Nick , entered the room . |
| 3 | A pheasant squawked and birds burst out of the trees . |
| 4 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The baby was now cleaned up and Sarah looked down into the bluest eyes she had ever seen . |
| 7 | Some nights , me and Sarah went down to the ocean with a few flasks |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | To mark the occasion ULSS staff past and present met up for an evening . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He was dialling when Miles and Frances came in from the kitchen . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They changed roles , and Lucie climbed up on the playmaster 's shoulders , his weight hardly bending Garvey 's back . |
| 14 | This ‘ Winnie the War Winner ’ was made from two 109-sets , parts from the plantation manager 's receiver collected by Bill Baldwin , and bits and bobs laid out in a contraption of wires and valves around a room 10 feet square ( 3m² ; ) . |
| 15 | Clearly everyone was in festive mood despite the recession , and bidding got off to a brisk start : |
| 16 | Her older brother and sister found out about the situation and teased her unmercifully . |
| 17 | But coaching and plans went out of the window . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He has taken it in response to the pressure and fight put up by the ‘ homelands Chief Ministers ’ — Buthelezi and Co . |
| 20 | Adele turned away , apparently satisfied , and Isabel shrank back on the bench , half hidden by Adele 's body as the other girl leaned forward to hear what was going on . |
| 21 | Once the ale was finished , Bessie and Edgebone went back into the house to go to bed . |
| 22 | Agatha fainted , and Sophie ran out of the house . |
| 23 | You will be taught about hazards both in the classroom and on the wards and should always adhere to procedures and policies laid down for the safety of patients and yourself . |
| 24 | Its tough pale grass grows on mud and clinker dredged up from the docks . |
| 25 | Support for MacDonald had remained strong among some of the 200,000 Navajo and violence broke out during a protest march on his behalf in Window Rock on July 22 ; two men died and nine were wounded when police opened fire . |
| 26 | If you were in a wine bar with ferns , mellowed out on red wine and having a really sloppy kissy kissy lovey dovey ooghy woogy dinner with your lover and Blueboy came on as the cabaret , you would go berserk and slash open their gizzards with the cake fork . |
| 27 | Horatia fled and Rossmayne went back to the window where he had been standing when the bad dream had begun . |
| 28 | One of his arms moved a little and blood ran out of the side of his head onto the wet tarmac . |
| 29 | Scared pelicans flapped away , and Ellen came up from the galley to see what had caused the commotion . |
| 30 | Gloria and Dot went down to the Town Hall once a fortnight to collect Dot 's vitamin ration . |