Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [adv] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both thought they knew Rachaela 's life and so did not ask many questions . |
| 2 | As though he was a man who lived life to the full , and basically did n't care overmuch for what anyone else thought about him . |
| 3 | He paused , working out that a shallow dent in the pasture was the remnant of a huge crater , and then got out to take another look at the marble . |
| 4 | The Charter , like most political manifesto , threw vitriol on the current state of affairs in Trinidad , political as well as social , and then went on to describe much that they would do to improve the situation ; but then , to paraphrase Andy Rice-Davies — they would would n't they ? |
| 5 | Scrounged a kipper off our tour manager Tel for breakfast , and then went about cleaning some chimneys for the nobs up West . |
| 6 | He scowled at her and then lurched away to trap some other person with his clipboard and pamphlets . |
| 7 | JAMMING : Punk fanzine that grew into glossy monthly and then did n't grow any more . |
| 8 | Most workers were unclear about what their marginal tax rates were , and consequently did not have any very clearly calculated response . |
| 9 | For some unknown reason I thought my chute must have been torn off me while I was getting out of my kite , and almost gave up making any further efforts to save myself . |
| 10 | We did n't really do anything with it and certainly did n't get much coverage . |
| 11 | The hurried Council in Edinburgh Castle did not , could not , solve many problems — and certainly did not produce any obvious new leadership . |
| 12 | Walter Ash Clara knew quite well who Walter Ash was , and therefore did not flash this letter around the classroom , as she knew he was not a great prestige catch ; on the contrary , he had a reputation for being rather a bore . |
| 13 | But its political interests would have been — and were — better served by a lower growth-rate ; for this was less damaging to non-monopoly capital and the working class , and therefore did not provoke such hostility to monopoly capital . |