Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While waiting he brought out a penknife and began whittling away a table-top . |
| 2 | Gingerly she backed the old Mini away from the Bentley , then pushed the gear lever into first and began to drive forward a couple of feet . |
| 3 | From The Moth , journal of the DH Moth Club , this member 's account of an accident which befell his pristine Tiger Moth last summer soon after it had undergone a complete rebuild at Maypole Farm in Kent and had accumulated only a handful of flying hours . |
| 4 | Reports citing delegates said that Kuwait and Saudi Arabia had been particularly reluctant , ostensibly on grounds of cost , to endorse large numbers of permanently stationed Egyptian and Syrian troops and had favoured instead a commitment to deploy forces rapidly to the area in times of crisis . |
| 5 | Now that the leg was bandaged and had rested almost a day , it was not as painful , and I was able to manage the five miles to camp in two hours . |
| 6 | Lanfranc , who had a practical mind , had foreseen this need when he was still prior of Bec , and had put together a collection of Canon Law , which stood him in good stead as archbishop . |