Example sentences of "and [vb past] [verb] in a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The transporter squeezed between the two halves of the parted face , and came to rest in a large , high-ceilinged , circular room , like the inside of a drum . |
| 2 | On my next visit to Southampton I tried in vain for a chat with the young man who had just won a match for Hampshire and deserved to bask in a discreet amount of praise . |
| 3 | This was a considerable success and showed embalming in a compassionate and considerate light . |
| 4 | They finished a rendering of a Burns song and then the flautist put down his flute and began to sing in a fine baritone voice . |
| 5 | She pushed the microphone aside , and began to speak in a firm voice , used to public speaking , hands leaning forward on the table , one occasionally raised to emphasise a point . |
| 6 | Then she put her cup down and began to speak in a soft , sad , dreaming voice that seemed to weave a spell of silence in the room . |
| 7 | So in 1869 he came back to England and went to live in a large house in the country . |
| 8 | He left his village and went to live in a deserted tomb ; an obliging friend locked him inside and brought him bread from time to time . |
| 9 | She left the shower-room and went to sit in a comfortable ‘ brown chair in the restroom . |
| 10 | I just got a bit tipsy , that 's all , and had to sleep in a spare bedroom at the house . ’ |
| 11 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
| 12 | He said : ‘ The car had crashed through a wall and had overturned in a marshy field . |
| 13 | Furthermore , Radio Venceremos ( the FMLN radio station ) claimed on May 29 that " special " Honduran troops had entered San Miguel department in El Salvador on May 27 and had engaged in a four-hour clash with Salvadorean forces , inflicting " numerous casualties " before being forced back into Honduras . |
| 14 | Johanna , 14 , was battered , sexually assaulted and left to drown in a freezing gravel pit less than a mile from her home in Watton , Norfolk . |
| 15 | Battered and left to drown in a grim icy grave |
| 16 | The style was a perfect foil to the fripperies of the cottage orné and displayed the serious character of its commissioner , Robert Sayer , who had just bought this large property and wanted to live in a modern house rather than the older one by the abbey ruins . |