Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 She embraced her sobbing daughter and clung to her in desperate shame .
2 A thing slid hugely over the crest of a nearby ridge , and gazed at me from several eyes .
3 While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment !
4 Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length .
5 But Beatriz Lavandera has adopted this approach to syntactic variation in a much more radical form , and argued for it in some detail .
6 Shock made her cry out , and he closed the door and moved towards her in quick strides , putting his hand across her mouth to stop-her scream .
7 Sometimes we find things like the Moan Lisa , which have been denigrated and used in lots of different ways , but some people when they see it are still overpowered by the beauty of the object .
8 Even though hooded by shadow , Blanche sensed Urquhart 's eyes narrow and bore into her like hungry grubs .
9 Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes .
10 He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side .
11 Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head .
12 Dolly picked up the chop bone and nibbled at it with sharp teeth .
13 Newton and Leibnitz discovered the principles of calculus at the same time ( and squabbled over it for twenty years ) ; Darwin thought of how the species evolved , but so did someone called A.R.Wallace , and at exactly the same time .
14 ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’
15 He raised his head and turned towards me with clouded eyes .
16 Of all the nurses she had known only Minnie Robinson had remained loved and revered and even now , when she was old and pensioned off , Miss Arabel visited her faithfully and turned to her in complete trust for advice and comfort .
17 She thought for a moment and turned to him with flushed cheeks .
18 Len , as he was known to his legion of friends , was elected to Selkirk Town Council in 1956 and served on it for 18 years , as well as on the then county council for 14 years .
19 The softly voiced question was innocent of guile as he selected a pair of black , jean-cut trousers from a built-in wardrobe and stepped into them with graceful and accurate power , as Gina struggled to control her erratic breathing .
20 and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works .
21 It is also the basis of the eye developed by the fish and bequeathed by them to all land-living vertebrates .
22 The baby deer nestled in her arms and looked at them with enormous brown unconcerned eyes .
23 It also impressed his sister , who quietened down and looked at him with new respect .
24 A caricature of a dog was sitting on the lawn in front of one of the town houses as he passed , and it laid its head on its paws and looked at him with dark eyes .
25 Emily put down her cup and looked at him with troubled eyes .
26 She turned from the stove and looked at him with troubled eyes .
27 Perdita sat up , blew her nose and looked at him with red , swollen eyes .
28 Lucie turned and looked at him with piercing black eyes .
29 He did not want to be caught at all , and although Mildred told him where they were going and tried to soothe him , he struggled madly and looked at her with great suspicion .
30 Roman sat on a corner of her desk and looked at her with such a grave expression that she cried out in alarm .
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