Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Albert Tailors , in the shape of old Mr Albert himself , took one look at him and channelled him to the Teens Room , which was festooned with guitars and pictures of pop singers . |
| 2 | A human chain of soldiers , castle employees and members of the royal family carried out paintings , carpets , furniture , Sevres vases , books and drawings and laid them on the lawns before being transported by convoys of lorries . |
| 3 | There was not a needy person among them , for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them , and brought the proceeds of what was sold and laid it at the apostles ’ feet ; and distribution was made to each as any had need' ( Acts 4:32 , 34–5 ) . |
| 4 | On Christmas Eve , 1950 , nationalists stole the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey and laid it in the grounds of Arbroath Abbey . |
| 5 | He took her hand and led her up the steps . |
| 6 | A German interested in the project was visiting Cirencester and saw our trees and asked us about the clippings . |
| 7 | She leaned in and pecked me on the lips . |
| 8 | By the time I had come downstairs and made it over the mali 's trenchworks , Balvinder had polished the bonnet so bright he could curl his moustache in the reflection . |
| 9 | He soaked bits of cotton wool in essential oils and passed it under the noses of his patients . |
| 10 | Feeling the cold more than ever in my nakedness , I had , reluctantly , dismantled a poor looking cloth-bound work titled A Victorian Psalter , scrunched up the pages and stuffed them into the spaces around my body . |
| 11 | Mary of Guise and the highly influential French ambassador in Scotland , Henri , sieur d'Oysel , collected an army of French and Scottish troops , and got it to the borders . |
| 12 | Caught him by the Arran-knit jumper , he did , and flung him against the railings , demanding money . |
| 13 | He struck the match and applied it to the heads of all the other matches in the partly open box . |
| 14 | He wanted to get back to his lodging house as soon as he could and get out of his suit , these tight-fitting shoes and his new white shirt which was just a little too small and caught him under the arms . |
| 15 | Then , as she skewered him with a look of pure detestation , he reached out suddenly and caught her by the wrists . |
| 16 | She gasped as Nicolo reached out and caught her by the shoulders . |
| 17 | A Roman Catholic persecuted under Elizabeth I , he designed the Triangular Lodge in his prison cell as a symbol of the Holy Trinity and built it in the grounds of his home when he was released . |
| 18 | The guerrillas had allegedly smuggled explosives and weapons , including Soviet Katyusha missiles , into Jordan and used them in the attacks . |
| 19 | He took it along to Stationers ' Hall on 2 November 1691 and entered it in the Stationers ' Register to establish copyright of a sort : |
| 20 | As they conquered peninsular Italy and Sicily in the third century BC , the Romans took works of art and dedicated them to the gods at Rome . |
| 21 | She would n't acknowledge an Eternal Verity if one came up and smacked her in the chops . |
| 22 | The Havards arrived at The Kilns , Maureen played tennis with them , swam with them and provided them with the sandwiches and cakes which she and her mother had been preparing all day . |
| 23 | You 've given me my breakfast , left my lunch on the kitchen table , cleaned the house and helped me down the stairs . |
| 24 | When , in 1609 , Galileo constructed his first telescopes and trained them on the heavens , he made dramatic discoveries . |
| 25 | She explained the need for absolute cleanliness , showed him where he could wash , and told him about the masks and gowns . |
| 26 | When Vivien appeared on the set badly made-up , with her wig perched ridiculously high on her head and refusing to alter a single thing , Asher reluctantly called Olivier and told him of the problems . |
| 27 | Unable to hold his excitement , Clark telephoned Professor Frank Cox of King 's College London and told him of the results . |
| 28 | The British Foreign Office analysed the constitution of North Korea and compared it with the constitutions of other communist states . |
| 29 | Kindly , he dried her face on a tea-towel , helped her on with her coat and shepherded her down the stairs . |
| 30 | At his first rehearsal of Peter Pan , almost before Bunny had finished introducing him to the rest of the cast , Dotty had taken him proprietorially by the arm and strolled him into the wings . |