Example sentences of "and [noun] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 2 | He opened the boomgate and Whitlock gave him a friendly wave as he drove past on his way to the visitors ' car park . |
| 3 | Ana started to laugh and Mitch gave her a startled glance and then laughed ruefully too , giving her a hug . |
| 4 | There was one moment of which I was particularly proud , and Richard made it a magic one . |
| 5 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 6 | Laura seated herself on the bed and Rex gave her a good sniff . |
| 7 | Her appetite for life , boundless energy and numerous gifts and graces made her an all-round person . |
| 8 | Only Madame Pompadour beside her was motionless , and Meredith shot her a startled look when she whispered under her breath , ‘ Lucenzo , Lucenzo , ’ in a voice of infinite disappointment . |
| 9 | Danny 's eyelids were drooping as he sat in front of the warm fire and Nellie gave him a blinding look . |
| 10 | Gurder and Angalo gave it a critical look . |
| 11 | I will love him , Lily , like this , ’ and Pen gave her a strangling hug so that she gasped and laughed and begged to be released . |
| 12 | He said nothing more and Maggie shot him an intrigued look . |
| 13 | ‘ Being involved as a competitor , administrator , and coach gave me a unique insight into the world of top international sport . |
| 14 | Moreover , her individual sense of fun and fantasy made her an enchanting companion , though a neurotic strain was also apparent . |
| 15 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 16 | They stamped round the sofa and did that tricky bit of acrobatics that Sid and Ethel showed us the other night . |
| 17 | On the one hand its ultra-patriotism and Ger-manophobia made it an important driving force behind the campaign for no compromise and total victory ; but against this was the undoubted fact that the most dynamic political leadership and organizing ability to ensure this outcome was provided by Lloyd George , the radical right 's bête noire . |
| 18 | Money and generosity gave her a kindly power over Deer Forest . |
| 19 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 20 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 21 | Du Maurier 's atmospheric and often sinister novels and stories made her a worldwide bestseller , while she herself remained reclusive and deeply private . |
| 22 | The words said one thing , but the tone of Luke 's deep voice said entirely the opposite , and Fran shot him a withering look , then winced as his hand tightened around hers in a painful warning . |
| 23 | The final stage between Cresswell and Burslem gave us a few anxious moments when Dave and Richard became ensnared in City Centre traffic but they managed to complete the 24 hour Tour de Matthey with 5 minutes to spare ! |
| 24 | We gazed , open-mouthed at the stately triple towers and the flying buttresses , then went inside and found the famous Lincoln Imp in the Angel Choir , and J. bought me a small silver imp for my charm bracelet . |
| 25 | Ezekiel was bold enough to long for this too , and God gave him the marvellous vision of the valley of the dry bones ( chapter 37 ) as an assurance that the longed-for day would indeed come . |
| 26 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 27 | The opera , like Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess the following year , used an all-Black cast and the staging and choreography gave it a British connection since it was by Frederick Ashton . |
| 28 | His many talents in the arts and sciences brought him a wide circle of acquaintances in Derbyshire , especially the painter Joseph Wright [ q.v. ] , in several of whose paintings he appears , notably in ‘ A Philosopher giving a lecture on the Orrery ’ ( 1776 ) where Burdett is seen sketching . |
| 29 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 30 | David glanced across and smiled , and Juliet shot him an agonised glance which he did n't intercept . |