Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I envied them their sexual freedom and their self-assured dignity , and I despised the British vice squads that ran them in and were not above enjoying their charms for a consideration . |
| 2 | To believe them , Karen and I shanghaied the shrinking Dennis on to a punt by some underhand ruse worthy of a ‘ once-aboard-the-lugger-and-the-maid-is-mine ’ melodrama . |
| 3 | He said that this would be unnecessary and I got the distinct impression that I should not ask any more questions about it but be content that I had got my letter back . |
| 4 | ‘ I was daft enough to say his plants looked healthy and I got the Ancient Mariner treatment ; a squirt-by-puff account of how he managed it . |
| 5 | and I got the midi hi-fi system . |
| 6 | Old friends from the village were talking quietly among themselves , and I noticed the awful Pumblechook trying to catch my eye , as he drank brandy and swallowed large pieces of cake . |
| 7 | There was a loud burst of laughter behind me and I heard the Belgian clergyman exclaim : ‘ That is really heretical ! positively heretical ! ’ then laugh loudly himself . |
| 8 | There was one occasion when I was sitting in the kitchen and I heard the front door close , and then footsteps in the hall . |
| 9 | But I could see with my inner eye the form of my Lord Krishna , seated before Arjuna in the chariot on the battlefield of Kurukshetra , and I heard the sublime thoughts , and this filled my eyes with tears of joy and love . ' ’ |
| 10 | The rest of the squad fell to one knee , and I heard the smart click of rifle bolts … |
| 11 | Steve and I shared the one room upstairs and tried to do it up a bit . |
| 12 | Shortly after this Marty Stone , our second engineer , and I re-enacted the whole thing for the benefit of two Daily Mirror journalists who were supposed to be writing an article about the work of the Cutter Service , but nothing ever came of this . |
| 13 | The idea stuck in my mind and I contacted the local NGS organiser , who suggested we open the following year . |
| 14 | After drinks on the balcony overlooking some of the grass courts where members were playing , we had a delicious luncheon , and I had the great pleasure of sitting next to my charming French host Alain Boucheron . |
| 15 | I certainly did , and I had the magenta bum-bag to prove it . |
| 16 | money out there and I had the hundred quid that |
| 17 | And here we did see , by particular favour , the body of Queen Katherine of Valois ; and I had the upper part of her body in my hands , and I did kiss her mouth , reflecting upon it that I did kiss a Queene , and this was my birthday , thirty-six years old , that I did kiss a Queene . ’ |
| 18 | On a recent visit to New Zealand , my wife and I had the good fortune to meet up with Alf and Muriel Newton . |
| 19 | A victory over an animal is a hollow one and I had the uncomfortable feeling that I had deprived him of his chief pleasure . |
| 20 | Stephen Conroy and I had the same tutor , Geoff Squires , and maybe he 's a model for our life drawing . |
| 21 | The main light was behind him , but I could still see the shadows on his face ; they were more marked than ever , and I had the foolish illusion that I could remove them by stroking them with the tips of my fingers . |
| 22 | These birds come from America , so they are difficult to get hold of and I had the added problem that I was looking at the end of the breeding season . |
| 23 | But you knew exactly where you were with him and I had the utmost respect for his judgement and management of the cutters . |
| 24 | I put in me bag when I go up the school and I had the little microphone hanging out . |
| 25 | ‘ By profession I was an opera and oratorio singer , and I sang the bass solos in ‘ The Messiah ’ in the Ulster Hall . ’ |
| 26 | It was after the first snow and I followed the clanging ploughs up the Dale , bumping along between high white mounds till I reached old Mr Stokill 's gate . |
| 27 | Folding the sheet containing the poem into what I hoped was the perfect paper 'plane , I waited until Mrs Burton 's back was turned and I launched the message-bearing missile in Belinda 's direction . |
| 28 | Next day she was elected by a handsome majority , and I believed the Scottish Home Rule movement to be on its way . |
| 29 | I got her letter yesterday and I took the first plane . |
| 30 | Latter and I made the second ascent of Fer de Lance on sight , confirming the E6 6b grade . |