Example sentences of "and [adv] [vb past] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Far Eastern Economic Review of Aug. 22 , Cam was reluctant to accept the post and only did so after Do Muoi personally pressed him . |
| 2 | He allowed her to take the bag and then brushed past and headed for the door . |
| 3 | A few minutes later they had acknowledged Mr Bryant and his daughter outside their house , and then trudged home and stood chatting for some time on the doorstep . |
| 4 | ‘ I went to Co Tyrone , my mother 's county , with the cup all day and then came home and sat at the fire with my wife and talked about the hotel and what had gone on that day . ’ |
| 5 | He buried it again and then went away and realised enough capital to buy the field so that he could claim the treasure . |
| 6 | She sat and rocked him for a while until he felt all right again and then went upstairs and dressed herself in a low-backed , jade green jumpsuit and gold pumps and gold hoop ear-rings , and felt exotic . |
| 7 | He glared at me and then walked past and had a sharp look around the office . |
| 8 | He forced himself to bow politely , and then turned away and began to descend the stairs . |
| 9 | Once he put an incredibly hard , cold lump of what was obviously meat in my bowl and then stood there and watched while I sniffed at it . |
| 10 | They made their money out of sugar and slaves and then moved here and made a fine place of the house . |
| 11 | According to Walter Map this was his mother 's teaching : he should keep aspirants waiting in hope , she said , deliberately spinning out their affairs , for an unruly hawk , if meat is held out to it and then snatched away or hid , will become keener and more inclined to be attentive and obedient . |