Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A cold damp hung about the beechwood furniture and clung to the velour drapes . |
| 2 | A low drone of talk hummed in the hut , and Holly lay on his back on his bunk and gazed at the roof rafters and counted the time between each fall of a water drop to his feet . |
| 3 | Indeed , " the main theme " of the book is the argument that the triangular pattern of cooperation between government and the two sides of industry built up a new form of harmony which lasted until the mid-sixties and led to the trade unions and employers ' associations being elevated to a new sort of status so that they became " governing institutions " sharing some of the political power and attributes of the state itself . |
| 4 | It 's been going on for about seventeen months now and the in chief man at Hill House was rather interested to hear that we 'd not actually had it resolved yet , and asked for the reference numbers and . |
| 5 | Mr McAteer said : ‘ I was in the Sheriff Clerk 's Office and asked for the defence documents . |
| 6 | A Japanese man came in and asked about the china ducks . |
| 7 | He turned and tottered towards the office doors . |
| 8 | Tony finished his evening meal and scanned through the television programmes in the local newspaper . |
| 9 | There are many many people who live in houses on their own ca n't get out and again it 's an indictment on our society when you hear and read about the telephone profits that er that B T are making . |
| 10 | Others say that the chairman , Mr Hussey , 69 , should resign because he appointed Mr Birt and agreed to the tax arrangements . |
| 11 | Her voice rang in his brain like a memory : she closed the glass door behind her , and passed by the verandah steps into the garden out of sight . |
| 12 | I let myself into our corridor , soundlessly , and crept down the back stairs and out of the back door without hearing or seeing any member of the Home staff . |
| 13 | The President and most Republican legislators favoured a version that would have limited the extra benefits to no more than 20 weeks , and objected to the qualification changes . |
| 14 | Moonshine on the holly leaves showed the way she twitched and jerked as the blackthorn spines probed deeper into the soft moss of her womb . |
| 15 | Before the double dais sat a small , slight , unimpressive man who frequently could not recall , sometimes could not hear and peered at the briefing books through wire-rimmed glasses . |
| 16 | He pulled the sides of the case apart and peered at the tobacco projectiles it contained , each one as potently dangerous as a Sam-7 . |
| 17 | I laughed and set spurs to my horse and thundered through the convent gates as fast as a deer . |
| 18 | Take off the heat again , and beat in the egg yolks . |
| 19 | The self-inflicted pain goaded him into a furious spasm , but as he strained and thrashed against the wicker walls in the darkness all he achieved was the sense that the basket had not yielded a millimetre . |
| 20 | On his way to the trophy he met and defeated in the quarter finals an up and coming English youngster , one Michael Bonallack , now secretary of the game 's ruling body , the Royal & Ancient , and present in his official capacity at Royal Portrush this week . |
| 21 | I interrupted Thessy 's next earnest question , and he pushed the cassette into the tape deck and a steel band arrangement of ‘ Yellow Bird ’ thumped and jangled from the cockpit speakers to fill the marina with its bright and jaunty welcome . |
| 22 | They also called for the disarming of civilians and of members of the militia , and appealed to the security forces not to become involved in the political debate . |
| 23 | We watched — and drew — the amusing Calinese ducks , which bobbed and weaved among the rice shoots , alongside out open-air restaurant area . |
| 24 | ‘ I want you to dine with me tomorrow night , ’ Damian said as they left Cartier 's and strolled along the marble corridors . |
| 25 | This Act generally strengthened and added to the welfare powers of the local authorities . |
| 26 | Spider legs of electricity hissed and danced over the computer terminals . |
| 27 | The sun came out from behind a cloud , and shone on the stone walls of Fullcircle . |
| 28 | ‘ Wait , ’ he said again , and turned on the hall lights . |
| 29 | In the intense heat of the day most of them fell silent and withdrew into the gum trees , where they disappeared as if by magic among the bright green leaves . |
| 30 | The old drover 's road turned aside here and climbed under the rock faces of White Crags to continue its lonely course over Girdle Fell and down into Redesdale . |