Example sentences of "and [vb past] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She embraced her sobbing daughter and clung to her in desperate shame . |
| 2 | A thing slid hugely over the crest of a nearby ridge , and gazed at me from several eyes . |
| 3 | While I was in these fine showrooms I saw exquisite pieces of antique furniture , old silver , paintings , porcelain , figures , antique clocks , masses of objets d'art , and the most fabulous coral and white Meissen porcelain dinner service — I just stood and gazed at it with sheer enjoyment ! |
| 4 | Gassendi adopted it enthusiastically and argued for it at great length . |
| 5 | But Beatriz Lavandera has adopted this approach to syntactic variation in a much more radical form , and argued for it in some detail . |
| 6 | Shock made her cry out , and he closed the door and moved towards her in quick strides , putting his hand across her mouth to stop-her scream . |
| 7 | Even though hooded by shadow , Blanche sensed Urquhart 's eyes narrow and bore into her like hungry grubs . |
| 8 | Down and down the weight dragged him , to where strange fish swam past and gaped at him with milky , quivering eyes . |
| 9 | He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side . |
| 10 | Quigley gave what I can only describe as an eldritch screech and came at me with both arms , legs and the front bit of his head . |
| 11 | Dolly picked up the chop bone and nibbled at it with sharp teeth . |
| 12 | Newton and Leibnitz discovered the principles of calculus at the same time ( and squabbled over it for twenty years ) ; Darwin thought of how the species evolved , but so did someone called A.R.Wallace , and at exactly the same time . |
| 13 | ‘ I slipped it in my pocket and forgot about it till one day when I was down at yon ford and I took a swig and , by God , it 's potent . ’ |
| 14 | He raised his head and turned towards me with clouded eyes . |
| 15 | Of all the nurses she had known only Minnie Robinson had remained loved and revered and even now , when she was old and pensioned off , Miss Arabel visited her faithfully and turned to her in complete trust for advice and comfort . |
| 16 | She thought for a moment and turned to him with flushed cheeks . |
| 17 | Len , as he was known to his legion of friends , was elected to Selkirk Town Council in 1956 and served on it for 18 years , as well as on the then county council for 14 years . |
| 18 | The softly voiced question was innocent of guile as he selected a pair of black , jean-cut trousers from a built-in wardrobe and stepped into them with graceful and accurate power , as Gina struggled to control her erratic breathing . |
| 19 | and worked for him for ten years on surveys and designs for many of his works . |
| 20 | It is also the basis of the eye developed by the fish and bequeathed by them to all land-living vertebrates . |
| 21 | The baby deer nestled in her arms and looked at them with enormous brown unconcerned eyes . |
| 22 | It also impressed his sister , who quietened down and looked at him with new respect . |
| 23 | A caricature of a dog was sitting on the lawn in front of one of the town houses as he passed , and it laid its head on its paws and looked at him with dark eyes . |
| 24 | Emily put down her cup and looked at him with troubled eyes . |
| 25 | She turned from the stove and looked at him with troubled eyes . |
| 26 | Perdita sat up , blew her nose and looked at him with red , swollen eyes . |
| 27 | Lucie turned and looked at him with piercing black eyes . |
| 28 | He did not want to be caught at all , and although Mildred told him where they were going and tried to soothe him , he struggled madly and looked at her with great suspicion . |
| 29 | Roman sat on a corner of her desk and looked at her with such a grave expression that she cried out in alarm . |
| 30 | Piers abandoned his efforts with the meal and looked at her with raised eyebrows . |