Example sentences of "it and [vb past] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Squatting down naked by the calf they stroked it and ran their small fingers through its coat . |
| 2 | Then she turned her head and stared to the top of her cage , and then flew darkly up to it and took her usual stance staring up , up now towards the moon and distant stars . |
| 3 | I polished the latches a bit with my shirtsleeve , then I put the briefcase back exactly as I 'd found it and took my leaf-trembling self along to the dining car , already regretting , before I got there , that I had n't stayed until the Canadian left , knowing that I 'd wasted some of the best and perhaps the only chance I would get of seeing what Filmer had brought with him on the train . |
| 4 | He reached out and touched her shoulder , squeezed it and bade her good night . |
| 5 | He seemed very cheerful about it and chanted his ridiculous Ho ! |
| 6 | She crossed to the wardrobe and opened it and saw her abandoned clothes hanging in a neat row . |
| 7 | Emily Lloyd really made an outing out of it and brought her whole family — her mother , grandmother , brother , sister … |