Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Devlin got up and they walked out to the terrace . |
| 2 | Why do n't they give them the money to carry on and do all the good work they 've done , which is well worthwhile . |
| 3 | They must be careful not to make income support too generous , thus causing the taxpayer to lose out and causing funds to be taken from other provision for the elderly and disabled . |
| 4 | It stopped instead , and two humans in dark blue suits got out and started to lumber across the field . |
| 5 | My childhood was all about manners and how to hold your knife and fork and which glass to drink out of , and we had to curtsey , and as for my father , well , if I was looking like this — with blonde hair hanging down and the red lipstick — he would say I looked like a slut . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm not sure I 've got anything to say , ’ he said , and closed his eyes , his foot jogging up and down in time to the beat of the dance band on the gramophone . |
| 7 | And the , the pressure for change builds up and as the changes begin to happen , new values , new attitudes become dominant which in turn affects how people see things so they become interested in yet greater changes . |
| 8 | Ward got out and strode down the mud-sodden road to join them . |
| 9 | Ward got out and walked across to the Indians . |
| 10 | Far out , a sprinkling of small white birds swooped up and down in hurried flight before an ominous sky-darkening . |
| 11 | We , we , we , we threw , we threw it out into the garden and these birds swooped down and they could n't take off ! |
| 12 | She was in there for a good five minutes crashing around and swearing occasionally . |
| 13 | Another rustle followed before a glossy blackbird hopped out and made off towards the parkland . |
| 14 | Just then she spotted a loose thread hanging down and catapulted forward . |
| 15 | Secondly , he must make sure Hirst knuckles down and gets his feet back on the ground . |
| 16 | The session starts around 2pm when the old faithfuls sit back and wallow in nostalgia as they listen to their favourite bands and singers Chick Henderson is always high on the list of course or dance to the records , spinning at 78rpm . |
| 17 | ( If one refrains from oiling the gear teeth of a grandfather clock , the teeth will not only not collect the dust and so not grind each other away , but also become harder and more polished as times goes on and so last virtually for ever . ) |
| 18 | Asa got up and paced restlessly across the room . |
| 19 | I agree , she would not normally have expected the remainder to fall in and be useful to her , but of course if she had had children , it would have been valuable to them . ’ |
| 20 | This was a superior kind of Naafi where NCOs and other ranks could have meals , and there were comfortable lounges to sit in and write letters or meet friends . |
| 21 | This lamplit cave , where Jan turns back and farts , |
| 22 | So if I had if I had one course to go along and find approximately how many adverts for it ? |
| 23 | But the pensioner got up and fought back , police said . |
| 24 | Now Agnew again , great ball for Speedy and that 's the kind of defending that Forest have been missing from Colin Cooper Just hurt his shoulder then but he 's er still holding it as play goes on and Whitlow quite clearly holding Collimore then |
| 25 | This belief in the witches power becomes more evident as the play goes on and he comes to rely on them for more . |
| 26 | Several of the nearer birds got up and flew along the shore , revealing another feature which pin-pointed their origins : the lack of a white rump showed them to be of the race hudsonicus which breeds in northern Canada . |
| 27 | First Bernard Dwyer and Shane Cooper combined to send Kevin Ward crashing over and then Dwyer kicked ahead for Sonny Nickle to win the race and touch down , Ropati landed both conversions to add to a couple of earlier penalties . |
| 28 | The blacksmith straightened up and looked at her . |
| 29 | Harvey got up and closed the door . |
| 30 | Finding decent practice facilities was a constant headache , leading to some crazy situations ; in St Vincent , for example , Ken Barrington , the assistant manager , hunted all over for a place for Boycott to practise , and eventually found a piece of flat ground near the airport which had ducks waddling around and a donkey at long leg . |