Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | The four of them lived together and Lee kept her counsel and Hosanna stayed in contact with the spirits and Larry larked around and looked longingly at himself in convenient reflecting surfaces . |
| 2 | Still , during Tolkien 's lifetime the words and the realities behind them became more and more familiar , bringing with them , one should note , entirely new ideas about the nature and limitations of human will . |
| 3 | and me got in and |
| 4 | But the three of them got on and Fred explained that ‘ we desperately wanted to turn into a dance band but did n't know how ’ . |
| 5 | Both of them got off and walked . |
| 6 | Everyone cracked up and Jerry turned red but it was the highlight of the evening . |
| 7 | I became there and then the cricket fanatic I have remained ever since , ’ he recalled in Maurice Tate ( 1976 ) . |
| 8 | My resolve not to go back into education hardened , if anything , rather than softened , as I became more and more determined that the sacrifice I had made was not going to be in vain . |
| 9 | However , as month after month went by , I became more and more convinced that the real problem with the health service was a lack of management . |
| 10 | As I became more and more obsessed by him , and as he absorbed more and more of my being , all else seemed to start retreating into a permanent , one-dimensional background , against which only he and I stood out as more than stick figures . |
| 11 | It was love at first sight for me and Danielle , and as the weeks went by I became more and more besotted . |
| 12 | As time passed I became more and more interested in the intriguing field of radio broadcasting , little knowing that this was only the beginning of a radio career lasting for the next 50 years . |
| 13 | Returning to our work Sid and I became more and more closely connected with Radio Station 1OAB and during the Annual General Meeting of the association that year I was appointed Programme Director . |
| 14 | As the weeks and months went by and the war seemed turning in favour of the Allies , I became more and more attached to the Semmens household , even to the point of getting to know some of the family friends such as Mrs Helen Margo and her sister , who owned and managed a shop of Oriental goods on Howe Street . |
| 15 | I became more and more certain that John Carrow was not my father . ’ |
| 16 | Far from making any such admission , I became more and more fanatically energetic as the disease progressed . |
| 17 | I know that as I became more and more anorexic , I also became more and more despairing and , at the same time , because of my stubborn , isolated will , more and more determined to deny my despair by finding solace in despair itself . |
| 18 | I became more and more used to the Houys ' ideas and way of life . |
| 19 | As the day came nearer , I became more and more afraid . |
| 20 | I really like this poem , I became more and more moved with it as I grew to understand it more and I think the poem definitely works and Owen conquers it subtly , approaching a big issue , but he wins in telling us his message . |
| 21 | And then everything was in bandages so I could n't tell and I asked immediately and somebody said : ‘ They have taken it out . ’ |
| 22 | I asked why and she gave me a reply I had n't expected . |
| 23 | I asked again and again . |
| 24 | I asked quickly and walked off with her glass before she could reply . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays . |
| 26 | Someone got up and put on a Pink Floyd album . |
| 27 | I ask you and someone got up and like turned the |
| 28 | I doubled back and picked a spot to vault the fence , using a post as a grip . |
| 29 | I gazed around and noticed how white and drawn everyone was . |
| 30 | I gazed upwards and could see a few stars twinkling in the sky , one seemed much brighter than the others . |