Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv prt] and " in BNC.

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1 and me got in and
2 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 ’ .
3 Both of them got off and walked .
4 Everyone cracked up and Jerry turned red but it was the highlight of the evening .
5 ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays .
6 Someone got up and put on a Pink Floyd album .
7 I ask you and someone got up and like turned the
8 I doubled back and picked a spot to vault the fence , using a post as a grip .
9 I gazed around and noticed how white and drawn everyone was .
10 And then the whitewater caught me so I proned out and hung on — I was eaten up then I was spat out and then I was eaten up again and spat out again and the beach was right there , so I threw the board away and just rolled and rolled and tumbled , and I ended up in the river on the far side of the berm . ’
11 I choked up and , big daft girl 's blouse that I am , burst into tears .
12 ‘ I think you gave me one too , ’ I said , then , very gingerly , I straightened up and twisted round to see that Murder Cay was far behind us and well out of machine-gun range .
13 I put my stethoscope on her heart and listened to the increasingly faint , rapid beat then I straightened up and sat on the rug looking sightlessly into the fireplace , feeling the warmth of the flames on my face .
14 Another rifleman had bartered some of his Red Cross parcel for a loaf of bread ; ‘ The conditions of living and surviving had made us all as cunning as foxes ’ , so this rifleman that night slept with it under his neck , but someone crept up and cut off both the ends .
15 Someone crept up and thrust a sword under the back plate of his armour , slicing his spine . ’
16 It also meant that I became much more familiar with the area I lived in and the people around . ’
17 I sought out and consulted separately with three of the sleeping-car attendants in the racegoers ' sleeping cars who frowned in turn and said that first , the sort of jacket I was describing was worn by thousands , and second , everyone tended to look gaunt outside in the cold air .
18 I passed through and I could not get back … ’
19 I got up and left .
20 Without thinking , I got up and went over to see if I could lend a hand .
21 I got up and walked quickly out of the coffee shop , up over the footbridge and on to the other platform — jumping on to the train just as it was about to go .
22 I got up and walked quietly out into the early evening .
23 I got up and started to walk around .
24 I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace .
25 After about twenty minutes I got up and prepared to leave , thanking both of them for their hospitality .
26 I got up and quietly bolted the door .
27 After a bit I got up and — I went back .
28 I got up and , sitting at my window , looked out over the still-sleeping city , and wrote my first poem to this unknown god :
29 I got up and made coffee .
30 I got up and raced after them .
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