Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had learned a lot about God and ourselves and met new friends . |
| 2 | I suppose we could have pushed ourselves and got these things , but I think we both knew that erm if we did , we 'd probably have to sell them halfway through paying for them . |
| 3 | When at last they broke apart , he took both her hands in his and kissed each of her palms . |
| 4 | Below , Western Avenue ran from the Hollywood Hills in the north for miles south towards the port at San Pedro , one of many frontiers that let gangs know which turf was theirs and separated one class from another , black from Latino , Latino from Asian , white from the rest , us from them . |
| 5 | He ran a glass under the kitchen tap , then returned to the living room and , looking at himself in the full-length mirror all the while , stood there naked , shaking violently as if with cold , and poured himself and drank three glasses of water without stopping . |
| 6 | He married at 21 to create a cover for himself and had two children . |
| 7 | Frith took thousands of the photographs himself and commissioned many fine photographers , including Francis Bedford . |
| 8 | Owen was unable to check every incident himself and sent one of his men over . |
| 9 | The Headmaster was very pleased with himself and made sure the specialist was on his way . |
| 10 | One elderly Palestinian in Beirut wanted to draw a map of his olive grove for me and spent ten minutes sketching and re-sketching the roads south of Jaffa . |
| 11 | She had to come with me and fell asleep this morning . |
| 12 | ‘ It has been lowered over my head many times , and then , as I have reached up to smite it , it has passed before me and consumed many people . |
| 13 | Though my injury from the officer 's ball was not much worse than a flesh wound , it hurt me and looked bad . |
| 14 | He looked across at me and whispered one word : ‘ Rum ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ She recognised me and had some idea I wanted to do a story about her on York station . |
| 16 | ‘ I was pleased that Lawrie McMenemy watched me and said good things about me , that 's another boost . |
| 17 | On the thirtieth of September er , a good friend of mine called me and said these people are interested in what you do , give them a call . |
| 18 | I picked up the bottle beside me and took another long swig . |
| 19 | Vincent came to see me and stayed all day . |
| 20 | He squinted at me and lit another cigar . |
| 21 | Heathcliff swore horribly at me and broke one of the windows . |
| 22 | ‘ It was the strangest game I 've played in — as if the crowd had stuck a big syringe in me and sucked all the energy out , ’ he said . |
| 23 | ‘ I simply remembered what you 'd told me and did that . ’ |
| 24 | United kicked off the season against them and scored one of their best goals |
| 25 | The captain took Corbett by the sleeve , led him over to them and tapped one of the players on the shoulder . |
| 26 | The next development was of those which required a larger number of people to build them and became corporate activities and into which the community cattle and goods could be taken and defended . |
| 27 | The next development was of those which required a larger number of people to build them and became corporate activities and into which the community cattle and goods could be taken and defended . |
| 28 | Theda found herself looking into them and became aware of a tiny flutter of the heart . |
| 29 | He charmed his victims , drugged them , assaulted them and felt confident they would either not know what had happened or be too embarrassed to tell . |
| 30 | Later Anne thought over Sarah 's words about clothes for people who needed them and felt ashamed that she had not thought of their plight . |