Example sentences of "[vb past] and a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is envisaged that these arrangements shall remain in force until initial expressions of interest have been received and analysed and a decision taken regarding the handling of the next stage of the formal sale process . |
| 2 | A train hooted and a moment later flashed past with a shriek . |
| 3 | Then it moved and a man stepped out in front of her . |
| 4 | She said she and another officer had been pursuing a red Ford Sierra car on the road between the villages of Hillam and Burton , North Yorkshire , when it suddenly stopped and a gunman got out . |
| 5 | Jenny 's lashes flickered and a smile touched her coral mouth . |
| 6 | Des said they had to climb sheer cliffs with their faces blacked and a knife between their teeth . |
| 7 | Behind them a dog howled and a door opened and shut . |
| 8 | Then the seas settled a little , and a boat came , carrying a crew he recognised and a Skyeman he knew well , but who would not meet his eye . |
| 9 | ‘ That director chap came and a couple of the actors … the leading ones . ’ |
| 10 | A YEAR CAME AND a year went and another began to tick its way into the clock of time . |
| 11 | There was movement in the cage from where the old female 's voice came and a shadow came out on the floor of her cage , thin and gaunt , the silhouette of an eagle . |
| 12 | His fury when the doorbell jangled and a family of tourists in shorts and visors came babbling in . |
| 13 | The back screen door slammed and a second later her son Hank padded silently into the kitchen . |
| 14 | Portsmouth soon equalised and a stalemate followed in the second half , although Alton had some good chances . |
| 15 | ‘ One firework somehow went wrong and exploded and a fragment hit the baby . |
| 16 | We met and a plan was conceived : Pete and Dick would get the next round in , then organise the logistics of food , route and transport . |
| 17 | Lloyd beamed and a couple of the Dennison brothers laughed dutifully at the in-joke which went over me . |
| 18 | The other woman , as if torn between a friend whose authority she respected and a husband whom she loved , explained with melancholy , ‘ What can I do , that 's how he is ! |
| 19 | 1–4 Malcolm MacKinnon , an old man , was lost in a storm between Bridgend and Mulindry where he lived and a week later had not been found . |
| 20 | The sobs lessened and a hand was extended , into which he pressed the tissue . |
| 21 | New merchant and professional classes arose and a proletariat developed out of the peasantry . |
| 22 | He turned and a figure appeared from behind the shed . |
| 23 | The door shook and a scream of pure fear , like a trapped animal , rang from the study . |
| 24 | Mr Chambers said shortly afterwards a police officer arrived and a van pulled up with six men inside . |
| 25 | He walked through the white corridors , past the notice boards with their offers of small rooms and old cars , past the coffee bar where people sat at tables , past a hole in the white floor where an old chair stood sentry over an opened conduit in which a torch shone and a man crawled , and as he left he looked at his watch : |
| 26 | The back door of the house opened and a girl came out into the yard . |
| 27 | The door at the far end opened and a girl in a similar serving-wench dress but of silk and with a richly embroidered apron came in carrying a small cardboard box . |
| 28 | The door opened and a nurse came in to view . |
| 29 | The door opened and a servant called in , |
| 30 | The outside door opened and a man entered the house just as Frankie slipped through the other door into the dark corridor beyond . |