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Example sentences of "[vb past] [noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Apricot waited until her exams were over and then went down to the Catholic church and hung about until she met Bernard coming out of confession .
2	In as tactful a way as she could contrive she asked Shildon to hurry up with what he wanted to say .
3	Something in her voice made Patrick look up .
4	I frittered away the morning and then got Armstrong wound up and headed towards the West End .
5	I got Armstrong fired up and headed towards Hackney , using the back streets to avoid the worst of the rush hour .
6	A few moments later they passed Gilberto walking back up the hill to the place where he had left his own car , just below the massive wall of the columbarium in the cemetery where Ruggiero Miletti had been interred two hours previously .
7	What made Bella look up as she passed the sitting room door , Cassie was never to learn .
8	There was some nuance of intimacy in her tone that made Richard look up in surprise and then look at Frank .
9	Oldfield himself asked Branson to carry on as his manager , which Branson agreed to do for a new rate — Oldfield would pay him one barrel of beer a year .
10	Later I turned a page and uttered a gasp of stunned surprise that made Edward look up from the manuscript he scrutinized .
11	Early in his time as prime minister he asked Ramsey to come down from York so that they could meet .
12	The tone of his voice made Grimma look up .
13	Sarah had come to the car with them and Julia asked Pat to go back to the reception .
14	He invited Patrick to sit down in the hall and took him in detail through events from the moment the car had stopped in front of the house .
15	His father brushed the chair he had been sitting on and , with a flourish , invited Madeleine to sit down .
16	It was her bubbly , outgoing nature that helped Philippa grow up with her condition .
17	The voice stopped and I had a similar feeling to the one I had just before I found Toby trussed up in his cupboard .
18	That position was intensified in September , when the Secretary of State for Defence visited Indonesia to seek out more military contracts .
19	Rapidly clearing away some bric-à-brac — a fan , a mandolin , a rusty bird cage — from a velvet throne , she invited Ruth to sit down , and settled herself on the edge of a dress-basket .
20	His early through pass caught Brazil moving up too late for offside and Kieft broke clear before squaring the ball to Berghuis , one of three new caps in the Dutch team , who lifted his shot high over the bar .
21	There he found Anabelle curled up sound asleep .
22	The one she invited Franck to sit in and her own are side by side against the wall of the house — backs against this wall , of course — beneath the office window .
23	And Felix Henderson McMurdo , who was cowering beneath it , suddenly found Woodbine raining down upon him .
24	They found Googol tied up securely in the Emerald Suite with a leather hood over his head .
25	Chris Brazier phoned Sylvia to find out whether she still feels the risk was worthwhile — and what has happened to her since .
26	Then , finally , edging nervously round a bluff of rock , I found Owen setting up his camera on a small , gently shelving piece of grass level with the foot of the colony .
27	Jelfs originally helped SCO to set up in Australia and has been poached by Univel to be its number one employee in the Asia/Pacific region , responsible for everywhere except Japan .
28	He helped Harry take off his anorak and tugged at the boy 's pullover , but Harry resisted and Deuce backed off .
29	One woman helped Jack carry on , the woman he has dedicated his autobiography to — his devoted wife Pauline .
30	Jill thought a moment then announced her decision , which was that she agreed to keep the secret provided Jennifer riddled out the cinders every morning from then on , instead of taking it in turns .