Example sentences of "[vb past] [coord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mouth gaped and his hands flapped . |
| 2 | But the few houses they passed seemed to have their doors locked and bolted and their windows shuttered . |
| 3 | The aeroplane crashed and your brother was killed instantly . |
| 4 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 5 | His dark brows rose and his mouth curled cynically . |
| 6 | Right , the problem is that I ca n't seem to get through on the telephone , I phoned and her secretary came back and said you 've to phone and she gave me a guy 's name like and I got a number for him so I phoned it , ah he works in our Edinburgh office I phoned the Edinburgh office . |
| 7 | Her lower lip trembled and her eyes blurred . |
| 8 | It seemed to fill her plumage with its cold light as her body shivered for a moment , her head trembled and her eyes , which had been half closed , slowly opened . |
| 9 | Theda 's lip trembled and her eyes darkened , while the amusement drained out of her face . |
| 10 | Even though your knees trembled and your heart fluttered and you felt weak with longing , how could you melt , knowing that ? |
| 11 | He coughed badly , he trembled and his eyes were bloodshot . |
| 12 | Her shoulders sagged and her voice deflated . |
| 13 | His jaw sagged and his eyes stared . |
| 14 | So Aaron and his sons must be cleansed , robed and their sins expiated by sacrifice before they may take office . |
| 15 | ‘ Fancy reading somebody 's letter and then — ’ She stopped and her eyes grew round with surprise . |
| 16 | The ‘ old friend ’ to which he referred and which Van Gelder clearly had in mind , was the Meltemi wind , referred to as the ‘ Etesian ’ in the British sailing directions . |
| 17 | For a moment his face held its expression of ecstatic agony , then it crumpled and his eyes looked down , widening , horrified by what he had done . |
| 18 | More than half Labour 's M P's are Union sponsored , a hundred and forty , being the highest since 1935 , and eighteen out of the twenty in the shadow cabinet are also Union sponsored and their paymasters will expect plenty in return . |
| 19 | I recently visited and his wife , now both in their 80s , at their home in Ipswich . |
| 20 | Then coming along Street you come to the picture frame people and then the Conservative Club , then there was the big house further on towards the top of Street and that was owned by somebody named Winnie , was my second wife 's she went to school with her they used but her father lived there , and on the other side of the road you got the toy shop and er the draper 's shop on the corner of er Road then there was the newsagents and one or two people kept that , but that takes you from the top of Street straight the way up to Caldmore . |
| 21 | The pupa 's skull is jerked back , its jaw dislocated and its eyes suddenly black and empty . |
| 22 | His face went as hard as the bronze , it resembled and his eyes said things I pretended not to hear . |
| 23 | She squirmed and his arms clamped tighter . |
| 24 | Please let us know a little bit about you , your personal circumstances , how you scored and what course , job or career you are now following . |
| 25 | They came and their tears salted his nail-holes |
| 26 | then when his great moment came and his wife came to cut the cake all the photographers suddenly decided they needed to clean the lenses of their camera and his wife 's picture was never taken . |
| 27 | Ah , winter came and it rain much colder , snow fell and covered everything Pink |
| 28 | Every morning and evening he came and my wing got better , though it still hurt and was just a little crooked . |
| 29 | The group of men receded and their voices faded . |
| 30 | 5.12.2 Not without the consent in writing of the Landlord ( such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed and which consent shall not be required in relation to applications in respect of the fascia or signage at the Premises ) to apply for planning permission The landlord will probably insist on the retention of clause 5.12.4 in order to avoid the problem of a limited planning permission being issued containing a reinstatement provision becoming effective after the lease term has expired . |