Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both of them got off and walked . |
| 2 | I asked quickly and walked off with her glass before she could reply . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , someone got up and said I could n't propose throwing redcoats out of Belfast because there were n't any nowadays . |
| 4 | Someone got up and put on a Pink Floyd album . |
| 5 | I doubled back and picked a spot to vault the fence , using a post as a grip . |
| 6 | I gazed around and noticed how white and drawn everyone was . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Someone crept up and thrust a sword under the back plate of his armour , slicing his spine . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I checked carefully and did n't find one . |
| 14 | I got up and pawed at his trousers . |
| 15 | I got up and sprinted the 150 yards or so . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I got up and walked quietly out into the early evening . |
| 18 | I got up and walked to the window . |
| 19 | I got up and walked , with some dignity , towards the door . |
| 20 | But luckily enough I got up and walked round the back and I could just see the lights on in the living room downstairs . |
| 21 | After about twenty minutes I got up and prepared to leave , thanking both of them for their hospitality . |
| 22 | I got up and had another little walk around , finishing up just over the road from Buckingham Palace . |
| 23 | I got up and took the pudding plates into the kitchen . |
| 24 | Then I got up and took the two rugs by their corners and dragged them outside the door . |
| 25 | I got up and took you up town . |
| 26 | I did it , she said in a clear voice : I heard someone calling me so I got up and came downstairs . |
| 27 | I got up and left . |
| 28 | I got up and kissed her on the way up and went to meet the boys . |
| 29 | I got up and made coffee . |
| 30 | When I could make it , I got up and made for the nearest shelter . |