Example sentences of "[pron] and [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barth himself later said that he had been like a man who , tripping in the darkness of the church tower , had accidentally caught hold of the bell-rope to steady himself and alarmed the whole countryside . |
| 2 | He looked himself and saw a tall old woman coming towards them . |
| 3 | After the resignation of John St Luce as Finance Minister on Feb. 22 , the Prime Minister had taken on the Finance portfolio himself and presented the 1991 budget to Parliament on March 7 , giving only an outline of the proposals instead of a detailed budget speech . |
| 4 | Upon entering , he had braced himself and executed a formal salute . |
| 5 | Apparently Skipper landed , felt extremely pleased with himself and threw an enormous buck with a twist in it . |
| 6 | ‘ Apparently Skipper landed , felt extremely pleased with himself and threw an enormous buck with a twist in it . |
| 7 | In his speech , Charles praised my ‘ sterling contribution ’ to the school and shortly after it Paul came up to me and made the touching suggestion that I should give some classes in the summer term — if I was still free . |
| 8 | In any event he did a very professional job with me and took a great weight off Laura 's shoulders . |
| 9 | I palmed the credit cards into my jacket pocket so that Melanie did n't see me and rescued the still smoking joint from Carol 's fingers . |
| 10 | Toby had n't had time to try the ‘ exclusive ’ story on the dirty mac brigade and they clustered about me and shouted the usual obvious questions . |
| 11 | Now she stood beside me and watched the white Lincoln drive out of the boatyard . |
| 12 | I flew out to Chino , California , where the aircraft was based , Merril met me and flew an impressive display in the aircraft . |
| 13 | Then she looked back at me and smiled a brave , convalescent smile , not yet well , but on the mend , cured in spirit . |
| 14 | The Arab states , with the exception of Lebanon and possibly Egypt , might well have resettled the bulk of the refugees , had Israel accepted the principle of the right of return by receiving back about one-quarter of them and had the international community generously funded resettlement . |
| 15 | When they stepped out on to the track some twenty paces from him he only turned his head slowly to glance at them and made no other movement . |
| 16 | He commented on the smell of petrol that came from them and made an elaborate joke of not putting them too close to the flames . |
| 17 | Mr Steyn , who voted for Prime Suspect , said the jurors handed their votes to Miss Shubik , who checked them and announced a clear majority of four to three , though she did not say who had won . |
| 18 | He cut the last of them and followed the red thread back to its source . |
| 19 | He could have sat down with only one of them and achieved the same guidance on weight and machining capability , but three of them came to the meeting , which he thought typical of engineers . |
| 20 | but what she did , she sent the fax to them and ordered a hundred pairs . |
| 21 | Close by stood Fintan and Cermait Honeymouth and Tybion the Tusk , and Grainne looked at them and knew a deep and abiding affection for them . |
| 22 | This placated their fears that national insurance would replace and destroy them and provided a ready-made and cheap machinery of administration . |
| 23 | The wind passed over them and rustled the bare branches of the trees and they still stood . |
| 24 | As the tide rose , the wind shredded the clouds above them and pushed a mighty swell across the water , so that they began to roll as they had once rolled at sea . |
| 25 | Mr Malik walked swiftly over to them and aimed a shrewd blow at their ears . |
| 26 | Then he left them and joined a small local firm of advisers , contacted me again and recommended another insurance company — Scottish Amicable . |
| 27 | Families picked grapes , trod them and poured the new wine into storage jars . |
| 28 | I 've had mine done twice , mine done twice , mm , the police were up the other day lying in ambush , and I 'd spotted them and phoned the local police station and said there 's men lurking in the bushes of are they policemen ? , she said yes madam , they 're policemen . |
| 29 | These dates have now become a bone of contention in Hong Kong as rugby administrators in the British territory have belatedly realised — even though they are not admitting it — that the Japanese have outsmarted them and gained a precious advantage for the next World Cup . |
| 30 | When there was no further hope , Saga contacted you and offered the best alternative it could find at short notice and , as that was not acceptable , refunded your money in line with their contractual obligations to you . |