Example sentences of "[verb] and [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The men turned and entered her paint-peeled front door . |
| 2 | Erm , and so Freud at the beginning says that he er , he , he had a personal dislike of er Wilson , and resented him for what he had done and held him responsible for the subsequent disasters . |
| 3 | Well , like I said , I was sound asleep when Danny 's receiver started crackling and jerked me awake . |
| 4 | In despair John Pringle accepted a blackmail deal which , however irksome , seems to have been honoured and left him unmolested afterwards . |
| 5 | If you 'd done as I asked and left me alone then none of it would have happened . ’ |
| 6 | I turned and looked him full in the face . |
| 7 | Benjamin turned and nudged me alert . |
| 8 | We 've had a good living out of it but if that same system has brought them on their feet , you know and built them nice homes er right they 've delved into Company 's House now , all the dirty water not dirty water all the whatsit has come up how much they 've drawn from these quarries . |
| 9 | At her inquest this afternoon he said he 'd visited the streets where she worked and found it dangerous even in daylight . |
| 10 | Until some bloody Fauve went and painted me mauve |
| 11 | ‘ That was a hard woman who laughed and left me stranded . ’ |
| 12 | He sat up , looking at her , astonished by her behaviour , then laughed and pulled her close again , kissing her . |
| 13 | He laughed and pulled her close to him . |
| 14 | Melinda went to investigate and found it ruinous . |
| 15 | The turrets and gables of Templecombe were almost in sight beyond the trees when my horse whinnied and shook me awake . |
| 16 | May it be said of you that you found Paris stinking and left it sweet . ’ |
| 17 | I shrugged and left him alone . |
| 18 | My first natural impulse was to shout , to get help from whoever had come : and between intention and voice a whole stream of thoughts suddenly intruded and left me silent , open-mouthed to call out but unsure of the wisdom . |
| 19 | Mrs Thatcher had rebuffed suggestions that he resign and made it clear that he enjoyed her full confidence . |
| 20 | Then Pete sat and polished it dry with a soft cloth until the wheel was shining . |
| 21 | Cobalt groaned and mumbled and made it clear he was alive if far from well . |