Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peristaltic or simultaneous oesophageal contractions occurred in clusters of four or more repetitive waves and lasted for several minutes . |
| 2 | She narrowed her eyes and added in clipped tones , ‘ I know you always thought of this as your home and that you never wanted me to be a part of it . |
| 3 | I raised my eyes and stared at that mad , bad face , the fleshy nose , the neatly trimmed gold beard and moustache . |
| 4 | He closed his eyes and tried with all the concentration of which he was capable to see with his mind exactly what it was that he had wanted to paint . |
| 5 | He made the goals and rang like mad … but I did n't think he was controlling the game as I 've heard implied . |
| 6 | So she made no protest as they wriggled their way beneath the bushes and waited in tense silence for the approaching party to appear . |
| 7 | The 37-year-old took an overdose of painkillers and lay in sub-zero conditions with just a sleeping bag . |
| 8 | There was a perpetual hum from the ground below , and occasional harsher metallic bangs and scrapes , and judders of thick silvery snakes that sped along faster than cars and disappeared into black holes in the ground . |
| 9 | Some were dragged out of their cars and butchered by angry crowds in the street . |
| 10 | She lifted her multi-petticoated skirts and walked down with as much grace as she could manage , playing the part of Cinderella at her first ball , prevented from any sudden movement by the flattering silken wig whose curls were interlaced with pearls and fell in tumbling ringlets on to one breast . |
| 11 | The phonetic orthography of both the Cyrillic alphabet of Serbia and the Latin alphabet of Croatia and Slovenia made for easier communication and understanding among the Yugoslav peoples and led to common political action . |
| 12 | Last week the Nationwide Anglia announced it was closing 170 branches with 400 job losses and warned of more estate agency closures to come . |
| 13 | He had started out in Cleveland , Ohio playing 3,000 people — he went back to Cleveland within two months and played to 20,000 people . |
| 14 | He had understudied Hayden Coffin for three months and had on two consecutive nights gone on for him . |
| 15 | Caboc is a cows ' milk cheese made in small cylindrical shapes and rolled in toasted oatmeal to give it a more distinctive flavour . |
| 16 | This unifying issue can be presented at the beginning of the drama or at a later stage , after the children have taken on roles and started on small group work . |
| 17 | After London , the show moved to the provinces and appeared at most of the larger towns ; the show was to catch the imagination of audiences for a full three years . |
| 18 | The doctor was so used to being called in a second time to cope with the results of his first visit that eventually he dug in his heels and advised against another jab dealing with whooping-cough . |
| 19 | It concentrated on the curriculum and organization of Inner London secondary schools and focused on those pupils who were underachieving , took few or no public examinations and showed their dissatisfaction with school by absenting themselves or by behaving in an uncooperative manner ( ILEA 1984 ) . |
| 20 | I jumped the iron spikes and landed with both feet on the concrete , then ran over the narrow top of the pipe and jumped down on to the island . |
| 21 | Although few people still retained the Great War view that German soldiers wore dead babies on their helmet spikes and lived on human flesh , there was little doubt in many minds that the Fuhrer was related to the devil . |
| 22 | Well we 've er we 've gained in , in many areas and held in all . |
| 23 | Victor Lewis , co-leader of the ensemble , is one of the finest current jazz drummers and came to international attention through his long association with Stan Gertz , whose preferred accompanist he always was . |
| 24 | The USSR 's essential military needs are met by a network of bilateral treaties entered into years before the founding of the WTO : treaties which have been supplemented by similar agreements between the individual East European countries and renewed at periodic intervals over the years . |
| 25 | Although Groupe Bollore was identified as the cartel 's ringleader , 13 other European shipping firms were fined Ecu 300,000 for their lesser role in what was described as a ‘ particularly harmful cartel ’ that had shut out rival shipping lines and led to excessive prices . |
| 26 | Some of the entries were illegible and others were written across the ruled lines and ran into each other , and they were all in scrawly handwriting , which she found very difficult to decipher . |
| 27 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 28 | He got to his feet and looked at both of them in tem . |
| 29 | He climbed lazily to his feet and stood to one side so that she could open the door , then followed her inside . |
| 30 | Dr Robert Runcie visited the Vatican archives and looked at original documents relating to the split between the the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches in the sixteenth century . |