Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adv] and [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't look back at the sudden commotion behind him and , when a shadow passed over him , merely gibbered weakly and tried to burrow into the horse 's mane . |
| 2 | How would you feel if you knitted yourself a nice little doll , out of the most expensive yarn you could buy , and spent the best years of your life working on it to make it as perfect as you could — then it suddenly got up and walked away and turned into something different ? ’ |
| 3 | She was still searching for the right words to describe how she felt when he suddenly got up and went to meet more guests , and she did n't see him for a long time . |
| 4 | Aunt Margaret swiftly bent down and kissed Victoria 's already slumbering forehead . |
| 5 | Franco made clear what those choices were in a " National Programme for Resurgence " which he personally drew up and passed to his ministers for action in October 1939 . |
| 6 | One time I was in the classroom , and my sparrow , which had been sleeping in my pocket , suddenly woke up and began chirping loudly . |
| 7 | During the night Ben suddenly woke up and remembering her , he hurriedly dressed and ran back to the wharf and opened the hatch . |
| 8 | In the morning , we suddenly woke up and said , ‘ Oh no , — we 're supposed to be getting married at 11 o'clock . |
| 9 | The blunt end of the club suddenly came up and pressed against his cheek , and then moved around to rest against his teeth . |
| 10 | Then they suddenly came along and started felling the lot . |
| 11 | Dexter 's toes suddenly flopped down and stayed glued to the floor . |
| 12 | And erm he actually , he , he started off and , and was very nervous but the summing up of it was , was brilliant erm and I , I would n't put it across as well as what he did but the principle of it was that he , he suddenly turned round and said right I have now changed my job , right , you are now looking at the new managing director of Friends Provident , he says , and the first thing I am going to do is I 'm cutting all your wages to eighty five pounds a week , what are you going to do about it ? |
| 13 | When she was on the phone to Vivienne she suddenly turned round and shouted , which one 's Glen ? |
| 14 | Rostov thought of asking if his aide had a better idea , but Yuan only nodded again and stepped aside . |
| 15 | So I gingerly walked down and crept into the car realized that I was the one that had caused all that |
| 16 | ‘ In the course of our questioning , he suddenly broke down and confessed , ’ Mr Ben Hemo added . |
| 17 | To Mungo 's surprise , Emily suddenly leapt up and gave Lily a kiss on the cheek . |
| 18 | He suddenly looked round and remembered the two retainers . |
| 19 | He went on pretending to read and then he suddenly looked up and stared at her , examining her . |
| 20 | And er he he suddenly looked up and went it 's Brian ! |
| 21 | He suddenly looked up and caught her looking at him . |
| 22 | Richard Burbage was on stage and he suddenly looked up and stopped in the middle of a word . |
| 23 | Huy spread his hands submissively , but then winced in pain as Surere suddenly leant forward and seized his shoulder , the strength of ten men in his large , bony hand . |
| 24 | ‘ Let me go ! ’ he cried , then he suddenly leaned forward and kissed her . |
| 25 | She shot a swift glance at Paul in case he decided to amend this statement , but he merely smiled quirkily and said , ‘ Exactly ! ’ |
| 26 | This was an act of sheer bravado , to which he merely smiled politely and pointed at my stomach : |
| 27 | Then the first man stalked forward , blasting several more shots into the car ; the radiator disappeared in a cloud of steam , the bonnet was blown off , and the car suddenly lurched downwards and circled as half the wheel nearest Howard was blown away . |
| 28 | In 1972 Hollywood suddenly sat up and took notice of him again when he had two consecutive hits , Last Tango in Paris and The Godfather , for which he won the Oscar for Best Actor . |
| 29 | I was beginning to think that the staring match would never stop when he suddenly sat down and began to finger some papers on the top of his desk . |
| 30 | The smallest girl , Eternia , suddenly jumped forward and grabbed Cleo 's foot . |